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    Airframe Family: Westland Lynx
    Latest Model:Lynx HMA.8(SRU)
    Last Military Serial:ZF562 RN
    Construction Number:339
    Compressed ID:Westland Lynx HMA.8(SRU) sn ZF562 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:815 NAS, HMS Dauntless

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lynx HMA.8.

    23 August 1988

    First flight.

    7 September 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZF562.

    By 13 July 2007

    Transferred to 702 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By 13 July 2007

    Markings Applied: 670

    13 July 2007


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    13 July 2007


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By 2 March 2009

    Markings Applied: 645
    Noted at RNAS Culdrose.

    2 March 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    16 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT (arrivals day)

    Converted to a Lynx HMA.8(SRU).

    By 25 July 2014

    Transferred to 815 NAS, HMS Dauntless.

    By 25 July 2014

    Markings Applied: HMS DAUNTLESS, 452, DT
    HMS DAUNTLESS on nose.

    25 July 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Airshow

    25 July 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    25 August 2024


    Photographer: Chris Wood
    Notes: Seen at the Little Gransden airshow. Owned by Hayward and Green based in Henfield, West Sussex, UK.https://www.haywardandgreen.com/defence/
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