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bristol sycamore

Model History:

type 171 sycamore first flew 27 july 1947. in all, 160 built in 13 marks, 65 as hc.14 and 50 as the mk.52 for export.

Organisations / Units with this Model:

Organisation Del'd					Units (bold=current)	Bases/Heliports
	1953/66	10	Fleet Air Arm (RAN)
				1953/64	723 squadron	Nowra 1953/56 Nowra 1957/now
				1956/57	724 squadron	Nowra 1955/84
	1958/66	4	Marineflieger
				1958/67	marineflieger-geschwader 5	Kiel-Holtenau 1958/now
	1953/72	93	Royal Air Force
				1950/57	1906 (helicopter) flight	AAC Middle Wallop 1950/57
				1952/55	Air/Sea Warfare Development Unit	Newquay Cornwall Airport (RAF St Mawgan) 1952/55
				1953/59	275 squadron	Acklington 1957/59 Norwich International / Horsham St. Faith 1955/59 RAF Aldergrove 1957/59 RAF Leconfield 1957/59 RAF Leuchars 1955/59 RAF Linton-on-Ouse 1953/54 RMB Chivenor 1957/58 Thornaby 1954/57
				1954/59	194 squadron	Kuala Lumpur Sungai Besi / Simpang 1953/59
				1955	22 squadron	RAF Valley 1955/now Thorney Island 1955/59
				1955/59	joint experimental helicopter unit	AAC Middle Wallop 1955/58 Andover 1958/59
				1956/59	284 squadron	Nicosia (Lefkosia) 1956/59
				1956/57	84 squadron	Khormaksar / Aden International 1956/67 Nicosia (Lefkosia)
				1959/60	228 squadron	Acklington 1959/64 Norwich International / Horsham St. Faith 1959/63 RAF Leconfield 1959/64 RAF Leuchars 1959/64
				1959/62	118 squadron	RAF Aldergrove 1959/62
				1960/64	110 squadron	Kota Belud Butterworth 1959/63 Seletar 1964/69
				1960/62	225 squadron	Andover 1960 RAF Odiham 1960/63
				1961	Helicopter Communication Flight	Gütersloh 1961
				1969/72	32 (the royal) squadron	RAF Northolt 1969/now
	1951/65	2	Royal Australian Air Force
	1954/60	3	Force Aérienne Belge
	1957/69	46	Luftwaffe
	1953/60	2	British European Airways
	1980/now	1	newark (notts & lincs) air museum ltd.

Construction Numbers on database of sycamore or its versions
8		Fleet Air Arm (RAN)
3		Force Aérienne Belge - Belgian Air Force
13		Marineflieger - German Navy
2		Fleet Air Arm

Construction Numbers of this Model:	Help Us

C/N	Version	Built	History
13063			XA219 : Built as Sycamore HR.50
13064			XA220 : Built as Sycamore HR.50
13065			XA221 : Built as Sycamore HR.50
13066			XD196 : Sycamore HR.13 (for ASR evaluation)
13067			XD197 : Sycamore HR.13 (second of 2 built for ASR evaluation)
13071		1953	XD653 : Built as HR.51 Allocated G-AMWJ (not used). Delivered to RN March 1954. To RAN October 1954. After RAN service, preserved in Nowra, New South Wales.
13146		1953	XD654 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN October 1954. Ditched off HMS Hermes and w/o 4 March 1961.
13147		1953	XD655 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN October 1954.
13148		1954	XD656 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN October 1954. Ditched off HMAS Melbourne and w/o, 4 December 1957.
13199		1954	B-1 : Built as HR.14B, G-AMWP. To FAB with call sign OT-ZKA. w/o March 1960.
13200		1954	B-2 : Built as HR.14B, G-AMWR. To FAB with call sign OT-ZKB. B-2 : Burned, Aug 1960.
13201		1954	B-3 : Built as HR.14B, G-AMWS. To FAB with call sign OT-ZKC. w/o 20 January 1958.
13442		1958	WE+541 : coming from RVSt 2 last seen 78+04 Museum Berlin Gatow
13445		1958	WE+542 : coming from RVSt 2 last seen D-HAHN Museum Bad Oynhausen
13446		1958	WE+543 : coming from FFS S last seen HFM Mellinghausen
13458		1958	SC+206 : coming from RVSt 2 w/o
13463		1958	SC+205 : coming from Flugbereitscft BMVg w/o inc.
13465		1958	WE+544 : coming from FFS S last seen LRDE
13466		1958	WE+543 : coming from RVSt 2 last seen LRDE
13467		1958	SC+210 : coming from FFS S w/o
13475		1958	SC+206 : coming from HTG 64 last seen "RAF XG544"
13478		1958	WE+546 : last seen Museum Bueckeburg
13479		1958	WE+547 : last seen Museum Hermeskeil
13480		1958	WE+548 : w/o 10.74
13481		1958	WE+549 : last seen pres GAF-Base Ahlhorn
13504		1959	XN449 : Built as Type 171 Mk4 Sycamore HR.51 at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAN Jun 1959 as XN449. w/o 3 Sep 1962 near Nowra air base (HMAS Albatross).

26 C/N found.