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Old 13th Apr 2016, 18:10
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chinook240
 
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Edit: Just seen Teetering's post, we were looking at the same time.

Courtesy of http://www.ukserials.com:

XJ409 - f/f 03/11/1954 as XD779, re-serialled to XJ409, d/d 19/11/1954, to Westland helicopters, Old Mixon 15/01/1963 for conversion to HAR10 standard, f/f 20/07/1964 as such, returned to service 05/08/1964, to Wales Aircraft Museum, Rhoose 13/06/1979 for display, to the Pump House Restaurant, Grangetown, Wales during 1992, then to Llanbedr, Wales during 1994, fate unknown.

http://www.ukserials.com/images/ukimages/xj409.jpg

XJ727 - f/f 29/12/1955, aw/cn 31/12/1955, d/d 03/01/1956, converted to HAR4 standard 03/08/1962 whilst serving with 22 Sqn St Mawgan, to Westland Helicopters, Old Mixon 10/01/1963 for re-conversion to HAR10 standard, returned to service 22/05/1964, to No.1 SoTT Halton 27/11/1980 for ground instructional use as 8661M, to RAF Manston History Museum 17/05/1998 for spares, to Richborough, Kent during 2007

http://www.ukserials.com/images/ukimages/xj727.jpg

XJ430 - f/f 20/01/1955, d/d 25/05/1955, to Westland helicopters, Old Mixon 29/06/1962 for conversion to HAR10 standard, f/f 25/05/1964 as such, returned to service 22/06/1964, to CTE Manston Fire School 16/11/1979, perished during 01/1990

http://www.ukserials.com/images/ukimages/xj430.jpg

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