Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa305 Register XN359 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.

By Steve Mills

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XN359
	HAS.7 719 NAS/627 May 1960 until unit disbanded on 5 Oct 1961
1960-03-23	Westland Whirlwind HAR.9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA305, f/f: 23Mar60 del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN359, 07Apr60 conv HAR.9, unk wfu as A2712, unk perished Lee-on-Solent, 1993.
1978-10-21	A EGDT	RN: Whirlwind HAR.9 noted in storage at RAF Wroughton , coded 34-ED ex HMS Endurance Flt
1983-12-04	B EGHF	on a Queen Mary Low Loader at RNAS Lee-on-Solent having arrived from RNAY Wroughton 2 days earlier. Used as a BDR training frame at Lee until scrapped

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XN359 Whirlwind Royal Navy (C/N wa305)

Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

Aircraft History

XN359

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