c/n s2/5268
Year 1958
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| ID | ||
 G-APNV Westland | P.531-1 built at Eastleigh, ff 30 Sep 1958. 2nd prototype, also with 400shp Turbomeca Turmo 603 derated to 325 shp. De-reg on 1 Oct 1959. To UK Royal Navy for trials.  | |
| XN332 Fleet Air Arm | dd into RN service 2 Oct 1959 as 1st trials airframe. Spent its service life with 700Sq and 771Sq between 1959 and 1963 /759 to A2579, (wfu 1964 ?). | |
| XN332 Fleet Air Arm |  | HMS Thunderer G I Airframe ( may-63 ) Moved to RNEC Manadon (HMS Thunderer) Plymouth as a ground instruction (GI) airframe, until it was sent to RNAS Yeovilton in 1971. |
| XN332 Fleet Air Arm | | RNAS Yeovilton Exhibit ( 1971 ) To Yeovilton 1971 for preservation, still by Aug 1978, still (wearing code /759) Oct 1986 |
| XN332 Fleet Air Arm | | Wroughton Stored ( may-90 ) RNAY Wroughton for storage (by May 1990) |
| XN332 Fleet Air Arm | | Finningley Loan for display ? ( 18-sep-91 ) To Finningley for its 1991 Battle of Britain Airshow |
| XN332 Fleet Air Arm | | RNAS Yeovilton Exhibit ( 16-nov-98 ) Arrived FAA Museum (Yeovilton) 24 Sep 1991. Went elsewhere and returned 16 Nov 1998, to the Cobham Hall site by Sep 2002. |