8040M ex XR493 (UK) Saro P.531 Royal Air Force of Oman (C/N s2/5312)

Detailed history and photos of helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5312 Register 8040M XR493 G-APVM used by Silāḥ al-Jaww as-Sulṭāniy ‘Umān RAFO (Royal Air Force of Oman) ,Army Air Corps AAC (British Army) ,Westland Track service timeline and current status.

Aircraft History

Westland
G-APVM
	P.531-2 built at Eastleigh as second tranche of prototype, with de Havilland Gnome H.1000 turbine derated to 685shp. ff 3 May 1960.
1960	A GBHMI	Conv Scout AH.1 Westland Scout AH.1 Converted to pre-production Scout AH.1 at Hayes in .
	Westland Feb62-Oct68
XR493
Army Air Corps
	Reworked from P.531-2 to pre-production version Scout AH.1 (re-engined with Nimbus) at Hayes during 1960. For further information, see under Westland Scout.
1974-07	B EGVF	Stored Stored at Fleetlands by Jul 1974
1976-03	C EGVP	from Fleetlands to Middle Wallop by Mar 1976
1979-09	C EGVP	G I Airframe to AETW Middle Wallop by Sep 1979 AETW
8040M
Silāḥ al-Jaww as-Sulṭāniy ‘Umān
	preserved at Royal Air Force Oman Museum at Seeb

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