Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa273 Register XN261 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location By Steve Mills Aircraft History XN261 sep59 Fleet Air Arm 1959-08-26Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA273, ff: 26Aug59 del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN261, 10Sep59 wfu as A2652, scrapped by 1985. Dec 1959 to 848 Sq / C-B, until c Jan 1963 848 NAS 1964-01 A YEADE SAR Flt Oct 1963 to Centaur SAR Flt / 978-C, until c Aug 1965 Operation Nutcracker 1975-11 B EGHF G I Airframe To AES Lee (A2652) / 61 by Nov 1975 open store at Lee by Oct 1980 to Lee dump (minus boom) by Nov 1983, still Jul 1984. 1983-10-19 B EGHF RNAS Lee-on-Solent (EGUS) on the fire dump, RNAS Lee-on-Solent Send Updates Use APP to upload photo @ (optional) When Now? / / Send