EH101 Mk.512 in Royal Air Force

The six Merlins purchased by the RAF from the Danish Air Force are known as HC.3A and were first delivered to RAF Benson in July 2007.

Transferred to the Royal Navy on Sept.30, 2014

News

Royal Air Force Hand Over Merlin To Royal Navy

01-Oct-14 - Yesterday marked the end of an era for the Royal Air Force and the start of a new one for the Royal Navy as the official handover of the Merlin helicopter took place in a formal ceremony at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire.

Six Danish EH101 Helicopters goes to the RAF

30-Mar-07 - UK / Italy - AgustaWestland and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have today signed an agreement to modify six EH101 Merlin helicopters the MoD are buying from Denmark, to provide additional helicopter support for the UK armed forces. The agreement also includes the purchase of six new build EH101 Merlin helicopters that will be delivered by the MoD to the Royal Danish Air Force to replace the original aircraft.

Units

Years	Units	Base
2008/14	78 Squadron	RAF Benson

List of Aircraft

C/N	Built	ID In this Org	In other Org
50089	2003	ZJ990 hc.3a First delivered to the Royal Danish air force as M-501 in Oct 2006. Purchased by...	ZJ990: AW pre-delivery serial for military class tests Farnborough - International Air Show - 2004 M-501: 50089/DEN01 return to UK as ZJ990 Queen of Denmark on board ZJ990: RN from Sep16; Sep17 pictured (pic3) asg 845Sq trainin... deployed to Lisbon for Montijo Merlin.
50106	2004	ZJ992 AB Delivered to RDAF as M-503 in 2006, arrived in UK for conversion HC.3A 12jul07	ZJ992: AW pre-delivery serial for military class tests M-503: 50106/DEN03 return to UK as ZJ992; pictured (pic1) at ... ZJ992: as 845Sq /AB pictured (pic3) at London Heliport for ... Callsign WHE01
50121	2005	ZJ994 Delivered to RDAF as M-505 on 2 Feb 2006. Returned to UK for Conversion on 12ju...	ZJ994: AW pre-delivery serial for military class tests M-505: 50121/DEN05 return to UK as ZJ994 ZJ994: pictured (pic1) as 845 NAS /AC at RNAS Yeovilton durin... operating with US Marines, from FNS Mistral during Exer... 28may18 HC.3A type 845Sqn./AC stop at Volkel, for exerc... 31may18 HC.3A type 845Sqn./AC stop at Volkel, for exerc... Jun18 pictured (pic2) with ZK001 as HC.3A type /AC at A... , in the static display as /AC at RNAS Yeovilton 2019 heading north up the Lea Valley nr Walthamstow at c 151...
50123	2005	ZJ995 hc.3a ZJ995 Delivered to RDAF as M-506 on 29 Apr 2006. Returned to UK on 27 Jul 2007 for con...	ZJ995: AW pre-delivery serial for military class tests M-506: 50123/DEN06 return to UK as ZJ995
50148	2005	ZJ998 hc.3a AE Delivered to RDAF as M-509. Returned to UK on 29jun07 for conversion HC.3A	ZJ998: AW pre-delivery serial for military class tests M-509: 50148/DEN09 return to UK as ZJ998 pictured (pic1) as /Rescue-09 at RAF Fairford, UK ZJ998: operating with US Marines, from FNS Mistral during Exer... Royal Navy; HC.3A type 845Sqn./AE visit Schiphol
50160	2006	ZK001 hc.3a AF Delivered to RDAF as M-511. Returned to the UK on 29jun07 for conversion HC.3A	ZK001: AW pre-delivery serial for military class tests M-511: noted at Koksijde. 50160/DEN11 return to UK as ZK001 ZK001: Royal Navy; HC.3A type 845 Sqn /AF visit Schiphol 28may18 HC.3A type 845Sqn./AF stop at Volkel, for exerc... Jun18 pictured (pic3) as HC.3A type /AF at APROC 2018 i... as HC3A type 845NAS /AF pictured (pic4) in Norway du... , in the static display as /AF at RNAS Yeovilton 2019 Callsign WHE01

No longer with this org.

Del'd: 6 - 2007 to 2015

AgustaWestland EH101 Mk.512
in
Royal Air Force

News

Royal Air Force Hand Over Merlin To Royal Navy

Six Danish EH101 Helicopters goes to the RAF

Units

List of Aircraft

Del'd: 6 - 2007 to 2015

AgustaWestland EH101 Mk.512 in Royal Air Force

News

Royal Air Force Hand Over Merlin To Royal Navy

Six Danish EH101 Helicopters goes to the RAF

Units

List of Aircraft

AgustaWestland EH101 Mk.512
in
Royal Air Force