Westland Wessex HAS3, XP143 / WA/76, Royal Navy
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Registration: XP143
Construction Number: WA/76
Code Number: PO-650
Military Unit: 737 Squadron
Model Westland Wessex HAS3
Operator: Royal Navy
Airport: RNAS Culdrose (EGDR), UK - England
Airshow: Culdrose - Air Day - 1974
Photographer: John Bolt via Peter Davis
Date Taken: 31/07/1974
Date Submitted: 20/12/2018
Ditched 25 miles N of RAF Valley 20/9/78. The s/n indicated it as originally manufactured as HAS 1, but with the dorsal radome and an extended fairing aft of the main gearbox, it must be converted to HAS 3 standards afterwards.
Picture ID:1634382