2 pre-production Wessex HAS.1, re-equipped wih 1450hp Napier Gazelle 13 turbine engines built in 1958. 3 HAS.3 prototypes as the start of the conversion programme from the HAS.1 from 1963. 1 re-engined HAS.1 as the basis of the RAF new build HC.2 programme from 1961. 2 HU.5, one a hybrid and one a true HU.5 prototype for the new build HU.5 programme from 1963. 
List of Aircraft |
| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wa 2 scrapped 1992 | has.1 | 1958 | XL728 industrial airframe for engine development from 1958, with spells at Napier and ... |  XL728: Westland Wessex HAS.1 f/f 16sep58; conv to Mk.5 (hybrid... XL728: RAE Farnborough by May 1971 still Sep 1972, (with A Flt... to Pendine Ranges by early 1986, to Brawdy dump on Brawdy fire dump by Aug 1988; scrapped by 1992. | |
| wa 8 scrapped 1996 | has.1 | 1959 | XM327 HAS.1 Westland development & trials airframe from late 1959, conv HAS.3 between ... | XM327: RN Wessex HAS.1 f/f 22sep59, d/d 05oct59; scr Warsash C... 22jul79 coded 401-KE with HMS Kent HAS.3 819 Sq/531 by May 1968; 820Sq/411-BL by Feb 1972... 15 Jun 1972 Aboard HMS Blake as 820 Sq / 411-BL, while ... - XM327: to College of Maritime Studies, Warsash by Dec 1982 sti... | |
| wa 9 | has.1 | 1959 | XM328 has.3 Westlands Oct59 before first flight; A&AEE Sep61; Westland as HAS.3 development ... | XM328: RN HAS.1 d/d Feb60
22jul79 coded 653-PO As HAS.3, 737 Sq/522-PO by Jul 1968 still Jul 1971; 7... pictured (pic2) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, operating with 7... - XM328: acquired in by the Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mar... Nov16 completed 7-year restoration at The Helicopter Mu... pictured at International Helicopter Museum, after res... | |
| wa 17 scrapped 1991 | has.1 | 1961 | XM836 ff 25 May 1960, HAS.1 Westland for cold weather trials. | XM836: Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA017, f/f:?; del Royal Navy... 700H Sq/510 by Apr 1961, 706Sq/510-CU by Jan 1962 737 Sq Fife Flt/404-FF by Oct 1971 still Oct 1972, 737 ... 22jul79 coded 651-PO | |
| wa 18 w/o 1982 | has.1 | 1961 | XM837 has.3 Westland trials and evaluation airframe until very early in 1966, when it entere... | 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... XM837: spent winter of 1960/61 in Churchill, Canada with A&AEE... | |
| wa121 | hc.2 | 1962 | XR588 First Wessex prototype built as a HC.2 (XM299 was a conversion from HAS.1). | 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... XR588: A&AEE | |
| wa199 w/o 1981 | mk.60 | 1964 | G-17-1 ff 21 Jul 1965, registered G-ASWI by Sep 1965. | G-ASWI: Wessex 60, ex G-17-1, to G-ASWI /H.84, to VR-BDS, to G-... Crashed 12 miles ENE of Bacton, Norfolk on 13 August 19... Following this accident on 13 Aug 1981 while returning ... - VR-BDS: Westland Wessex Mk.60, c/n WA199, first delivered to Br... | |
| wa460 w/o unknown | mk.60 | 1965 | G-ATBY Westland Mar65-Mar71 | - VR-BDT: Helicopter Rentals, Bermuda Mar/Dec 1970 G-ATBY: Bristow Mar71-Feb75 pictured at North Denes airfield (NDA) Great Yarmouth,...  5N-AJM: Bristow Nigeria from Feb75; w/o unk | |
| wa462 w/o 1972 | mk.60 | 1965 | G-ATCA Westland Mar65-Mar71, serving Bristow | G-ATCA: pictured (pic1) serving offshore industry Bristow from Mar71, (PH-THA ntu); lifted 1 millionth F... pictured (pic2) at North Denes airfield (NDA) Great Yar... Pilot of crash at rhoose airport was Ben Breach who lat... | |
| wa550 | hu.5 | 1967 | XT768 with A&AEE, detached to Aberporth for missile system trials | XT768: Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA550, f/f:?; del Royal Navy ... Not issued to Royal Navy, spent most of its active life... Retired to RNAY Wroughton Mar 1985 to SAR Engineering Wing at RAF Finningley - XT768: Sunk as Diving Wreck, Stoney Cove Lake | |
| wa562 w/o 1969 | mk.60 | 1967 | VH-BHL Wessex Mk.60, test serial G-17-1; Westland Aircraft Ltd Jan/Jun 1967; Bristow J... | G-AVEW: Wessex Mk.60, c/n WA562, del Bristow helicopters as G-A...  VH-BHL: xfer Bristow Australia, as VH-BHL, unk; rtnd Bristow He... Early 1969, caught fire during overnight stop on offsho... | |
| wa686 scrapped 1994 | mk.60 | 1968 | G-17-1 to Bristow as G-AWOX | G-AWOX: Bristow Helicopters Ltd from Sep68 Bristow from Jan70 Bristow from Mar75 Bristow from Mar77; Aug77 pictured at Redhill, UK Bristow Dec81-Nov82, preserved? Reduced to spares at Weston-super-Mare by Mar 1994. - VR-BCV: Bermuda from Oct68 VH-BHE: Bristow Australia from Apr72  9Y-TFB: Bristow Trinidad and Tobago from May76 5N-AJO: Bristow Nigeria from Sep77 | |
| 58-265 scrapped 1968 | hss-1 | 1956 | G-17-1 Wessex Reg Westlands as WS-58 Wessex prototype G-17-1 for initial flight trials from Fl... |  141602: Sikorsky HSS-1, cn 58-265, ff:?; del USN as HSS-1, 1416... |
No longer with this org.
