Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9578 Register XS567 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
RNAY Fleetlands store by Jul 1964 to 1970 by Jun 1970 829Sq Gurkha Flt/444
Oct80-Mar83, as the Flight Commander of HMS Apollo, I flew this aircraft for several hundred hours including the inaugural Operation Armilla in the Gulf in 1981 and Operation Corporate in the Falklands in 1982.: It was a great little helicopter which never let me down in all that time. I also had 3 excellent leading aircrewmen during my time in Apollo: Joe Harper, John Greig and Taff Davies, who shared the cockpit with me and were a pleasure to fly with. Colin Milne, Lt Cdr RN retd. Armilla Patrol
Gurkha Flt / 444 until at least May 1975 by Oct 1976 829Sq Apollo Flt/470-AP until c Apr 1979 829Sq Diomede Flt/423 by Jun 1979 829Sq HQ Flt by Feb 1980 829Sq Apollo Flt/470-AP by Aug 1980 still Sep 1983 airfreighted to Belize to join 829Sq Active Flt/322 Aug 1984 829Sq Endurance Flt/434-E by Sep 1984 wfu Jun 1986, to AES Lee as A2719 by Jul 1986 until Sep 1992 pres. IWM Duxford (as /434-E) from Sep 1992.
XS567 was recoded from 444 to 470 in 1976 and not "1967" as per the entry. I noted is as "444" at Turnhouse on 9/6/76. I noted the replacement "444" as XT428 over Edinburgh on 20/4/77.
