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westland widgeon

Derived from dragonfly

1955

Model History:

Developed from the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR.5 as a private venture. A 3 seat general utility helicopter, powered by an Alvis Leonides 521/1 9 cylinder radial engine, only a few were built before the project was cancelled, partly due to the UK Admiralty withdrawing from plans to convert 24 existing Dragonfly HR.5s. in the Fleet Air Arm. The Widgeon would have been the Dragonfly HR.7. At least 6 built as-new, following from 3 earlier conversions from the Dragonfly.

Organisations / Units with this Model:

Organisation Del'd				Units (bold=current)	Bases/Heliports
	1958/68	2	força aeronaval da marinha do brasil
	1958/65	2	royal hong kong auxilliary air force
	1958/66	1	al quwwat al-jawwiya al-malakiya al-urduniya
	1957/68	5	bristow

Construction Numbers on database of widgeon or its versions
2		força aeronaval da marinha do brasil - brazilian naval aviation
2		royal hong kong auxilliary air force
1		al quwwat al-jawwiya al-malakiya al-urduniya - royal jordanian air force
2		bristow
2		westland

Construction Numbers of this Model:	Help Us

C/N	Version	Built	History
wa/h/001		1948	G-APPR : ex G-AKTW. Originally built as a Dragonfly and was 2nd convertion to a Widgeon, during 1958. Re-registered as G-APPR Oct 1958. Sold to Bristow Helicopters. 5N-ABV : Used for North Sea rig traffic contracts and later sent to Nigeria for similar work. Re-registered as 5N-ABV in Jun 1962. Nigeria-Biafra war caused it to be overrun and used as a military machine. Destroyed 1967.
wa/h/003		1949	G-APPS : ex G-ALIK. Originally built as a Dragonfly and was 1st conversion to a Widgeon, during early 1958. Re-registered as G-APPS Aug 1958. Sold to Bristow Helicopters. 5N-AGA : Used for North Sea rig traffic contracts and later sent to Trinidad and Tobago as VP-TCM and then Nigeria for similar work. Re-registered as 5N-AGA in Nigeria in Nov 1958. Nigeria-Biafra war caused it to be overrun and used as a military machine.
wa/h/142		1957	N-7001 : to Brazilian Navy in Dec 1957 as a HUW, H-4001. Re-designated as UH-1, and re-serialed as N-7001, carried code /1. wfu 1968, preserved in Brazil by Mar 2002.
wa/h/143		1957	N-7002 : to Brazilian Navy in 1958 as a HUW, H-4002. Re-designated as UH-1, and re-serialed as N-7002, carried code /2. wfu 1968. preserved ?
wa/h/145		1957	VR-HFL : ex G-APBK. To RHKAAF Dec 1957, coded /L. wfu Aug 1965, sold to Malaysia.
wa/h/146		1957	VR-HFM : ex G-APBL. To RHKAAF Oct 1957, coded /M. w/o 17 Jan 1965 at Sai Kung.
wa/h/147		1958	H-301 : Built as Widgeon. Served with Royal Jordanian Air Force (1958-1966) in the Transport Wing. Fate ?

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