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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:Wessex HAS.1
    Last Military Serial:XS887 RN
    Construction Number:WA0267
    Compressed ID:Westland Wessex HAS.1 sn XS887 RN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, RAF Doncaster (formerly), Doncaster, Yorkshire - South, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1966

    Constructed as a Wessex HAS.1 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    6 April 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XS887.

    6 April 1966

    Transferred to 829 NAS, Ships Flight, HMS Fife.

    6 April 1966

    Markings Applied: 03, 403, 03, FI

    September 1973

    Transferred to Station Flight, RNAS Yeovilton.

    September 1973

    Markings Applied: 18, VL

    July 1975

    Transferred to 772 NAS, RNAS Portland.

    July 1975

    Markings Applied: 514, PO

    Assigned to RNAY Wroughton for storage.

    May 1980

    To School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
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    New serial number assigned: A2690 RN

    By July 1983

    Placed on display with Flambards Holiday Village (formerly known as Cornwall Aero Park), Helston, Cornwall, England.
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    July 1992

    Markings Applied: 03, 403, 03, FI
    Repainted in original markings when serving as HMS Fife Ships Flight.

    July 2000


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Flambards

    7 December 2007

    To Aeroventure Aircraft Museum, RAF Doncaster (formerly), Doncaster, Yorkshire-South, England.
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    17 December 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Awaiting restoration at Aeroventure, Doncaster

    17 December 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Awaiting restoration at Aeroventure, Doncaster

    To South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, RAF Doncaster (formerly), Doncaster, Yorkshire-South, England.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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