Sikorsky HO4S-3

C/N 55-480

Built 1953 - Scrapped 1960





Helicopter Sikorsky HO4S-3 Serial 55-480 Register WV220 133748 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,US Navy USN. Built 1953. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





133748

usa US Navy

1953-06-30Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-480, ff:?
acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53
del USN as HO4S-3, 133748, 09Jul53.

WV220

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1953-06-15
Sikorsky Whirlwind HAS.22 MAP to UK/Royal Navy as WV220, Ex BuAer 133748, f/f 15Jun53, d/d 26Sep53
s.o.c. 25Feb60, broken up as spares and produce at Hal Far, Malta.
706Sq/787 Nov 1953 706 NAS
1956-11-06 A EGPSD845Sq/Y by Apr 1954, Suez assault 6 Nov 1956 845 NAS Operation Musketeer
1959-11 B Hal Far Storage Westland Ilchester by Mar 1957
848Sq/355 by Nov 1958
Hal Far store by Nov 1959
s.o.c. 25 Feb 1960, and b/u for spares at Hal Far. 848 NAS




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