Detailed history and photos of helicopter AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1 Serial 50139 Register ZH854 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Merlin HM.2 Track service timeline and current status.

By Dave Taskis

By John Spencer

By Alberto Mn

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
ZH854
		50139/RN34. 814Sqn. 2003 /CU-580 824Sqn. 2004 /CU-580 824Sqn. 814 NAS
		AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2 conv HM.2 type MCSP26
2003-05-30	CU-580	A EBLG	Belgian Helidays 2003 824 NAS
2009-07-26		B EGHH	Navy 265 noted at Hurn 814 NAS
2010-07-10	84	C EGDY	as /84 Gawaine of 824Sqn during RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 824 NAS

2017-03-05		D off Lebanon	Port Visit asg 820 NAS aboard HMS Ocean when she visited Beirut
2017-07-15		E EGVA	on display at Fairford 2017 RIAT 2017

2017-09-13		F LEXJ	at Seve Ballesteros International Airport, San Sebastian, Spain
2017-09-14		F LEXJ	on ferry stop at Santander, Spain

2018-10		Embarked as 814 NAS / Westminster Flt by mid Oct 2018
2022-07-06	TIGER68	off Plymouth, Offshore UK
2024-02		embarked HMS Portland as Mohawk Flight for North Atlantic deployment. Returned to Culdrose May 2024. 814 NAS
2024-06-14	TIGER69	Falmouth, Cornwall
2025-09-15	NVY535	Bideford, England
2025-10-21	EXCBR81	G EGDR	Helston, Cornwall
2026-01-13	EXCBR89	Callington, Cornwall
2026-02-05	EXCBR89	Lancing, Offshore UK
2026-02-17	EXCBR88	Bangor, Northern Ireland

Call sign for this aircraft: EXCAL89 EXCBR81 EXCBR88 EXCBR89 NVY535 TIGER68 TIGER69

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ZH854 Merlin HM.2 Royal Navy (C/N 50139)

AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1

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ZH854

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