Bristol Sycamore 4

C/N 13384

Built 1956





Helicopter Bristol Sycamore 4 Serial 13384 Register XG544 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1956. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XG544

united kingdom Royal Air Force

1956-12-14Built at Filton, dd 14 Dec 1956
275 Sq Feb 1957
72 Sq Oct 1961 72 Squadron
1961-10 A EGDTwithdrawn from 15 MU storage at Wroughton and prepared for operations.
1961-10-27 B EGAA 118 Sq to 118 Sq to replace damaged XG521. 118 Squadron The Border Campaign
1961-11 C HKRETemporarily withdrawn from 118 Sq in Northern Ireland via Odiham during Nov 1961, to join the Flood Relief effort in Kenya. 118 Squadron Mombasa Flood Relief Operations
MCS (Metro Comms Sq) Jan 1964
32 Sq Feb 1969 until Aug 1972 (last Sycamore in RAF Service). 32 (The Royal) Squadron

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1972-08-11 D Barton Pines Torbay Aircraft Museum Flew into Barton Pines on 11 Aug 1972 as one of founding exhibits at the Torbay Aircraft Museum. Still there 1974, 1976, 1980. Sold 1988.
1989 E Tremar Stored to Tremar by , still 1994. Sold c Nov 2000.
If you think you saw this flying in the 1990s, it will very likely have been HB-RXB, painted as XG544.




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