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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HU.5SAR
    Last Military Serial:XV666 RN
    Construction Number:WA0654
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HU.5SAR sn XV666...
    Latest Owner or Location:Heli Operations

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAS.1 by Westland.

    23 June 1970

    First flight.

    2 July 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XV666.

    By 1981

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

    By 1981

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    By 1981

    Markings Applied: 98, CU
    Code was 598 but only 98 carried.

    28 May 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 83

    Circa 1986

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.

    Circa 1986

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.5 by Westland.

    By 1988

    Transferred to 814 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    By 1988

    Markings Applied: 272

    By 1989

    Converted to a Sea King HAR.5 by Westland.

    By 1989

    Transferred to 771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    By 1989

    Markings Applied: 823, RESCUE, 23, RESCUE, CU

    22 July 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RIAT RAF Fairford

    22 July 1995


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Sea King HAR.5, callsign Navy 823, of 771 Naval Air Squadron on display at the 1995 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    Circa 1996

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.

    By 1997

    Converted to a Sea King HU.5SAR by Westland.

    Circa 1998

    Transferred to 771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    By July 1998


    Photographer: Unknown

    17 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    By July 2005

    Markings Applied: 821, RESCUE, 21, RESCUE

    20 July 2005


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    By July 2014

    Markings Applied: RESCUE, 21, RESCUE
    Code was still 821 although only 21 is marked.

    31 July 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    11 April 2016

    Last flight.

    11 April 2016

    Assigned to Gosport for storage.

    To Heli Operations.

    16 July 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Farnborough, Hampshire, England
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     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
     Aerodata Quantum+
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Robert Nichols
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