The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34, it was developed and produced under license by Westland Aircraft (later Westland Helicopters). One of the main changes from Sikorsky's H-34 was the replacement of the piston-engine powerplant with a turboshaft engine; the Wessex was the first helicopter in the world to be produced in large numbers that made use of a gas turbine propulsion system.
The Wessex was initially produced for the Royal Navy (RN) and later for the Royal Air Force (RAF)
The Scheme I have chosen is ROYAL NAVY XT480 847SQN
Royal Marines 1982 reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XQ united kingdom XT480
Royal Marines mv Atlantic Causeway HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway ( 13-may-82 ) deployment Operation Corporate (SEE BELOW]
847Sq /XQ noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic.
united kingdom XT480 Fleet Air Arm Dec12 at Rednal, Shropshire. Part of a Paintballing Site guest 88.104.72.162 on Dec/2012Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa302 Register XT480 used by Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) Royal Marines. Built 1966.
Operation Corporate was the UK name given to the conflict between it and Argentina to retake the Falkand Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated South Atlantic territories following their seizure by military invasion in early April 1982. The UK despatched a large naval task force and associated air and land forces, often using the Ascension Island as a mid point mounting base. Most of the UKs helicopter squadrons and/or their personnel found themselves involved in this operation sooner or later. Many of the helicopter types involved were upgraded to improve their capabilities or survivability. This conflict also marked the first combat use of the newly delivered RAF Chinook HC Mk1, and where several were lost, along with many other reinforcement helicopters, following the Exocet sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor
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