Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa284 Register XN304 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.

By Dave Taskis

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XN304
		848 Sq/W-B by Jan 1960 705 Sq/522 by Dec 1964, 705 Sq/(5)61 by Dec 1969, 705 Sq(5)87 by Mar 1974 Wroughton by Jan 1975 705 NAS
1959-12-11		Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA284, ff: 11Dec59 del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN304, 24Dec59 wfu & pres Norfolk and Suffolk Air Museum, Flixton, unk.
1974-12-17	564	A EGDR	retired and departed Culdrose for Wroughton 705 NAS
1975-11		B Shrivenham	G I Airframe RMCS Shrivenham by Nov 1975
1978-04		C EGDT	Stored Arrived at Wroughton from Shrivenham damaged by fire, by Apr 1978 and originally intended for disposal Henlow ATC by Aug 1979 RAE Bedford during early Jul 1982.
1978-10-21		C EGDT	RN: Whirlwind HAR.9 noted in storage at RAF Wroughton , coded 64
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1982-07-19		D Flixton	Exhibit To Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum 19 Jul 1982. Displayed as 848 NAS / W, still 2015, still Mar 2018
2019-06-20		D Flixton	Exhibit at Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, under cover and marked as 848 NAS / W-B.

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XN304 Whirlwind (C/N wa284)

Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

Aircraft History

XN304

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