| By Dave Taskis |
Aircraft History |
WG751 | |||
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| 1958-04 | A Donibristle | HR.5 conversion ff Nov 1952 705Sq/710-GJ by Mar 1953 Yeovilton Stn Flt/948-VL by Jan 1956 to RNAY Donibristle for conv to HR.5 Apr 1958  | |
| 1959-03 | B EGDP | Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Yeovilton Stn Flt/948-VL by Aug 1958 First helicopter to land at newly re-built HMS Osprey (RNAS Portland), Mar 1959 Lossiemouth Stn Flt/933-LM by Apr 1961 Sold 1965 | |
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| Feb 1968 to Wisbech until c Jul 1972 Aug 1972 to scrapyard in Ancoats until mid 1977 1982 to location nr Samlesbury until autumn 1986 to Fleetlands Mar 1999 for partial restoration | |||
| 1999-08 | C HMD Chatham | Exhibit Chatham Historic Dockyard Moved between several scrapyards and eventually restored at Fleetlands from Mar99 To Chatham Historic Dockyard by Still there Jun09 | |
| 2009-06 | Jun09 at the Chatham Historic Dockyard ( The wooden armchair in the cabin is not an original feature of this helicopter :-) | ||
| 2016-09 | Sep16 still at Chatham Historic Dockyard | ||
| 2019-02 | Feb19 still at Chatham dockyard. Rotor has been removed and scaffolding erected | ||
| 2019-10 | Oct19 still at Chatham dock yard. Rotor fitted. | ||
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