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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King 47
    Last Military Serial:774 EAF
    Construction Number:WA0822
    Last Civil Registration:G-BDMG
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King 47 sn 774 EAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:New Road Industrial Estate, Hixon Airfield, Hixon, Staffordshire / Staffs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King 47 by Westland.

    29 April 1975

    To Westland Helicopters with new c/r G-17-15.

    11 July 1975

    First flight.

    1 December 1975

    To Westland Helicopters with new c/r G-BDMG (WESTLAND SEA KING MK47, WAC-822).

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Egyptian Air Force with s/n WA822.

    New serial number assigned: 774 EAF

    April 2004

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at HMS Sultan-Defence School of Maritime Engineering, Gosport, Hampshire, England.
    Used for spares reclamation on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy.
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    8 April 2008


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Gosport, England

    2 April 2012

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at New Road Industrial Estate, Hixon Airfield, Hixon, Staffordshire/Staffs, England.
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    January 2014

    Scrapped.
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