Sikorsky HO4S-3

C/N 55-477

Built 1953 - Scrapped 1969





Helicopter Sikorsky HO4S-3 Serial 55-477 Register WV205 133745 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,US Navy USN. Built 1953. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





133745

usa US Navy

1953-06-30Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-477, ff:?
acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53
del USN as HO4S-3, 133745, 08Jul53.

WV205

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1953-09-26
Sikorsky Whirlwind HAS.22 MAP to UK/Royal Navy as WV205, Ex BuAer 133745, d/d 26Sep53
perished Lee-on-Solent dump Jun69.
706Sq/785 Nov 1953 706 NAS
1956-11-06 A EGPSD845Sq/W by Apr 1954, Suez assault 6 Nov 1956. Damaged by small arms fire during Musketeer repaired at Hal Far 845 NAS Operation Musketeer
845Sq/W by Apr 1957
728Sq C Flt/624 by Feb 1958
Fleetlands Nov 1958
771Sq/753 by Sep 1961
perished RNAS Lee-on-Solent dump Jun 1969. 771 NAS




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