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Model History:

sycamore

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:

From Del'd Rotary wing aircraft units (bold=current)Bases/Heliports
1951/65 2 Royal Australian Air Force
1953/66 10 Fleet Air Arm (RAN)
1953/64     723 squadronNowra 1953/56
Nowra 1957/now
1956/57     724 squadronNowra 1955/84
1953/72 93 Royal Air Force
1950/57     1906 (helicopter) flightAAC Middle Wallop 1950/57
1952/55     Air/Sea Warfare Development UnitNewquay Cornwall Airport (RAF St Mawgan) 1952/55
1953/59     275 squadronAcklington 1957/59
Norwich / 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 MYKuala Lumpur Sungai Besi / Simpang 1953/59
1955     22 squadronRAF Valley 1955/now
Thorney Island 1955/59
1955/59     joint experimental helicopter unitAAC Middle Wallop 1955/58
Andover 1958/59
1956/59     284 squadron CYNicosia (Lefkosia) 1956/59
1956/57     84 squadron YEKhormaksar / Aden International 1956/67
CYNicosia (Lefkosia)
1959/60     228 squadronAcklington 1959/64
Norwich / Horsham St. Faith 1959/63
RAF Leconfield 1959/64
RAF Leuchars 1959/64
1959/62     118 squadronRAF Aldergrove 1959/62
1960/64     110 squadron MYButterworth 1959/63
SGSeletar 1964/69
1960/62     225 squadronAndover 1960
RAF Odiham 1960/63
1961     Helicopter Communication Flight DEGütersloh 1961
1969/72     32 (the royal) squadronRAF Northolt 1969/now
1953/60 2 British European Airways
1954/60 3 Force Aérienne Belge
1957/69 46 Luftwaffe
1958/66 4 Marineflieger
1958/67     MFG5Kiel-Holtenau 1958/12
1980/now 1 newark (notts & lincs) air museum ltd.




Construction Numbers on database of sycamore or its versions

29sycamore




Construction Numbers of this Model: Help Us    

C/NBuilt asYearHistory
    13063 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XA219 : Built as Sycamore HR.50
    13064 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XA220 : Built as Sycamore HR.50
    13065 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XA221 : Built as Sycamore HR.50
    13066 Fleet Air Arm XD196 : Sycamore HR.13 (for ASR evaluation)
    13067 Fleet Air Arm XD197 : Sycamore HR.13 (second of 2 built for ASR evaluation)
    13071 1953 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XD653 : Built as HR.51 Allocated G-AMWJ (not used). Delivered t+
    13146 1953 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XD654 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN +
    13147 1953 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XD655 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN +
    13148 1954 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XD656 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN +
    13199 1954 Force Aérienne Belge B-1 : Built as HR.14B, G-AMWP. To FAB with call sign OT-ZKA. +
    13200 1954 Force Aérienne Belge B-2 : Built as HR.14B, G-AMWR. To FAB with call sign OT-ZKB.
Burned, Aug 1960.
    13201 1954 Force Aérienne Belge B-3 : Built as HR.14B, G-AMWS. To FAB with call sign OT-ZKC. +
    13247 1955 Royal Air Force XG502 : RAF Sycamore HR.14 d/d 04mar55; preserved at Army Museu+
    13387 Royal Air Force XG547 : RAF Sycamore HR.14; 11sep10 pictured preserved at Musee+
    13414 Royal Air Force XJ918 : RAF Sycamore HR.14; preserved Cosford RAF Museum
    13442 1958 Marineflieger WE+541 : coming from RVSt 2 last seen 78+04 Museum Berlin Gatow
    13445 1958 Marineflieger WE+542 : coming from RVSt 2 last seen D-HAHN Museum Bad Oynhause+
    13446 1958 Marineflieger WE+543 : coming from FFS S last seen HFM Mellinghausen
    13458 1958 Marineflieger SC+206 : coming from RVSt 2 w/o
    13463 1958 Marineflieger SC+205 : coming from Flugbereitscft BMVg w/o inc.
ex G-18-147; To LC+114, AS+322, 78+11, D-HFRO; w/o Ma+
    13465 1958 Marineflieger WE+544 : coming from FFS S last seen LRDE
    13466 1958 Marineflieger WE+543 : coming from RVSt 2 last seen LRDE
    13467 1958 Marineflieger SC+210 : coming from FFS S w/o
    13475 1958 Marineflieger SC+206 : coming from HTG 64 last seen "RAF XG544"
    13478 1958 Marineflieger WE+546 : last seen Museum Bueckeburg
    13479 1958 Marineflieger WE+547 : last seen Museum Hermeskeil
    13480 1958 Marineflieger WE+548 : w/o 10.74
    13481 1958 Marineflieger WE+549 : last seen pres GAF-Base Ahlhorn
    13504 1959 Fleet Air Arm (RAN) XN449 : Built as Type 171 Mk4 Sycamore HR.51 at Weston-super-Ma+
    29 C/N found.




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