| By Dave Taskis |
| By Peter Mitrovitch |
Aircraft History |
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| 1969-09-21 | RN f/f 21sep69, d/d 06oct69 Built as HAS.1, conv to HAS.2A then AEW.2A Served with 700Sq(S), 706 & 849 NAS 700 NAS  | ||
| HAS.1 700Sq(S) Sq/587-CU 1969 Non-stop flight from Lands End to John OGroats on 13 May 1970 in 4hrs 19min 21 sec 737 Sq by 1972 (ex 737Sq?)/663 at Fleetlands Jun 1976 706Sq/592-CU by Sep 1977 706Sq/588-CU by Aug 1978 737 NAS | |||
| 1982-04-03 | A HMD Devonport | RFA Olmeda Westland Sea King HAS.2A arrived in Devonport on 3 Apr, aboard RFA Olmeda as 824Sq A Flt/355 and departed with her on 5 Apr 1982. Operation Corporate | |
Westland Sea King AEW.2 Conv to AEW.2A at Fleetlands by 1986 849Sq/183-R by 1988 849Sq B Flt/183-R by May 1990 849 NAS | |||
| 1985-02-13 | Westland Sea King AEW.2 Converted by 1984 13Feb85 noted RNAS Lee-on-Solent uncoded of 849 Squadron, HQ Flight 20Nov86 noted RNAS Portland coded R.183 of 849 Squadron, B Flight, HMS Ark Royal 30Apr98 delivered to AMG Culdrose coded N.186 849 NAS | ||
| 1988-03-18 | B NLRTM | Wilhelminakade 18-22mar88 type:AEW2 849Sqn./R-183 embarked HMS Ark Royal (R07) | |
| 1993-01 | C Dalmatian coast | 849 Sq B Flt/184-R operating from HMS Ark Royal along the Dalmatian coastline, Jan - Jul 1993 849 NAS UNPROFOR | |
| 849 Sq B Flt/184-R by Mar 1993, still Mar 1999 849 NAS | |||
| 1996 type:AEW2A embarked aboard HMS Invincible (R05). 849Sqn./N-186 1998 type:AEW2A embarked aboard HMS Illustrious (R06). 849Sqn./L-184 | |||
| 1999-09-28 | D NLAMS | type:AEW2A 849Sqn./L-184 embarked aboard HMS Illustrious (R06). | |
| 2000 type:AEW2A 849Sqn./L-183 849 NAS | |||
AgustaWestland Sea King ASaC.7 Conv to ASaC.7, 849Sq HQ Flt/180-CU by Jul 2003 still Sep 2004 854Sq/180 13 Dec 2006 still Jul 2009 849 NAS | |||
| 2003 type:ASaC7 849Sqn./CU-180 2004 type:ASaC7 849Sqn./CU-180 849 NAS | |||
| 2009 type:ASaC7 849Sqn./180 849 NAS | |||
| 2009-07-11 | E EGDY | as 849 NAS /180 in the flying display at Yeovilton Air Day 2009 849 NAS Yeovilton Air Day 2009 | |
| 2012-10-18 | F EGWU | as /cu-80 at RAF Northolt | |
| First Seaking to reach 10,000 flying hours | |||
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