This Lynx flew first on 9 Jul'79, it was retained by Westland for flight trials. The Lynx was delivered as an AH1 to the Army Air Corps on 22 Feb'84. It was later converted to AH7. Served the AAC up to 1 Dec'11. On that day, the Lynx suffered an in flight fire due to a hydraulic leak. The pilot performed an emergency landing in a field near Tatenhausen (Germany), about 16 km from RAF Gütersloh. The crew abandoned the helo which was consumed by fire before the local fire brigade arrived. Great to have a click here at AirHistory of the helicopter while parked at the platform of Kandahar.

This Lynx logged its first flight on 9 July'79, it was retained by Westland for all kind of flight trials. The Lynx was delivered as an AH1 to the Army Air Corps on 22 February 1984. It was later converted to AH7. Served the AAC up to 1 Dercember 2011. On that day, the Lynx suffered an in flight fire due to a hydraulic leak. The pilot performed an emergency landing in a field near Tatenhausen (Germany), about 16 km from RAF Gütersloh. The crew abandoned the helicopter which was consumed by fire before the local fire brigade arrived.

Aircraft belonged to the "Advanced Rotary Wing Squadron" at Middle Wallop. It was "written off" in a flying accident on 1st December 2011 in Germany(all 3 crew OK)