Sikorsky HO4S-3

C/N 55-499

Built 1953





Helicopter Sikorsky HO4S-3 Serial 55-499 Register WV224 133752 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,US Navy USN. Built 1953. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





133752

usa US Navy

1953-07-21Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-499, ff:?
acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 21Jul53
del USN as HO4S-3, 133752, 22Jul53.

WV224

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1953-02-11
Sikorsky Whirlwind HAS.22 MAP to UK/Royal Navy as Whirlwind HAS.22 WV224, Ex BuAer 133752, f/f 11Feb53, d/d 26Sep53
sold 19Nov70, to South Africa, preserved Ysterplaat, South Africa.
706Sq/783 Oct 1953 706 NAS
1956-11-06 A EGPSD845Sq/S by Apr 1954, Suez assault 6 Nov 1956. 845 NAS Operation Musketeer
Hal Far SAR Flt/958 by Jan 1960
728Sq/961-HF by Apr 1965
RNAY Fleetlands by Sep 1965
781Sq by late 1966, wfu 1969 ? 781 NAS

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