Westland Dragonfly HR.3

C/N wa/h/037

Built 1952 - Scrapped 1976





Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/037 Register WG667 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1952. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





WG667

may52
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

ff 5 May 1952, del to Gosport 13 May 1952
Sent to Far East aboard HMS Vengeance Jun 1952, Sembawang by Aug 1952
HMS Ocean SAR Flt by Sep 1952
HMS Unicorn SAR Flt by Nov 1952
Returned to UK aboard HMS Perseus Feb 1953
Culdrose Stn Flt / 901-CU by Apr 1954
1957-01 A Donibristle Conv HR.5
Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Conversion completed c Feb 1958.
Eglinton SAR Flt / 917-GN by Apr 1958
Trials a/c for radio aids until c Nov 1961
RNAY Fleetlands Dec 1961
Britannia Flt / 901 at Dartmouth by Jul 1962
Fleetlands store by Jun 1964 and SoC by Sep 1965
to Bacup
ex Bacup
to pub playground, Morecambe, still /901-CU
1974-06901-CU B Glasson Dock Stored stored nr Glasson Dock, Galgate by Jun 1974, still Mar 1976.




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