Sikorsky HRS-2

C/N 55-289

Built 1952 Whirlwind HAR.21





Helicopter Sikorsky HRS-2 Serial 55-289 Register WV198 130191 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,US Navy USN. Built 1952 Converted to Whirlwind HAR.21. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





130191

oct52
usa US Navy

1952-10-29Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-289, ff:?
del USN as HRS-2, 130191, 29Oct52

WV198

19Nov52
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1952-10-16
Sikorsky Whirlwind HAR.21 MAP to UK/Royal Navy as Whirlwind HAR.21, WV198, Ex BuAer 130191, f/f 16Oct52, d/d 20Nov52
wfu & xfer Arbroath for G/I as A2576, 08Sep67
xfer Lee-on-Solent, 15Jan60
xfer Gosport Sea Scouts during 1977
reg G-BJWY, 25Jan82
National Fire School, Chorley, 1989
SYAM Firbeck, 1991
stored Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle, unk.
1953-01K848Sq/K by Dec 1952 and to Far East in HMS Perseus. 848 NAS
K A WSAG848 Sq/K by Jan 1953 at Sembawang 848 NAS
Kserved in Far East with 848 NAS. 848 NAS Operation Firedog
1957-01-10 B RNAS Strettonex 848 NAS / K, returned to UK for reconditioning after Far East service.
1957-07 C DonibristleRNAY Donibristle Jul 1957
1959-05 D GBROY Rosyth Navy Days 1959 in static display at Rosyth Navy Days May 1959
1962-02A2576 E EGDR SAH SAH Culdrose by Feb 1962
to A2576 12 Sep 1967 SAH
1962-10-10 F EGHF G I Airframe to RNAS Lee-on-Solent as instructional airframe.
1974-08 F EGHF G I Airframe to Navy Recruitment Unit at Lee by Aug 1974
1987 as US Marines HRS-3 130191 on Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket Full Metal Jacket (1987)
1989 G Euxton G I Airframe at Fire Training Centre, Chorley by 1989, still Mar 1990
1992-11-13 H EGNC Exhibit 13 Nov 1992, to Solway Aviation Museum, still wearing /K.
still there Mar 2018




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