Westland Dragonfly HR.3

C/N wa/h/069

Built 1953





Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/069 Register WN492 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1953. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





WN492

mar53
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Feb 1953 flew at Yeovil on 25 Feb
del Gosport 19 Mar 1953
May 1953 to 705 Sq / 703-GJ until c Mar 1954 705 NAS
1955-09-30 A Donibristle Repair Mar 1955 to Ark Royal SAR Flt / 900-O
Sep 1955 to Bulwark SAR Flt / 904-B and crashed on deck 14 Sep 1955, Sep 1955 to Donibristle for repair.
1956-11 B Anthorn SAR Flt Nov 1956 to Anthorn SAR Flt / 900 until Dec 1957
1957-12 A Donibristle Conv HR.5
Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Dec 1957 to Donibristle for conv to HR.5, completed c May 1958
1958-06 C EGDR SAR Flt Jun 1958 to Culdrose SAR Flt / 900-CU
Sep 1958 to Fleetlands
1960-09-01934-LM D EGH20 Accident Jul 1959 to Lossiemouth SAR Flt / 934-LM, crashed in Plockton 1 Sep 1960
wreckage in a local scrapyard by 1971




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