Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9663 Register ZU-HAS G-KAWW NZ3908 XT781 used by Royal New Zealand Navy ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1966. Aircraft history and location
ex G-17-6. dd Royal Navy Aug 1966 845Sq/O-B by Aug 1966 829 Sq Eskimo Flt/453 by Dec 1973 (after refit), ditched and recovered 28 Mar 1974 off Portland 829Sq Ashanti Flt/427 joining the ship in Malta Oct 1975 829Sq Charybdis Flt/431-CY by Feb 1976 until c Apr 1976 829Sq Gurkha Flt/444 by May 1979 RNAY Wroughton store by Aug 1980 To RNZN 1983.
Royal New Zealand Navy 1983,
ex XT781 from Royal Navy Retired Apr 1998 Sold to Westland Became G-KAWW and flies from Swansea painted as XT781 /426 Moved to North Weald still as G-KAWW and departed 1 Dec 2005 for South Africa, via Felixstowe Docks.