Detailed history and photos of helicopter AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3 Serial 50169 Register ZJ130 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Royal Air Force RAF Converted to Merlin HC.3i Track service timeline and current status.

By Steve Mills

By Dave Taskis

Aircraft History

may02 Royal Air Force
ZJ130
2003-03-08		A EHRD	HC.3 type 28Sqd./O at Rotterdam
2006-01-25	O	B EGWU	SHF 313 visiting RAF Northolt 28 Squadron
2007	O	RAF 2007 28Sqn./O 28 Squadron
2009-11		C OAZI	1419 Flt 28/78 Sq/O by Oct 2009. Part of 1st detachment of RAF Merlin to Afghanistan, 1419 Flt/O by late Nov 2009. 78 Squadron
2013-07-21		D EGVA	as /O at RIAT 2013 RAF Fairford RIAT 2013

2015 Fleet Air Arm
2016-07-02		E EGDY	AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3i as 846Sq /O at RNAS Yeovilton during Air Day 2016 846 NAS Yeovilton Air Day 2016

2019-07-13		E EGDY	as /O in the Commando Assault finale at RNAS Yeovilton 2019 RN International Air Day 2019
2021-02-10	CMDO21	F EGVP	Middle Wallop, England
2024-10-09	WHE06	Yeovil, England
2025-01-14	JUNGLY98	Yeovil, England
2025-03-25	JUNGLY14	Shaftesbury, England
2025-04-24	JUNGLY20	Shaftesbury, England
2025-05-29	JNGLY50	Somerton, England
2025-06-27	JNGLY36	Forfar, Scotland
2025-07-01	JNGLY14	Bournemouth, England
2025-08-11	JNGLY43	Somerton, England
2025-09-11	JNGLY46	Somerton, England
2025-12-04	JUNGLY41	Yeovilton, England
2025-12-08	NAVY750	Radstock, England

Call sign for this aircraft: ARCTIC94 ARTIC94 CMNDO02 CMNDO23 JNGLIE14 JNGLY10 JNGLY11 JNGLY14 JNGLY20 JNGLY21 JNGLY22 JNGLY23 JNGLY28 JNGLY33 JNGLY34 JNGLY35 JNGLY36 JNGLY39 JNGLY43 JNGLY46 JNGLY50 JNGLY60 JNGLY61 JUNGLY14 JUNGLY20 JUNGLY23 JUNGLY34 JUNGLY41 JUNGLY98 MARINE12 NAVY750 NAVY752 PRSUS20 WHE02 WHE06

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ZJ130 Merlin HC.3i Royal Navy (C/N 50169)

AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3

Aircraft History

ZJ130

may02 Royal Air Force

2015 Fleet Air Arm

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may02
Royal Air Force

2015
Fleet Air Arm