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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HAR.3A
    Last Military Serial:ZH545 RAF
    Construction Number:WA1011
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HAR.3A sn ZH545 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Luchcomponent, Belgium Air Component

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAR.3A by Westland.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n ZH545.

    Transferred to 22 Squadron, RAF Saint. Mawgan, Cornwall.
    Operated with markings: Z
    22 Sqdn operates small detachments for Search and Rescue purposes with A Flight at RMB Chivenor, Devon, B Flight at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk and C Flight at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

    15 May 1987

    Assigned to RAF Saint. Mawgan, Cornwall for storage.

    By June 1997

    Assigned to Westland, Yeovil, Somerset for storage.

    2 June 1998

    Transferred to B Flight/22 Squadron, RAF Wattisham.

    January 2001

    Transferred to A Flight/22 Squadron, RMB Chivenor.

    23 March 2006


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Seen refuelling at Carlisle

    July 2011

    Displayed at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    By July 2011

    Markings Applied: RAF SAR 70 (70 years of life saving)

    February 2013

    Transferred to B Flight/22 Squadron, RAF Wattisham.

    January 2015

    Undergoing repair at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

    4 April 2015

    Transported by ground.
    RMB Chivenor, Devon to Gosport, Hampshire.

    April 2015

    Assigned to Gosport, Hampshire for storage.
    Pending repair or disposal.

    December 2017

    To Pakistan.
    For spares.

    1 February 2019

    To Luchcomponent, Belgium Air Component.
    Purchased for taking down for spare parts.
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