Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa230

Built 1958 - Scrapped 1996





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa230 Register XL880 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1958. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XL880

sep58
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1958-07-25
Westland Whirlwind HAR.9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA230, f/f: 25Jul58
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL880, Aug58
conv HAR.9, unk
wfu as A2714, unk
perished Predannack by Jun96.
815Sq / 306-A damaged blades and tail in deck accident aboard HMS Albion on 10 Aug 1960. To RAF Tengah for repairs by Oct 1960.
Dec 1962 to 848 Sq / U, until May 1963 848 NAS
May 1963 to 847 Sq / U-CU, until Nov 1964
1966-11-09 A GBWSM Conv HAR.9
Westland Whirlwind HAR.9 To Westland at Weston-super-Mare for conversion to HAR.9 by Jul 1965, completed by Nov 1966
1978-10-21 B EGDTRN: Whirlwind HAR.9 noted in storage at RAF Wroughton , coded 35-ED ex HMS Endurance Flt
1994-03-10 C EGDOstored at Lee-on-Solent
to Predannack on 10 Mar 1994.




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