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XT471 Wessex HU.5 Royal Marines (C/N wa293)

Westland Wessex HU.5

Construction Number: wa293

Built 1965 - Scrapped 1998

Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa293 Register XT471 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XT471
		Wessex HU.5 d/d to RN 19 Jan 1966, Fleetlands 1976, 771Sq/524-CU 1979 to Mar 1982.
		847 Sq B Flt/XW by 7 May 1982, to 848Sq D Flt/XW as attrition replacement Jun 1982. Returned to UK aboard HMS Hermes on 21 Jul 1982. To 707Sq 22 Jul 1982. 707Sq/ZF by Sep 1984, RNAY Wroughton to AAC 9REGT Dishforth 21 Jul 1992. Dishforth dump by Jun 1994 still Nov 1995. Perished Dishforth Jul 1998.
1981-06-27	524-CU	A EGVI	noted at Greenham Common Air Show. 771 NAS
Royal Marines
		847 Sqn Mar/Apr69 as /F 847NAS 1969
1970-11-30		East Pakistan Nov 1970 with 847 NAS / F-S, took part in cyclone relief operations in East Pakistan 847NAS Operation Burlap
		reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XW 847NAS 1982
1982-05-13		B HMS Raleigh	mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XW noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate

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