Sikorsky S-51 / R-5 / H-5

C/N 51-26

Built 1947 - Scrapped 1961





Helicopter Sikorsky S-51 / R-5 / H-5 Serial 51-26 Register VW209 G-AJOP used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) RAE ,Westland. Built 1947. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





G-AJOP

united kingdom Westland

1947-06-02Sikorsky S-51 f/f 02jun47 at Stratford, CT, USA
to UK as pattern aircraft reg G-AJOP 22jul47, f/f Yeovil 28jul47, canc 21aug47

VW209

united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

1947-10-10 A EGLF RAE MoD, to RAE Farborough
w/o 26sep51 heavy landing, tailcone collapsed RAE
1954-01 B HMS Thunderer GI Airframe to RNEC Manadon during Jan 1954 (by road from Boscombe Down ?) as GI A2339, until c Nov 1958
1958-12 C EGLK Stored outside storage at Blackbushe, rotorless by Dec 1958

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1963-04to A2339, unk
scr Abbotsinch, UK, 1961
last seen apr63




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