Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa273

Built 1959 - Scrapped 1985





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa273 Register XN261 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location



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
united kingdom 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






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