Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/089 Register WP504 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1953. Aircraft history and location Aircraft History WP504 aug53 Fleet Air Arm del Sep 1953 Illustrious SAR Flt by Oct 1953, rotors struck tail while ship rolling 19 Feb 1954 1954-04 A Donibristle Repair to Donibristle for repair by Apr 1954 1956-10-10 Precautionary landing Eglinton Stn Flt / 901-GN by Jun 1955. Damaged 10 Oct 1956 during precautionary landing nr Ballymena. 1957-05 A Donibristle Conv HR.5 to Donibristle for conv to HR.5 by May 1957 1961-06 B Hal Far Stored Hal Far SAR Flt / 960 by Sep 1959 stored Hal Far by May 1961. Returned to UK Dec 1962. 1962-12 C EGVF Stored Fleetlands store by Dec 1962. Sold Jun 1964. jun64 - 1965-04-30 D EGLK Stored To Anglo Diesel co.. To Blackbushe by road Apr 1965 for storage, until Sep 1972. To breakers yard in Blackwater, Hants and scrapped by 1974 Send Updates Use APP to upload photo @ (optional) When Now? / / Send
