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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HAR.3A
    Last Military Serial:XZ592 RAF
    Construction Number:WA0858
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HAR.3A sn XZ592 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Morayvia Sci-Tech Experience Project, RAF Kinloss, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland

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    Dates

    Event

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

    1 March 1978

    First flight.

    3 May 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XZ592.

    By January 1981

    Transferred to 18 Group, Strike Command.

    August 1982

    Deployed to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

    Transferred to 78 Squadron, Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands.
    Overall dark grey colour scheme.

    By January 1991

    Transferred to RAF Sea King Training Unit, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.

    By January 1992

    Transferred to 202 Squadron, RAF Boulmer, Northumberland.
    Operated with markings: RAF RESCUE

    Provided SAR services from A Flight at RAF Boulmer, Northumberland and D Flight at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray.

    16 October 2004


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: At Carlise

    By January 2010

    Assigned to Vector Aerospace, Fleetlands Heliport, Gosport, Hampshire for storage.

    By August 2015

    To Morayvia Sci-Tech Experience Project, RAF Kinloss, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland.
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    Markings Applied: H

    5 July 2016


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: At the Morayvia Sci-Tech Experience Project, North Road, Kinloss, Moray IV36 3YA
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