XN359 Whirlwind Royal Navy (C/N wa305)

Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

Construction Number: wa305


Built 1960 - Scrapped 1993





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.



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





XN359

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

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 EGDTRN: 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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