XM665 Whirlwind (C/N wa256)

Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

Construction Number: wa256


Built 1958 - Written off 1968





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa256 Register XM665 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.





Aircraft History





XM665

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1958-12-30Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA256, ff: 30Dec58
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XM665, 19Jan59
w/o 29Oct68, pres RAN Museum, Nowra, unk.
1968-10-29 Accident w/o, wreck recovered
eventually to Lee-on-Solent until Dec 1974.

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1974-12-16 A Thorpe Park Exhibit Exhibit, at Thorpe Water Park, Chertsey,. Arrived 16 Dec 1974, still Jun 1979. Possibly present until Autumn 1987.
Exported to Australia Mar/Apr 1994
1990-02 B EGTB Exhibit on loan to Booker Air Museum by Feb 1990
1994 C YSNW Exhibit Museum of Flight, Nowra
1998-10-14 D FAAM, Nowra Stored Stored at Nowra




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