| By Dave Taskis |
| By Steve Mills |
Aircraft History |
XS507 | |||
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dd 27/08/1964, 707Sq/W-CU by 1965, still Jun 1967 still 1969, 845Sq/C by Sep 1969, 846Sq/XC-CU by Jul 1971, 772Sq/513-PO by Jul 1976, Damaged on 4 Aug 1978 when rolled over following severe vibrations during take off from a ship while with 772Sqdn/513-PO. 847 Sq/XU May 1982 - seconded to 848Sq D Flt June 1982 (to replace damaged XT486), 707Sq/RN for the Royal Naval Presentation Team by Jun 1984 still May 1985, 772Sq/627-PO by 1987. to A2762 Lee by Oct 1995, to A2674 G.I. Gosport /27 by Jan 2000, still Apr 2007. To Royal Aux AF. 772 NAS  | |||
| 1978-08-04 | A Persian Gulf | Persian Gulf Cat 4 damage 04Aug78 with airframe hours of 3132:05 Repaired 772Squadron, HMS London Flight coded 314.LO noted RNAS Portland 15 Sep81 named "Buzby II" 772Squadron RFA Olna coded 314.ON noted RNAS Portland 01Feb82 named "Buzby II" | |
| 1982-03-28 | running on the deck of RFA OLNA, operating with 772 NAS C Flight | ||
| 1982-04-20 | zaps showing the first ever deck landing done by XS507 on SS Uganda, and a medivac flight during the March 1982 deployment aboard RFA Olna into Seeb - Oman | ||
| 1982-05-07 | 847 Squadron Coded XU noted RNAS Yeovilton 07May82 707 squadron coded ZG noted RNAS Yeovilton 14Jan83 707Squadron Schools Presentation Team coded RN.VL noted RNAS Lee on Solent 26Jun83 772Squadron coded 627.PO noted RNAS Portland 21Nov86 RNAS Lee on Solent Air Engineering School (AES) coded 627.PO noted 29Sep88 as ground Instruction and uncoded noted 10Oct94 HMS Sultan Air Engineering Training School (AETS) uncoded noted 01Dec97 772 NAS | ||
| 1983-06-26 | B EGHF | at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) operating with the 707 NAS School Presentation Flight | |
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| reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XU 847NAS | |||
| 1982-05-13 | C HMS Raleigh | mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XU noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate | |
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| ex FAA Wessex HU.5. To 606Sq (Royal Aux AF) for Helicopter Support training by Mar 2009. | |||
| May 2011 with 606 (Chiltern) Sq RAFR at RAF Benson | |||
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