XN298 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 C/N wa278

Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa278 Register XN298 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XN298
1959-10-08	Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA278, f/f: 08Oct59 del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN298, 28Oct59 conv HAR.9, unk wfu & donated to the RAF Millom Museum, Cumbria, 13Apr08.
	848 Sq / H-B Nov 1959 to Jul 1960 collided with XN305 / R-B at Sembawang 846 Sq / X-A from May 1962 to late Jan 1963 Fleetlands store by Mar 1965
1965-05	A GBWSM	Conv HAR.9 Westland Whirlwind HAR.9 to W-s-M for conv to HAR.9 May 1965.
	Lee SAR Flt/(8)10-LS by May 1973 named Faith by Feb 1975 Wroughton store by May 1977 Yeovilton dump by Sep 1980.
1978-10-21	B EGDT	RN: Whirlwind HAR.9 noted in storage at RAF Wroughton , coded 10
1982-12-14	C Winton	Playground to Linwood School playground by Dec 1982
1986-03	to Helicopter Collection Stoke-on-Trent Mar 1986
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1989-01	D Warmingham	Stored ex Stoke-on-Trent, to Warmingham Jan 1989.
1990-05	E Euxton	G I Airframe G.I. Chorley Fire School May 1990, still Jan 1995, still Oct 2005
2008-04-13	F Haverigg	Exhibit to RAF Millom Museum 13 Apr 2008, still Apr 2010. Believed scrapped in 2011 when the Museum finally wound down.