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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HAR.3
    Last Military Serial:XZ587 RAF
    Construction Number:WA0853
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HAR.3 sn XZ587 RA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport / Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAR.3 by Westland.

    17 October 1977

    First flight.

    12 December 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XZ587.

    By May 1980

    Transferred to 202 SQN, RAF Finningley.

    24 May 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Westlands Open Day

    12 May 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    17 September 1994


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Sea King HAR.3 of 202 Squadron on display at the 1994 RAF Leuchars Airshow, Fife.

    13 September 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Sea King HAR.3,callsign Sea King 137,of 202 Squadron as seen at the 1997 RAF Leuchars Airshow, Fife

    19 August 2015

    Assigned to Gosport for storage.

    19 January 2016

    To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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