By Steve Mills |
By Dave Taskis |
Aircraft History |
ZF557 | |||
Fleet Air Arm | |||
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RN HAS.3 type f/f 12oct87, d/d 16oct88 1990 HMA.8 ETPS type 2000 HMA.8 type 815Sqn /407 Mar01 815Sqn /407 Jul01 815Sqn /420 2004 815Sqn /318 2007 815Sqn /348 jul07 HMA.8 type 815Sqn /334 2008 HMA.8 type 815Sqn /674 815 NAS | |||
1988-12 | A EGVF | Conv HAS.3CTS Westland Lynx HAS3CTS to RNAY Fleetlands by Dec 1988 for conversion to HAS.3CTS, completed by Aug 1989 | |
1990-12-04 | 670 | B EGDP | Westland Lynx 3CTS at RNAS Portland on 04Dec90, coded 670 whilst operating with the trials 700L Squadron. The Lynx 3CTS was the trials platform for the avionics to be fitted on the Lynx HMA.8 |
1994-01-31 | C EGHG | Conv HMA.8 Westland Lynx HMA.8 to Westland for conversion to HMA.8, completed by Jan 1995. | |
1997-06 | 444-MR | Detachment 815 NAS Montrose Flt / 444-MR detached to USS Cape St George for 3 weeks during Jun 1997. 815 NAS | |
2001-08-24 | 420-EX | D HMNB Portsmouth | IFoS 2001 aboard HMS Exeter at Portsmouth. 815 NAS International Festival of Sea 2001 |
2008-08 | 229 Flt assigned to RFA Wave Ruler Flt, until c Dec 2008 815 NAS | ||
2009-11 | 375-SM | 229 Flt assigned Somerset Flt, until c Sep/Oct 2010. 815 NAS | |
2014-05-29 | E HMD Devonport | on HMS Kent (F78) at Plymouth | |
2016-06-20 | 426-PD | Deployment 815 NAS 208 Flt /426, embarked HMS Portland for 9 month Middle East and Atlantic deployment Jun 2016. Return to Yeovilton 10 Mar 2017 and was the last deployed Lynx in FAA service. 815 NAS | |
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Hayward and Green Defence Ltd | |||
Hayward and Green Defence Ltd, West Sussex, UK by Apr20 | |||
2024-02-05 | 426-PD | at Woodmancote, undergoing parts recovery. | |
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