XM660 Whirlwind (C/N wa251)

Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

Construction Number: wa251


Built 1958





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa251 Register XM660 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.





Aircraft History





XM660

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

HAS.7 824Sqn/332 Feb 1959, replacing XL838 on unit strength until Apr 1959.
1958-11-20Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA251, ff: 20Nov58
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XM660, 09Dec58
wfu, unk
pres Millom Museum, Haverigg, Cumbria, unk.
1974-08 A EGHF G I Airframe to Navy Recruitment Unit at Lee by Aug 1974
1976-04 B EGVFto Fleetlands by Apr 1976
1978-01 C Almondbank Gate Guardian ex, Fleetlands
on Gate at RNAY Almondbank /78, Jan 1978 to c early 1984

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1984-09 D EGNU Exhibit to North East Aircraft Museum Sep 1984 until 1996.
1996-10 E Haverigg Exhibit to RAF Millom Museum, Oct 1996 until 2010. Last noted on a truck in Belgium (Jan 2012) - final destination Greece ?
2019-09-1919sep19 ocated in a private yard near Athens, Greece




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