Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa295

Built 1965 - Written off 1982





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa295 Register XT473 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT473

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

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
1982-04-05 A EGDY Wideawake 845Sq /A, despatched via chartered Belfast C.1 from Yeovilton on 5 Apr 1982 to Ascension Island. Operation Corporate
Assigned to 845Sq C Flt operating from RFA Tidespring from 11 Apr 1982.
1982-04-22 B Fortuna Glacierw/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 NAS Operation Paraquat




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