WN499 Westland Dragonfly HR.3 C/N wa/h/076

Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/076 Register WN499 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1953. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

may53 Fleet Air Arm
WN499
	HR.3 ff 21 Apr 1953, Illustrious SAR Flt May 1953
1954-08-20	A EGHD	Accident crashed 20 Aug 1954 at Plymouth and repaired
	Jul 1955 to 705 Sq / 703-GJ Nov 1955 to 705 Sq / 706 705 NAS
1957-02	B Donibristle	HR.5 conversion Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Feb 1957 to RNAY Donibristle for conv to HR.5
	Culdrose Stn Flt/911-CU Jul 1959 Fleetlands storage by Jul 1963
1965-04	C EGLK	Stored open storage at Blackbushe Apr 1965 to Sep 1970.
jun64 -
1971-06	D Barton Pines	Torbay Aircraft Museum Torbay Aircraft Museum Jun 1971, /-Y still there 1974, 1976, Jun 1979.
1988	E EGCK	Exhibit to Caernarfon Airworld by still Apr 1996, in poor condition by May 2006.
2006-06	F EGCI	Dismantled Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group Jun 2006. Still Feb 2016