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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HAS.6
    Last Military Serial:XV709 RN
    Construction Number:WA0680
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky Sea King HAS.6 sn XV709 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:MoD Boscombe Down

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAS.1 by Westland.

    20 December 1971

    First flight.

    7 January 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XV709.

    By 1982

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.2A by Westland.

    By 1982

    Transferred to 826 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Hermes.
    Operated with markings: 144, 44, H

    By 1983

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.5 by Westland.

    By 1984

    Transferred to 814 Naval Air Squadron, RAF Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 274, 74

    By 1985

    Transferred to 706 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 585, 85

    By 1986

    Transferred to 820 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible.
    Operated with markings: 016, N

    By 1987

    Transferred to 706 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 585, 85

    By July 1989

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.6.

    29 July 1989


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow

    By 1999

    Transferred to 810 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 505, 05, CU

    By 2000

    Transferred to Air Engineering and Survival School, HMS Sultan, Gosport.
    As a Ground Instruction Airframe.

    14 January 2001

    Transferred to RAF Saint Mawgan.
    Operated with markings: 263
    As a Ground Instruction Airframe.

    24 September 2001

    New serial number assigned: 9303M RAF

    6 May 2008

    Transferred to RAF Valley.
    As a Ground Instruction Airframe.

    20 August 2015

    Transported by ground. Delivered to MoD Boscombe Down.
    Delivered to Boscombe Down.

    August 2019

    Scrapped.
    At MoD Boscombe Down.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    United Kingdom Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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