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wa 2 scrapped 1992 has.1 1958 XL728 hu.5 RAE Farnborough by May 1971 still Sep 1972, (with A Flt, Mar 1978), still 1980 s...
Royal Navy XL728: Westland Wessex HAS.1 f/f 16sep58; conv to Mk.5 (hybrid...
Westland XL728: industrial airframe for engine development from 1958, w...
wa 4 scrapped 1992 hc.2 1958 XM299 Wessex HC.2 prototype; derelict in open at Westlands, Yeovil since late 1975
Royal Air Force XM299: Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA004, f/f: 19/12/1958; del R...
wa 5 has.1 1959 XM300 dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe, alter...
Royal Navy XM300: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA005, f/f: 30/04/1959; del ...
wa 7 scrapped 1988 has.1 1959 XM326 dd Aug 1959 to Westland. Used as trials aiframe at several MoD establishments u...
Royal Navy XM326: RN Wessex HAS.1 f/f 07jul59 d/d 28aug59; scr Portland, ...
814 Sq/342-V by Nov 1964, 814 Sq/272-V; Victorious SAR ...
771Sq/421-PO by Apr 1972, until c Feb 1974. Part of 77...
772Sq/515-PO by Jul 1975
Wroughton store by Apr 1976
Culdrose store by Jan 1978
Portland by Feb 1979 on dump by Jul 1979
22jul79 coded 615-PO on dump at Portland
still on Portland dump by Nov 1982; scr. Portland by Ju...
wa 10 scrapped 1993 has.1 1959 XM329 A&AEE by Dec 1959, Westland by May 1960, Trials a/c with AUDE by Jan 1961 attach...
Royal Navy XM329: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA010, f/f:?; del Royal Navy...
819Sq/533 by Aug 1965; 737Sq/533-PO by Apr 1967; AES Ar...
pictured (pic1) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent / HMS Daedalus, A...
wa 11 has.1 1959 XM330 Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA011, f/f:?; del MoD as XM330, Dec59; (Dave Taskis) ...
- XM330: to International Helicopter Museum, May 1994
pictured at The International Helicopter Museum, Westo...
wa 18 w/o 1982 has.1 1961 XM837 spent winter of 1960/61 in Churchill, Canada with A&AEE for icing / cold weather...
Royal Navy XM837: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA018, f/f:?; del Royal Navy...
Now HAS.3, 814Sq/271-V by Oct 1967, 814Sq/271-H by May ...
2 Jul 1971 Aboard HMS Blake as 820 Sq / 411-BL, while i...
737 Sq Norfolk Flt/407-NF by Jan 1975, deployed from No...
737 Sq Norfolk Flt/407-NF, flying at Navy Days, 26 and ...
737Sq/400-GL noted at Culdrose, 11 Mar 1982
As HAS.3 737 Sq/400-GL on HMS Glamorgan, when destroyed...
pictured (pic1) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) 19...
Westland XM837: Westland trials and evaluation airframe until very earl...
wa 33 scrapped 2002 has.1 1961 XM874 A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1963
Royal Navy XM874: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA033, f/f:?; del Royal Navy...
737 Sq/400-GL Glamorgan Flt by Jul 1967 still Nov 1967,...
left Culdrose (A2689) for Lee-on-Solent
A2689. to Predannack Oct 1992. Still there by May 1993,...
wa 40 scrapped 1984 has.1 1961 XM919 has.3 conv HAS.3 by May 1967, trials in USA and Canada. dd Fleetlands by May 1969,
Royal Navy XM919: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA040, f/f:?; del Royal Navy...
HAS.1, 814Sq/342-H by Jan 1962, 814Sq/342-V by Jul 1963...
RNAY Sembawang by Aug 1970, 737 Sq Glamorgan Flt/400-GL...
wa 47 scrapped 1999 has.1 1961 XM926 19-VL on loan to RAE Bedford. Still there by Mar 1978. SoC by Royal Navy Nov 1979.
Royal Navy XM926: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA047, f/f:?; del Royal Navy...
assigned 706 NAS as /503-CU; damaged undercarriage duri...
to Fleetlands for repair; then held in storage until De...
assigned 814 NAS / 276-V and embarked for HMS Victoriou...
assigned 706 NAS / 576-CU
assigned Yeovilton Stn Flt as /(7)19-VL
took part in the 1972 Yeovilton Air Day
wa128 hc.2 1963 XR503 Engine filter trials in N Africa Aug 1966, RAE by Sep 1968
Royal Air Force XR503: Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA128, f/f: 23/08/1963; del R...
RAF type:HC.2; FSCTE Manston
wa121 hc.2 1962 XR588 A&AEE
Royal Air Force XR588: Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA121, f/f: 05/10/1962; del R...
28 Sq from Feb 1968; 103 Sq
Conversion to HAR.2 Standard; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22 Sq; SART...
Westland XR588: First Wessex prototype built as a HC.2 (XM299 was a con...
wa 97 scrapped 1966 has.1 1963 XS118 MoD fleet at Rolls Royce, Hucknall by summer 1963 for engine trials. Crashed fol...
Royal Navy XS118: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA097, f/f:?; del Royal Navy...
wa152 scrapped 1992 hu.5 1963 XS241 prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963; A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963; RNAY Fle...
Her Majesty's Government XS241: Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA152, f/f: 31/05/1963; del R...
Sept 1968 at RAE Farnborough used to drop models of Jag...
wa156 hu.5 1963 XS482 A-D D D-A A&AEE D Flt/D as de-icing test airframe for RN 1968-1976
Royal Navy XS482: 700V Sq/D by Jan 1964
848Sq/D-A by May 1964
707Sq/D by Nov 1967
RN in 1996 seen Manston preserved /A-D.; 2009 preserved...
wa158 hu.5 1963 XS484 delivered to MoD (then Ministry of Aviation) development and test fleet at Yeovi...
Royal Navy XS484: Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA157, f/f:?; del Royal Navy ...
771Sq uncoded noted visiting the Norton pad on 12 Nov 1...
stored at RAF Finningley by Sep 1993.
pictured (pic1) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), o...
- XS484: Noted at Hanningfield Metals Feb 1996
wa178 w/o 2001 hu.5 1964 XS509 ETPS by Mar 1982 still May 1984 still 1990. Sold Feb 1998.
Royal Navy XS509: dd Royal Navy Sep 1964; 848Sq/G-A by Jan 1965 still Mar...
RNEC Manadon by Sep 1969 as A2597, until c Jun 1970.
returned to airworthiness at RNAY Fleetlands from Jul 1...
1979 707Sq VL/WP
- ZK-HVK: ex XS509, to New Zealand.
New Zealand private; w/o during logging operations ne...
wa197 w/o 1976 hc.2 1965 XS678 w/o 19mar76 with ETPS; front fuselage to Hawker de Havilland, Australia for engi...
Royal Air Force XS678: Westland Wessex HC.2 f/f 19mar65, d/d RAF 02apr65
at 1966 Air Show
72 Sq/K by Jun still Sep .
at 1969 AIr Show
Royal Air Force of Oman XS678: seconded to Sultan of Oman Air Force as XS678, unk
wa239 scrapped 1996 has.3 1964 XT255 to A&AEE by May 1965, for various trials and tests
Royal Navy XT255: Westland Wessex HAS.3 pre-production, WA239, f/f 03/11/...
Jun65 engine handling trials carried out at Boscombe
to 700H Flt at Culdrose
to RAF Carlisle as crash / rescue GI trainer by Jun 198...
wa241 has.3 1965 XT257 converted to HAS.3 prototype while on HAS.1 line, Westland and ff 9 May 1965; A&...
Royal Navy XT257: Westland Wessex HAS.3 pre-production, WA241, f/f 09/05/...
1 SoTT RAF Halton by 1981, still Apr 1982, to 8719M at ...
HAS.3 type GI airframe at Halton 1 SoTT
to 2 SoTT RAF Cosford by Dec 1994 leaving shortly after...
pres. East Grinstead by Oct 1998
to Bournemouth Aviation Museum on 20 Jan 2005 (painted ...

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