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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:Wessex HU.5
    Last Military Serial:XS513 RN
    Construction Number:WA0182
    Compressed ID:Westland Wessex HU.5 sn XS513 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:RNAS Yeovilton (south side), Yeovilton, Somerset, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Wessex HU.5 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    18 September 1964

    First flight.

    6 October 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XS513.

    By July 1982

    Transferred to 848 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.
    Operated with markings: Z-D

    30 July 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: during rehearsal for RNAS Yeovilton Air Day

    14 March 1987

    Transferred to AES, RNAS Lee-On-Solent.
    As a Ground Instruction airframe.

    14 March 1987

    New serial number assigned: A2770 RN

    29 February 1996

    Transferred to AESS, Gosport.

    29 February 1996

    New serial number assigned: A2681 RN
    As a Ground Instruction Airframe.

    3 February 2004

    To RNAS Yeovilton (south side), Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
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     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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