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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HC.4
    Last Military Serial:ZF115 RN
    Construction Number:WA0960
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HC.4 sn ZF115 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fleetlands, Gosport, Hampshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HC.4 by Westland.

    3 June 1986

    First flight.

    3 July 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Aircraft Establishment with s/n ZF115.

    By June 1992

    Transferred to RAE Bedford.

    13 June 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAE Boscombe Down Air Show

    13 June 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    30 November 2001

    Crashed.
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    April 2009

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZF115.

    Markings Applied: WV-R

    Transferred to Engineering Technical School, RNAS Yeovilton.
    As a Ground Instruction Airframe.

    24 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton in the UK

    10 June 2015

    Transported by ground.
    From RNAS Yeovilton to HMS Sultan.

    9 October 2015

    Assigned to Fleetlands, Gosport, Hampshire, England for storage.

    4 April 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, England
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    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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    Robert Nichols
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