WG718 Westland Dragonfly HR.3 C/N wa/h/049

Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/049 Register WG718 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1950. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
WG718
	HR.3 Del RN
	705 Sq / 707-GJ by Nov 1952, damaged in accident 21 Aug 1953, repaired Ark Royal SAR Flt / 990-O Mar 1955, Ark Royal SAR Flt / 971-O Dec 1955, until c Mar 1956 Warrior SAR Flt (loan ?) Oct 1956 Stored at Lee by Nov 1956 Culdrose Stn Flt / 913-CU by Nov 1957 until c Feb 1958
1958-03	A Donibristle	Conv HR.5 Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Conversion to HR.5 at Donibristle between Mar and Nov 1958.
	HR.5, Portland Stn Flt by Jun 1959 until c Nov 1959 Fleetlands store by May 1960 Lossiemouth Stn Flt /934-LM by Nov 1960 Fleetlands by Sep 1962 Boscombe Down by Jun 1963 Fleetlands store by Jan 1964.
1965-02-18	B EGDR	SAH to A2531 and to SAH Culdrose 18 Feb 1965, (SoC Apr 1965) , until Feb 1971 SAH
1971-02-24	C EGDY	to FAAM Yeovilton 24 Feb 1971 as parts source for restoration of WG719. Derelict by Jul 1972, still present Aug 1978.
1979-06-13	D EGFF	Exhibit To Wales Aircraft Museum 13 Jun 1979, repainted as /934 by Aug 1979, until 1992.
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1992	E EGBL	Stored Stored at Long Marston from early , until Jul 1995.
1995-07-08	F EGYK	Spares Spares use by Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group Jul 1995. (Spares source for WH991).