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    Airframe Family: Saunders-Roe (Saro) P.531 / Westland Scout AH.1/Wasp HAS.1
    Latest Model:Wasp HAS.1
    Last Military Serial:XT443 RN
    Construction Number:F9613
    Compressed ID:Westland Wasp HAS.1 sn XT443 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset - North, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1966

    Constructed as a Wasp HAS.1 by Westland.

    29 March 1966

    First flight.
    Flew at Yeovil.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XT443.

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.
    Delivered to RNAY for modification to carry AS12 Missile.

    Transferred to No. 829 Squadron, Portland, Dorset.

    2 June 1970

    To HMS Lowestoft.
    Keir MacNally comments (March 2015): Assigned to HMS Lowestoft. I was flight commander HMS Lowestoft and date is from my logbook.

    17 February 1971

    Damaged.
    Sustained damage to tail cone requiring return to RNAY for repair.

    1979

    Assigned to RNAY Wroughton for storage.

    From Unknown to 1981

    Later overhauled at Wroughton.

    1981

    Transferred to No. 829 Squadron, HMS Aurora.

    1993

    Declared redundant.

    Assigned to Westlands for storage.

    January 1995

    To The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-North, England.
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    From Circa 1997 to November 2002

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by museum volunteers.

    By 24 July 2009

    Markings Applied: HMS AURORA 422, ROYAL NAVY, XT 443

    24 July 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2009 Photo at The Helicopter Museum

    24 July 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2009 Photo at The Helicopter Museum
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