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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HAS.6
    Last Military Serial:ZA135 RN
    Construction Number:WA0896
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HAS.6 sn ZA135 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Beckley, Oxfordshire

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAS.5 by Westland.

    18 May 1981

    First flight.

    6 July 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZA135.

    By July 1983

    Transferred to 810 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 05, 505, 05

    16 July 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Portland Air Day

    6 August 1986


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Airshow

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.6 by Westland.

    Transferred to 819 NAS, Prestwick.
    Operated with markings: 705, 05, PW

    By July 2002

    Transferred to 849 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 705, 05, PW
    Still in 819 NAS markings.

    17 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Airshow

    7 October 2009

    Assigned to DCAE, Gosport, Hampshire for storage.

    January 2012

    Based at New Road Industrial Estate, Hixon Airfield, Hixon, Staffordshire/Staffs, England.
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    5 May 2013


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2013 photo - stored with Air and Ground Ltd, New Road Industrial Estate, Hixon, Staffordshire

    19 January 2022

    To Beckley, Oxfordshire.

    November 2022

    Spotted at Havannah Way, Bordon, Hants.

    16 January 2023


    Photographer: David Fogwill
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     Terry Fletcher
    David Fogwill
    Robert Nichols
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