Saunders Roe Skeeter 7

C/N S2/5116

Built 1959





Helicopter Saunders Roe Skeeter 7 Serial S2/5116 Register XM561 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Saunders Roe Skeeter 7 Serial S2/5116 Register XM561 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





XM561

oct59
united kingdom Army Air Corps

ff Sep1959. to Army Oct 1959.
1960-07to 651 Sq until c Aug 1961 651 Squadron
1962-09-15 A EGAA Air Show 1962 flying at Aldergrove Battle of Britain Air Show
to 13 Flt (date ?)
to 2 RTR Air Troop (date ?)
1966-08to BAOR 1 Wing Aug 1966 until c Sep 1967
1967-10 B EGDT 15MU to 15 MU briefly and allocated 7980M
1967-11 C Arborfield G I Airframe to Arborfield by Nov 1967 as 7980M
to Middle Wallop by early 1975. SEAE
1975-10 D Moston G I Airframe to Moston College of FE by Oct 1975, still there Jan 1980
1983-02 E Tattershall Thorpeto Tattershall Thorpe by Feb 1983
to Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirby
1993-05 F Firbeck Exhibit departed East Kirby for South Yorkshire Air Museum, Firbeck by May 1993
2009-12 G EGCI Exhibit to Aeroventure / SYAM Doncaster (presented as XM651 by Dec 2009) still Mar 2012, still May 2013, still Aug 2014, still Apr 2017, still Apr 2018
2019-09-05 G EGCI Exhibit at Aeroventure, Doncaster, under cover, painted as XM651






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