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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:Wessex HU.5
    Last Military Serial:XT770 RN
    Construction Number:WA0551
    Compressed ID:Westland Wessex HU.5 sn XT770 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Diving Centre, Stoney Cove

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    Dates

    Event

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

    5 May 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XT770.

    Transferred to 781 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By July 1982

    Transferred to FONAC, RNAS Yeovilton.
    Green and white (popularly known as the Green Parrot).

    30 July 1982


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

    23 January 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n 9055M.

    23 January 1991

    Transferred to 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton.
    As a Ground Instruction airframe.

    1993

    To Paintball Park, Shawell, Leicestershire.

    2008

    To National Diving Centre, Stoney Cove.
    Submerged in Stoney Cove Lake, Leicestershire.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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