Westland Wessex HC.2

C/N wa148

Built 1964 - Written off 1970





Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa148 Register XR526 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1964. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XR526

23Sep64
united kingdom Royal Air Force

ff 24 Aug 1964, dd 23 Sep 1964. w/o 27 May 1970 with 72 Sq, to RAF Odiham as 8147M, RAE Farnborough. Sold 72 Squadron

1972
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1972 A Sherborne G I Airframe G.I. Sherborne by 1972, still 1979, still Mar 1990
1999-09 Exhibit to Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare by Sep 1999
2012-09 Sep12 appears to have been rebuilt and now on display at the Helicopter Museum at Weston-Super-Mare, UK
2018-09-22 B EGFI Reserve Collection 22 Sep 2018 in open storage outside Helicopter Museum minus tail boom and missing chin air intake.




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