Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa267 Register XS887 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.

By Dave Taskis

Aircraft History

06Apr66 Fleet Air Arm
XS887
		dd 6 Apr 1966 829 Sq Fife Flt/403-FI, Yeovilton Station Flight/18-VL by Sep 1973 772Sq/514-PO by Jul 1975 to RNAY Wroughton To A2690, at SAH Culdrose by May 1984 ? 772 NAS
1974-10-30	514-PO	A EGDT	Pending issue noted at Wroughton, recently coded and awaiting issue to 772 NAS.
1983-07		B Clodgey Lane	Exhibit pres. Cornwall Aero Park, Helston, by Jul 1983 in 772 NAS markings marked as /403-FI by Jun 1992, still there Feb 2000 still there (as Flambards Theme Park) Apr 2006 marked as /403-FI 772 NAS
1997		B Clodgey Lane	Exhibit Helston, Cornwall
1997-07-15		B Clodgey Lane	15jul97 at Cornwall Aero Park, Helston, Cornwall (The Flambards Holiday Park)

2006-04-18		B Clodgey Lane	Exhibit at Flambards, Helston during a grey Easter

08Dec07 -
2008		C EGCI	Exhibit 08dec07 aquired by the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group and moved to Aeroventure, Doncaster, UK , (see helicopter-preservation-yhpg.org.uk). the aircraft is now on display and restoration is underway.
2019-09-05		C EGCI	Exhibit 5 Sep 2019 at Aeroventure, Doncaster awaiting restoration

2021-12-02		XS887 is at Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire Undergoing sympathetic restoration (see thorpecamp.org)

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XS887 Wessex HAS.1 (C/N wa267)

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