Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9660 Register XT778 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.

By Steve Mills

By Peter Mitrovitch

Aircraft History

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XT778
	ff 12 May 1966 from Yeovil. dd 6 Jun 1966 to RN 829 Sq Ambuscade Flt/323 by Mar 1976 829 Sq Achilles Flt/430 by 1988 to A2722 Lee-on-Solent to A2642 RNAS Portland Gate Guard by Oct 1998
	I was the Acmn on this a/c between Aug 83 to Mar 86 on HMS Achilles
	1985 829Sqn /430 829 NAS
1979-07-22	22jul79 still 829Sqn coded 323 829 NAS
1988-03-23	A EGHF	AES AES Lee-on-Solent on 23 Mar 1988 as A2722. 760 Sq/461 at Lee by Oct 1991. Re-numbered A2642 [2nd use], still at Lee in Nov 1994.
1997-12-31	B EGDP	Gate Guardian as 829 Sqd /430 HMS Achilles (F12) at RNAS Portland as Gate Guard just before the base was closed

1999-02-15	to FAAM to Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton on 15 Feb 1999 from HMS Osprey (Portland).
2012-06-23	C EGDY	still preserved as /430 HMS Aquilles at Yeovilton air day

2019-07-13	C EGDY	, in the static display at RNAS Yeovilton 2019 as XT778 in marks of 829 Sq Achilles Flt / 430 829 NAS RN International Air Day 2019

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XT778 Wasp Royal Navy (C/N f.9660)

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