WN494 Westland Dragonfly HR.3 C/N wa/h/071

Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/071 Register WN494 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1953. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

apr53 Fleet Air Arm
WN494
1954-05	A Hal Far	SAR Flt Mar 1953 ff at Yeovil Apr 1953 del RN at Gosport May 1953 to Theseus SAR Flt Hal Far SAR Flt / 901-HF by May 1954, Hal Far SAR Flt / 960-HF by c Aug 1955 until c Jun 1958. 728 NAS
1959-04-26	B EGVF	Accident Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Jul 1959 to Fleetlands for conversion to HR.5, completed c Apr 1960 but crashed during post-conversion air test on 26 Apr 1960 and written off.