Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa295 Register XT473 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
HU.5, RNAY Fleetlands Feb 1966, 707Sq by Sep 1972, 848Sq/VQ-B by Jun 1973 still Jul 1974, 707Sq/WW by Oct 1976, Ark Royal Flt/061-R by Jun 1977, 845Sqdn/(Y)A by Mar 1982. 707 NAS
w/o crashed on Fortuna Glacier as 845Sq/(Y)A, while rescuing troops of D Sqn 22 SAS Regt from an abortive reconnaissance mission on South Georgia. Wreck abandoned in place 845 NASOperation Paraquat
