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Westland Wessex
in UK Fleet Air Arm

Royal Navy

Del'd 250 · Service : 1961 to 1988

Helicopters C/N Photos
Westland hu.5
at RNAS Lee-on-Solent whilst visiting 781Sq SAR flight, Operated by 771 Squadron from RNAS Culdrose
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Westland hu.5
at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), operated by NATIU (Trials unit)
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Westland hu.5
at HMS Sultan/Gosport
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Westland hu.5
XS490 w/o 1972
at dumped at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)
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Westland hu.5
at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), with 781 NAS, SAR Flight
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Westland hu.5
at Okehampton training grounds, operated by 846 NAS, coded VE-VL
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Westland hu.5
running on the deck of RFA OLNA, operating with 772 NAS C Flight
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Westland hu.5
27 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent a few months after being retired to ground instructional duties. Notice Bristow S-61 flying on background, possible G-BBHL
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Westland hu.5
20 as HU.5 type PO/626 with 772Squadron, detached to RNAS Lee-on-Solent on SAR duties
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Westland hu.5
getting ready to depart the 781Sq(SAR) operating area. With 845 Naval Air Squadron, an unusual image, with the cabin door missing, night flying Beta Formation lights on the tail boom and main rotor blade tips, and Royal Navy titles missing from the tail boom
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Westland hu.5
27 as instructional airframe with the Air Engineering School (AES) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
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Westland hu.5
at Predannack with plenty of battle damage repair practice panels
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Westland hu.5
coded ZC of 707Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton; The yellow and Dark Grey helo on background was XM870 coded PO/652 of 737 Squadron based at RNAS Portland
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Westland has.1
1981 to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford; 1990 awaiting restoration in blank/red livery; 27sep11 preserved as /R-304 at the IWM AirSpace exibition hall
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Westland has.1
17aug67 as 820Sqn /064-E being recovered onto HMS Eagle after ditching
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Westland has.1
31 as /PO in the Fire pits showing signs of being used for Battle Damage Repair in a previous life at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
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Westland has.1
as PO/516 on the fire dump at RNAS Culdrose
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Westland has.1
18 at Predannack airfield
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Westland has.1
15jul97 at Cornwall Aero Park, Helston, Cornwall (The Flambards Holiday Park)
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Westland has.3
at RNAS lee-on-Solent whilst assigned as GI with the Air Engineering School (AES).
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