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    Airframe Family: Westland Lynx
    Latest Model:Lynx HAS.3GMS
    Last Military Serial:XZ228 RN
    Construction Number:002
    Compressed ID:Westland Lynx HAS.3GMS sn XZ228 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Navy

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lynx HAS.3GMS.

    26 May 1976

    First flight.

    8 July 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XZ228.

    25 May 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lynx HAS.3GM of 815 Squadron on display at the 1991 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    25 May 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lynx HAS.3GM of 815 Squadron in the static park at the 1991 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    August 2017

    Withdrawn from use.

    13 June 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England

    13 July 2019


    Photographer: Alan Kilham
    Notes: Noted stored outside the Fleet Air Arm storage facility, Cobham Hall, at RNAS Yeovilton.
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