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    Airframe Family: Westland Lynx
    Latest Model:Lynx AH.7
    Last Military Serial:XZ180 AAC
    Construction Number:055
    Compressed ID:Westland Lynx AH.7 sn XZ180 AAC cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:671SQN, 7 Regt, Middle Wallop

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lynx AH.1.

    6 March 1978

    First flight.

    28 March 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n XZ180.

    By 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n XZ180.

    By 1984

    Assigned to Westland Helicopters Ltd, Yeovil for storage.

    12 May 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Westlands Open Day

    By 1989

    Assigned to Wroughton for storage.

    Circa 1990

    Converted to a Lynx AH.7.

    By 1990

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Marines with s/n XZ180.

    By 1990

    Transferred to 3 CBAS, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By 1990

    Markings Applied: T

    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lynx AH.1 of 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron on display in the static park at the 1990 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    From By 1993 to After 2012

    Markings Applied: R

    By 21 September 2002

    Transferred to 847 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.
    Noted at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow.

    1 November 2007


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lynx AH.7, callsign Marine One, of 847 Naval Air Squadron in action in November 2007.

    1 November 2007


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Lynx AH.7, callsign Marine 1, of 847 Naval Air Squadron on training exercise in November 2007.

    By 2013

    Transferred to MoD-Vector Aerospace, Fleetlands.

    By 31 July 2014

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Army Air Corps with s/n XZ180.

    By 31 July 2014

    Transferred to 671SQN, 7 Regt, Middle Wallop.

    By 31 July 2014

    Markings Applied: C

    31 July 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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