41 results found
Registration / Serial:XG596
Military Code:66
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:British Rotorcraft Museum
Photo Date:25 June 1979
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:750400Submit Correction
View count: 41
Used for a short period after service at Portland and Culdrose for ground instruction as A2651 before going to the British Rotorcraft (later Helicopter) Museum for preservation. It is still in outdoor storage in 2024, albeit in poor condition now.
Registration / Serial:XG596
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:25 June 1979
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XG596
Military Code:66
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:British Rotorcraft Museum
Photo Date:25 June 1979
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:750400Submit Correction
View count: 41
Used for a short period after service at Portland and Culdrose for ground instruction as A2651 before going to the British Rotorcraft (later Helicopter) Museum for preservation. It is still in outdoor storage in 2024, albeit in poor condition now.
Registration / Serial:XG596
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:25 June 1979
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XG589
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA84
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:717887Submit Correction
View count: 98
Retired in 1971 and scrapped. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:XG589
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA84
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XG589
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA84
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:717887Submit Correction
View count: 98
Retired in 1971 and scrapped. Photo from: National Library of Australia
Registration / Serial:XG589
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA84
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:High Wycombe - Wycombe Air Park / Booker (EGTB / HYC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Booker Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:June 1989
Photo by:David OsborneContact
Photo ID:715450Submit Correction
View count: 68
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:High Wycombe - Wycombe Air Park / Booker (EGTB / HYC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:June 1989
Photo by:David OsborneContact
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:High Wycombe - Wycombe Air Park / Booker (EGTB / HYC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Booker Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:June 1989
Photo by:David OsborneContact
Photo ID:715450Submit Correction
View count: 68
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:High Wycombe - Wycombe Air Park / Booker (EGTB / HYC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:June 1989
Photo by:David OsborneContact
Registration / Serial:XK936
Other Marks:62
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:710517Submit Correction
View count: 102
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XK936 in 1957. Stored at Wroughton in 1974 then to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford in 1975.
Registration / Serial:XK936
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XK936
Other Marks:62
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:710517Submit Correction
View count: 102
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XK936 in 1957. Stored at Wroughton in 1974 then to the Imperial War Museum, Duxford in 1975.
Registration / Serial:XK936
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:12 August 1984
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN302
Military Code:84
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA282
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:RNAS Fulmar Open Day 1966
Photo Date:August 1966
Photo by:R.A. Ferguson (via Derek Ferguson)Contact
Photo ID:705979Submit Correction
View count: 149
Registration / Serial:XN302
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA282
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:August 1966
Photo by:R.A. Ferguson (via Derek Ferguson)Contact
Registration / Serial:XN302
Military Code:84
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA282
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:RNAS Fulmar Open Day 1966
Photo Date:August 1966
Photo by:R.A. Ferguson (via Derek Ferguson)Contact
Photo ID:705979Submit Correction
View count: 149
Registration / Serial:XN302
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA282
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:August 1966
Photo by:R.A. Ferguson (via Derek Ferguson)Contact
Registration / Serial:XK943
Military Code:57
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA170
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Lee-on-Solent Open Day 1983
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:679041Submit Correction
View count: 92
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XK943 in 1958. To Lee-on-Solent for use as ground trainer A2653 in 1975. Moved to Abingdon for Battle Damage training as 8796M later in 1983. Scrapped in 1992.
Registration / Serial:XK943
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA170
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XK943
Military Code:57
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA170
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Lee-on-Solent Open Day 1983
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:679041Submit Correction
View count: 92
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XK943 in 1958. To Lee-on-Solent for use as ground trainer A2653 in 1975. Moved to Abingdon for Battle Damage training as 8796M later in 1983. Scrapped in 1992.
Registration / Serial:XK943
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA170
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN261
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA273
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Lee-on-Solent Open Day 1983
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:678972Submit Correction
View count: 81
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XN261 in 1959. To Lee-on-Solent for use as ground trainer A2652 in 1975. Burnt on the fire dump there in 1985.
Registration / Serial:XN261
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA273
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN261
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA273
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Lee-on-Solent Open Day 1983
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:678972Submit Correction
View count: 81
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XN261 in 1959. To Lee-on-Solent for use as ground trainer A2652 in 1975. Burnt on the fire dump there in 1985.
Registration / Serial:XN261
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA273
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lee-on-Solent (EGHF)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XM685
Military Code:PO-509
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:677226Submit Correction
View count: 109
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XM685 in 1959. Sold to Autair Helicopters in 1971. Registered as G-AYZJ but not applied and stored at Luton. Moved to Elstree then to Panshanger. To the Newark Air Museum in 1980.
Registration / Serial:XM685
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XM685
Military Code:PO-509
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Newark Air Museum
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:677226Submit Correction
View count: 109
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XM685 in 1959. Sold to Autair Helicopters in 1971. Registered as G-AYZJ but not applied and stored at Luton. Moved to Elstree then to Panshanger. To the Newark Air Museum in 1980.
Registration / Serial:XM685
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Winthorpe (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 June 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN299
Military Code:758
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA279
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Aircraft Name:The Iron Chicken
City / Airport:Wroughton (EGDT) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Wroughton Families Day 1977
Photo Date:16 July 1977
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:565173Submit Correction
View count: 159
Delivered in 1959. To Torbay Aircraft Museum, Higher Blagdon in 1979, the Royal Marnes Museum, Southsea in 1989 then to Tangmere Museum in 1997. Scrapped in 2013.
Registration / Serial:XN299
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA279
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Wroughton (EGDT) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 1977
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN299
Military Code:758
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA279
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Aircraft Name:The Iron Chicken
City / Airport:Wroughton (EGDT) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Wroughton Families Day 1977
Photo Date:16 July 1977
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:565173Submit Correction
View count: 159
Delivered in 1959. To Torbay Aircraft Museum, Higher Blagdon in 1979, the Royal Marnes Museum, Southsea in 1989 then to Tangmere Museum in 1997. Scrapped in 2013.
Registration / Serial:XN299
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA279
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Wroughton (EGDT) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 1977
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XM685
Military Code:PO-513
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:London - Luton (EGGW / LTN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 April 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:541672Submit Correction
View count: 159
Ex-771 Sqdn. In store with Autair Helicopters. Registered as G-AYZJ May 1971 but civil conversion not proceeded with. To Newark Air Museum June 1980. Current in 2022.
Registration / Serial:XM685
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:London - Luton (EGGW / LTN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 April 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:XM685
Military Code:PO-513
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:London - Luton (EGGW / LTN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 April 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:541672Submit Correction
View count: 159
Ex-771 Sqdn. In store with Autair Helicopters. Registered as G-AYZJ May 1971 but civil conversion not proceeded with. To Newark Air Museum June 1980. Current in 2022.
Registration / Serial:XM685
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA263
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:London - Luton (EGGW / LTN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:20 April 1973
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:XJ402
Military Code:61
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 March 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:514335Submit Correction
View count: 139
Withdrawn from flying duties in 1967 and used for several years as an instructional airframe at RNEC Manadon, this Whirlwind was moved to Yeovilton in 1976 with the intention that it be preserved in the FAA Museum. However this never happened and it was scrapped in 1988.
Registration / Serial:XJ402
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 March 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:XJ402
Military Code:61
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 March 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:514335Submit Correction
View count: 139
Withdrawn from flying duties in 1967 and used for several years as an instructional airframe at RNEC Manadon, this Whirlwind was moved to Yeovilton in 1976 with the intention that it be preserved in the FAA Museum. However this never happened and it was scrapped in 1988.
Registration / Serial:XJ402
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 March 1984
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:XN382
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA312
City / Airport:Thruxton (EGHO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 May 1984
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:508514Submit Correction
View count: 159
Caught in the process of being made to represent a Mil Mi-24, which was intended to be used in a promotional film. Acquired by Bofors in 1987 for use as a target at their base in Sweden, and destroyed there in 1988.
Registration / Serial:XN382
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA312
City / Airport:Thruxton (EGHO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 May 1984
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XN382
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA312
City / Airport:Thruxton (EGHO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 May 1984
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:508514Submit Correction
View count: 159
Caught in the process of being made to represent a Mil Mi-24, which was intended to be used in a promotional film. Acquired by Bofors in 1987 for use as a target at their base in Sweden, and destroyed there in 1988.
Registration / Serial:XN382
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA312
City / Airport:Thruxton (EGHO)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 May 1984
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XM665
Military Code:CU-L
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Plymouth Air Show 1963
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:495885Submit Correction
View count: 236
Written off on 9 October 1968 in a forced landing in a field near Weymouth. Although it was repaired at Fleetlands it never flew again, and it was eventually preserved by the Royal Australian Navy Museum in Nowra, NSW, where it has been since April 1994. The Varsity behind is WJ943/S, and must have been a challenge to land on Plymouth's short grass runway! It was struck off charge in 1976, and was burnt on the RAF Valley fire dump.
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XM665
Military Code:CU-L
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Plymouth Air Show 1963
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:495885Submit Correction
View count: 236
Written off on 9 October 1968 in a forced landing in a field near Weymouth. Although it was repaired at Fleetlands it never flew again, and it was eventually preserved by the Royal Australian Navy Museum in Nowra, NSW, where it has been since April 1994. The Varsity behind is WJ943/S, and must have been a challenge to land on Plymouth's short grass runway! It was struck off charge in 1976, and was burnt on the RAF Valley fire dump.
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XL847
Military Code:83
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA209
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:Lossiemouth Navy Day 1971
Photo Date:10 July 1971
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:476393Submit Correction
View count: 382
Delivered to the Royal Navy in 1958. Seen here, based at HMS Fulmar, RN Lossiemouth, on static display at the 1971 Lossiemouth Airshow. Scrapped at Middle Wallop in 1998.
Registration / Serial:XL847
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA209
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:10 July 1971
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:XL847
Military Code:83
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA209
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Event:Lossiemouth Navy Day 1971
Photo Date:10 July 1971
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:476393Submit Correction
View count: 382
Delivered to the Royal Navy in 1958. Seen here, based at HMS Fulmar, RN Lossiemouth, on static display at the 1971 Lossiemouth Airshow. Scrapped at Middle Wallop in 1998.
Registration / Serial:XL847
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA209
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lossiemouth (EGQS / LMO)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:10 July 1971
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:XK911
Military Code:519
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA158
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Melksham / Riverside Mot Centre [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 2009
Photo by:Gert Jan MentinkContact
Photo ID:468464Submit Correction
View count: 156
This was how XK911 had returned after its visit to the Glastonbury festival. The friendly Whirlwind had become a monstrous carnivorous helicopter ;-)
Registration / Serial:XK911
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA158
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Melksham / Riverside Mot Centre [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 2009
Photo by:Gert Jan MentinkContact
Registration / Serial:XK911
Military Code:519
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA158
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Melksham / Riverside Mot Centre [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 2009
Photo by:Gert Jan MentinkContact
Photo ID:468464Submit Correction
View count: 156
This was how XK911 had returned after its visit to the Glastonbury festival. The friendly Whirlwind had become a monstrous carnivorous helicopter ;-)
Registration / Serial:XK911
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA158
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Melksham / Riverside Mot Centre [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 July 2009
Photo by:Gert Jan MentinkContact
Registration / Serial:XL853
Military Code:19
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA215
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 July 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:462474Submit Correction
View count: 208
Later used for ground instruction at Lee-on-Solent as A2630. Preserved at Yeovilton for the FAA Museum from 7 December 1998.
Registration / Serial:XL853
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA215
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 July 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XL853
Military Code:19
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA215
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 July 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:462474Submit Correction
View count: 208
Later used for ground instruction at Lee-on-Solent as A2630. Preserved at Yeovilton for the FAA Museum from 7 December 1998.
Registration / Serial:XL853
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA215
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 July 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:28 May 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:461819Submit Correction
View count: 236
Written off on 9 October 1968 in a forced landing in a field near Weymouth. Although it was repaired at Fleetlands it never flew again, and it was eventually preserved by the Royal Australian Navy Museum in Nowra, NSW, where it has been since April 1994.
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:28 May 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:28 May 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:461819Submit Correction
View count: 236
Written off on 9 October 1968 in a forced landing in a field near Weymouth. Although it was repaired at Fleetlands it never flew again, and it was eventually preserved by the Royal Australian Navy Museum in Nowra, NSW, where it has been since April 1994.
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:28 May 1967
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XK936
Military Code:62
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
Photo Date:19 April 2022
Photo by:Shaun ConnorContact
Photo ID:455257Submit Correction
View count: 130
Registration / Serial:XK936
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 April 2022
Photo by:Shaun ConnorContact
Registration / Serial:XK936
Military Code:62
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
Photo Date:19 April 2022
Photo by:Shaun ConnorContact
Photo ID:455257Submit Correction
View count: 130
Registration / Serial:XK936
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA163
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 April 2022
Photo by:Shaun ConnorContact
Registration / Serial:XM660
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA251
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 April 1970
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:420762Submit Correction
View count: 286
Ground instructional airframe, ex-824 NAS. Roaded in from HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent with the Navy Recruitment Unit. Moving to Fleetlands, it then became the gate guardian at RNAY Almondbank from January 1978 to early 1984. It re-located to the North-East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland in September 1984. Moved to RAF MIllom Museum in October 1996 until 2010. It was then sold and transported in January 2012 through Belgium to Greece. Reported to be in a private yard near Athens in September 2019.
Registration / Serial:XM660
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA251
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 April 1970
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:XM660
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA251
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 April 1970
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:420762Submit Correction
View count: 286
Ground instructional airframe, ex-824 NAS. Roaded in from HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent with the Navy Recruitment Unit. Moving to Fleetlands, it then became the gate guardian at RNAY Almondbank from January 1978 to early 1984. It re-located to the North-East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland in September 1984. Moved to RAF MIllom Museum in October 1996 until 2010. It was then sold and transported in January 2012 through Belgium to Greece. Reported to be in a private yard near Athens in September 2019.
Registration / Serial:XM660
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA251
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Southend (EGMC / SEN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:26 April 1970
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:XG596
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:The Helicopter Museum
Photo Date:19 September 2021
Photo by:Mick BajcarContact
Photo ID:395271Submit Correction
View count: 304
Registration / Serial:XG596
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 September 2021
Photo by:Mick BajcarContact
Registration / Serial:XG596
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:The Helicopter Museum
Photo Date:19 September 2021
Photo by:Mick BajcarContact
Photo ID:395271Submit Correction
View count: 304
Registration / Serial:XG596
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA 91
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Weston-super-Mare (EGFI)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:19 September 2021
Photo by:Mick BajcarContact