| By Dave Taskis |
Aircraft History |
WG719 | |||
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ff 19 Sep 1952 as HR.3 Hal Far SAR Flt/901-HF by Jan 1953. 728 NAS  | |||
| 1953-08-20 | A LGKF | Accident To Zakynthos on HMS Bermuda (C52), arr 15 Aug 1953 for earthquake relief. Damaged during sloping ground landing at Argostoli on 20 Aug 1953, recovered to UK by Nov 1953 and repaired. Great Kefalonia Earthquake relief | |
| 705Sq/710-GJ by Nov 1954 to AHU Lee-on-Solent for conv to HR.5. 705 NAS | |||
Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Yeovilton Stn Flt/948-VL by May 1958 [776Sq 1959-1961 ?] BRNC Flt/900 by Oct 1963 to RNAY Fleetlands Jun 1967. | |||
G-BRMA | |||
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| 1978-06 | B EGFI | Exhibit To Weston-super-Mare Apr 1976, for British Rotorcraft Museum Jun 1978 as WG719/902 restored RAF Shawbury Jun 1983-1984 Returned to Weston-super-Mare 1985, registration cancelled Mar 1989 Damaged in gale Jan 1990, restored Aug 1998 in metal finish on indoor display at The Helicopter Museum Weston-super-Mare, still 2005, still Nov 2016 | |
WG719 | |||
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| 2016-12-03 | B EGFI | Exhibit as WG719 in bare metal finish at International Helicopter Museum | |
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