Introduced after an evaluation of the Sikorsky S-55, the Whirlwind HAR.1 was the first British version of this successful helicopter. Served the Royal Navy for almost 25 years in HAR.1, HAR.3, the troublesome HAS.7 and the HAR.9 versions in carrier plane guard, ship's flight, tactical transport, commando assault, anti-submarine and Search and Rescue roles. 
Picture shows Whirlwinds taking 45 Commando, Royal Marines from HMS Theseus (R64) to Port Said during Operation Musketeer on November 1956
Units |
Platforms |
| Classes |
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| CV Audacious class |
| CV Centaur class |
| CV Improved Centaur class |
| CV Modified Centaur class |
| AO Protector class |
| AO Endurance (1967) |
List of Aircraft |
| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wa219 w/o 1958 | has7 | 1958 | XL869 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA219, ff: 24Apr58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa220 w/o 1962 | has7 | 1958 | XL870 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA220, ff: 08May58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa221 w/o 1958 | has7 | 1958 | XL871 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA221, ff: 14May58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa222 w/o 1963 | has7 | 1958 | XL872 335-C Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA222, ff: 19May58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa223 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1958 | XL873 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA223, ff: 23May58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa224 scrapped 1981 | has7 | 1958 | XL874 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA224, ff: 11Jun58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa225 | has7 | 1958 | XL875 (8)12-LS 589-CU Westland WS-55 Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA225, f/f: 25Jun58; del Royal Navy Fleet Ai... | - XL875: Noted at Perth EGPT as GI airframe with AST still with AST at Perth | |||
| wa226 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1958 | XL876 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA226, ff: 26Jun58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa227 w/o 1958 | has7 | 1958 | XL877 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA227, ff: 14Jul58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa228 w/o 1968 | has7 | 1958 | XL878 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA228, ff: 14Jul58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa229 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1958 | XL879 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA229, ff: 20Jul58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa230 scrapped 1996 | has7 | 1958 | XL880 har9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA230, f/f: 25Jul58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa231 w/o 1969 | has7 | 1958 | XL881 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA231, ff: 06Aug58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa232 w/o 1966 | has7 | 1958 | XL882 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA232, ff: 20Aug58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa233 | has7 | 1958 | XL883 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA233, ff: 17Sep58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa234 w/o 1968 | has7 | 1958 | XL884 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA234, ff: 19Sep58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa235 w/o 1964 | has7 | 1958 | XL896 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA235, ff: 25Sep58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa236 w/o 1960 | has7 | 1958 | XL897 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA236, ff: 25Sep58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa237 scrapped 1992 | has7 | 1958 | XL898 (4)49-ED 449/PR 49-ED Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA237, f/f: 16Oct58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa238 scrapped 1993 | has7 | 1958 | XL899 587-CU Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA238, f/f: 24Oct58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa239 w/o 1973 | has7 | 1958 | XL900 har9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA239, f/f: 29Oct58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa251 | has7 | 1958 | XM660 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA251, ff: 20Nov58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | North East Aircraft Museum XM660: to North East Aircraft Museum Sep 1984 until 1996. to RAF Millom Museum, Oct 1996 until 2010. Last noted ... 19sep19 ocated in a private yard near Athens, Greece | |||
| wa252 w/o 1960 | has7 | 1958 | XM661 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA252, ff: 26Nov58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa253 | has7 | 1958 | XM662 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA253, ff: 04Dec58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa254 w/o 1959 | has7 | 1958 | XM663 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA254, f/f 15Dec58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa255 w/o 1960 | has7 | 1958 | XM664 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA255, ff: 30Dec58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa256 w/o 1968 | has7 | 1958 | XM665 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA256, ff: 30Dec58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | - XM665: Exhibit, at Thorpe Water Park, Chertsey,. Arrived 16 De... on loan to Booker Air Museum by Feb 1990 Exported to Australia Mar/Apr 1994 Museum of Flight, Nowra Stored at Nowra | |||
| wa257 w/o 1969 | has7 | 1959 | XM666 har9 (4)48-ED Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA257, f/f: 07Jan59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa258 scrapped 1993 | has7 | 1959 | XM667 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA258, ff: 21Jan59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa259 w/o 1963 | has7 | 1959 | XM668 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA259, ff: 26Jan59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa260 | has7 | 1959 | XM669 63 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA260, ff: 22Feb59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa261 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1959 | XM683 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA261, ff: 18Feb59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa262 | has7 | 1959 | XM684 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA262, ff: 21Feb59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa263 | has7 | 1959 | XM685 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA263, ff: 22Feb59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... |  XM685: Newark museum from 1980 wears 771 Sq / 513 at Newark Air Museum, still there Ma... | |||
| wa264 w/o 1966 | has7 | 1959 | XM686 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA264, ff: 1959; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as X... | XM686: From line, straight to Westland trials a/c by May 1959.... | |||
| wa265 w/o 1968 | has7 | 1959 | XM687 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA265, ff: 14Aug59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa270 | has7 | 1959 | XN258 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA270, f/f: 29Aug59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | XN258: to Nigeria as airfreight in RAF Beverley for tropical t... to Westland Ilchester plant for reversion to HAS.7 stan... XN258: to Cornwall Aero Park Dec 1975 as HAR.9 /589-CU. Still ... - XN258: To North East Air Museum by Oct 1993 (from Flambards), ... NEAM called North East Land Sea and Air Museum, Sunderl... | |||
| wa271 w/o 1969 | has7 | 1959 | XN259 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA271, ff: 24Aug59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa272 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1959 | XN260 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA272, ff: 24Aug59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa273 scrapped 1985 | has7 | 1959 | XN261 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA273, ff: 26Aug59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa274 w/o 1964 | has7 | 1959 | XN262 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA274, ff: 14Sep59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa275 scrapped 2005 | has7 | 1959 | XN263 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA275, ff: 22Sep59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | - XN263: sold privately. To Bosham Apr 1989 for restoration as /... | |||
| wa276 | has7 | 1959 | XN264 553-CU Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA276, ff: 23Sep59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa277 | has7 | 1959 | XN297 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA277, ff: 30Sep59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa278 scrapped 2011 | has7 | 1959 | XN298 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA278, f/f: 08Oct59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | - XN298: ex Stoke-on-Trent, to Warmingham Jan 1989. G.I. Chorley Fire School May 1990, still Jan 1995, stil... to RAF Millom Museum 13 Apr 2008, still Apr 2010. Belie... | |||
| wa279 | has7 | 1959 | XN299 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA279, ff: 19Oct59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | Torbay Aircraft Museum XN299: Torbay Aircraft Museum Feb 1979 to 1988 RM Museum May 1989, pres. Tangmere by Feb 1997 | |||
| wa280 w/o 1964 | has7 | 1959 | XN300 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA280, ff: 26Oct59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa281 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1959 | XN301 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA281, ff: 06Nov59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa282 | has7 | 1959 | XN302 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA282, ff: 28Nov59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | - XN302: Noted at Hanningfield Metals Feb 1996 | |||
| wa283 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1959 | XN303 333-C Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA283, ff: 15Dec59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa284 | has7 | 1959 | XN304 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA284, ff: 11Dec59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | - XN304: To Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum 19 Jul 1982. Dis... pictured at Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, under... | |||
| wa285 scrapped 1984 | has7 | 1959 | XN305 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA285, ff: 09Dec59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa286 scrapped 1982 | has7 | 1960 | XN306 har9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA286, f/f: 05Jan60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa287 scrapped 1969 | has7 | 1960 | XN307 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA287, ff: 16Jan60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa288 scrapped 1994 | has7 | 1960 | XN308 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA288, ff: 21Jan60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa289 | has7 | 1960 | XN309 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA289, f/f: 25Jan60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa290 w/o 1973 | has7 | 1960 | XN310 har9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA290, f/f: 26Jan60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa291 w/o 1975 | has7 | 1960 | XN311 A2643 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA291, f/f: 12Feb60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa292 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1960 | XN312 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA292, ff: 18Feb60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa293 w/o 1960 | has7 | 1960 | XN313 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA293, ff: 23Feb60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa294 | has7 | 1960 | XN314 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA294, ff: 25Feb60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa303 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1960 | XN357 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA303, ff: 10Mar60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa304 scrapped 1983 | has7 | 1960 | XN358 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA304, ff: 18Mar60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa305 scrapped 1993 | has7 | 1960 | XN359 har9 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA305, f/f: 23Mar60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa306 w/o 1962 | has7 | 1960 | XN360 285-H 986-H Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA306, ff: 26Mar60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa307 w/o 1962 | has7 | 1960 | XN361 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA307, ff: 11Apr60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa308 w/o 1962 | has7 | 1960 | XN362 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA308, ff: 26Apr60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa309 w/o 1962 | has7 | 1960 | XN379 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA309, ff: 27Apr60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa310 | has7 | 1960 | XN380 Westland WS-55, c/n WA310, f/f:16May60; del Royal Navy as Whirlwind HAS.7 XN380,... | ||||
| wa311 w/o 1962 | has7 | 1960 | XN381 314-V 334-C Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA311, ff: 24May60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa312 scrapped 1988 | has7 | 1960 | XN382 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA312, ff: 26May60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa313 w/o 1961 | has7 | 1960 | XN383 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA313, ff: 10Jun60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa314 scrapped 1983 | has7 | 1960 | XN384 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA314, f/f: 27Jun60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
| wa315 | has7 | 1960 | XN385 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA315, ff: 02Jul60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm a... | ||||
| wa316 | has7 | 1960 | XN386 har9 RN Whirlwind HAS.7 f/f 27Jun60 d/d 05Aug60; conv HAR.9 | - XN386: Waiting restoration at South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum,... pictured at Aeroventure, Doncaster as /435 Endurance ... | |||
| wa317 | has7 | 1960 | XN387 12-LS 626 86-LM U-A Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA317, f/f: 25Jul60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm ... | ||||
No longer with this org.
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