The Type 171 Mk.4 was built with 4 doors, featured a 520shp Alvis Leonides 71 engine, a higher main undercarriage and the pilot sat on the right hand side of the cockpit. Most Sycamore production units were based on the Mk.4. 
Specifications | |
List of Operators of Bristol Sycamore 4 | |
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| 13070 | 1952 |  G-AMWI : Built Filton. Prototype Sycamore Mk.4 ff May 1953. (mar+ Attended a well publicised Helicopter Party in Jun 1958+  XR592 : converted to HR.51, sold to RAN May 1961 and XR592 allo+ VH-BAW : VH-BAW stored, wfu 14/08/1972 XR592 : 1979 Camden Museum of Aviation, restored to RAN marking+ Still with the Thomas Collection (at Narellan), by 2008+ | ||
| 13071 | 1953 | XD653 : Built as HC.51 Allocated G-AMWJ (not used). Delivered t+ XD653 : to Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra, in Navy colours as XD65+ After RAN service, preserved in Nowra, New South Wales. | ||
13144  | 1952 | XE306 : HR.14 Del Nov 1953 to A&AEE XE306 : w/o 28 Jul 1954, Overturned after power loss in low hov+ | ||
| 13145 | 1952 | XE307 : HR.14 Del A&AEE Nov 1953 XE307 : 17 Sep 1959 Crashed and w/o in Cyprus, c 8nm SE of Nico+ | ||
 | 13146 | 1953 | XD654 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN 1954. To RAN + XD654 : Ditched alongside RN HMS Hermes while operating from HM+ | |
| 13147 | 1953 | XD655 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN Mar 1954. To + XD655 : RAN Oct 1954 | ||
| 13148 | 1954 | XD656 : Built as HR.51 at Filton. Delivered to RN Mar 1954. To + XD656 : To RAN Oct 1954. Ditched off HMAS Melbourne and w/o, 4 + | ||
| 13149 | 1953 | XE308 : HR.14 to Bristol; used in the Type 192 metal rotor blad+ XE308 : 3 Nov 1965 w/o when rolled over on take off from Boscom+ | ||
| 13150 | 1953 | XE309 : HR.14 Del RAF; Eastleigh Stn Flt;
Aden Protectorate C+ Lost control at low level and crashed while with CFS(H)+ | ||
| 13151 | 1953 | XE310 : HR.14 to RAF | ||
| 13152 | 1953 | XE311 : HR.14 Del RAF; To 194 Sq / B. 04apr64 as 110 Sq /B pictured post-landing fire at But+ | |
| 13153 | 1953 | XE312 : HR.14 to RAF | ||
| 13194 | 1953 | G-AMWK : Reg ntu ? to RAF as XE313 c Sep 1953 XE313 : HR.14 to RAF w/o 6 Jan 1958, after losing height on take off and cra+ | ||
| 13195 | 1952 | G-AMWL : Registered 1 Dec 1952. Cancelled 30 Sep 1953, to RAF XE+ XE314 : HR.14 Del RAF, to 194 Sq. w/o 7 Dec 1954 when crashed on take-off at Fort Selim, + | ||
| 13196 | 1952 | G-AMWM : Registered G-AMWM 1 Dec 1952. Cancelled 30 Sep 1953, to+ XE315 : HR.14 Del RAF for 194 Sq w/o Crashed into river and sank after tail rotor fault+ | ||
| 13197 | 1952 | G-AMWN : Registered G-AMWN 1 Dec 1952. Cancelled Sep 1953, to RA+ XE316 : HR.14 Del RAF Sep 1953, for 194 Sq. w/o 30 Jan 1955, Overturned by wind, Fort Selim, Malaya+ | ||
| 13198 | 1952 | G-AMWO : Reg G-AMWO ntu ? To RAF as XE317 XE317 : RAF Sycamore HR.14 Feb 1955, 275 Sq B Flt detached to RAF North Coates 275 Sq B Flt by Apr 1959, when unit departed Aldergrov+ 118 Sq by Sep 1959 118 Sq; 225 Sq; 118 Sq; CFS (H) / S-N XE317 : may78 pres Newark Air Museum in CFS c/s coded S-N - pho+ between May 1978 and Jul 1997, XE317 had been repainted+ Pres at Firbeck, Yorkshire present jul97 photo www.airp+ under restoration at South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, D+ 05sep19 pictured at Aeroventure, Doncaster in 275 Sq SA+ | |
| 13202 | G-AMWT : Mk.4 built at Filton, reg G-AMWT (ntu ?); to RAAF Jan 1+ A91-2 : to RAAF Jan 1955 w/o 13 Dec 1960 at Lake Hart, nr Woomera; soc 12 Oct 19+ | |||
| 13203 | 1955 | XG506 : HR.14 built at Filton and del RAF 6 May 1955 Joined 118 Sq at Aldergrove on 4 Sep 1959. 6 Dec 1961, landed due to poor weather, while with 118 + 275 Sq; 118 Sq; 225 Sq; 118 Sq; 72 Sq; Metropolitan Co+ to Halton as G I 7852M, 16 Jun 1964; believed disposed + to Bomber County Aviation Museum on 19 Nov 1983 moved to Hemswell, when BCAM relocated in 1989, until N+ Departed Hemswell for Doncaster during Nov 2000, (for u+ | ||
| 13220 | 1954 | XE318 : HR.14 Del RAF c Oct 1954 w/o 13 Sep 1955, when flipped over during take off in M+ | ||
| 13221 | 1954 | XE319 : HR.14. Del RAF c Aug 1954 w/o 21feb59 crashed following main rotor failure south + | ||
| 13222 | 1954 | XE320 : HR.14 Del RAF; CFS; APS Sylt; 225 Sq; CFS crashed after loss of control near Peplow on 13 Oct 196+ | ||
| 13223 | 1954 | XE321 : HR.14 Del RAF c Oct 1954 w/o 6 Sep 1956 forced landing nr Ipoh, following failed+ | ||
| 13224 | 1954 | XE322 : HR.14. Del RAF c Nov 1954; To 194 Sq. w/o 20 Mar 1961, crashed in river in Malaya after abort+ | ||
| 13225 | 1954 | XF265 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Dec 1954 w/o 10 Jul 1956 while operating with 275 Sq from RAF Le+ | ||
| 13226 | 1954 | XF266 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF 194 Sq after Oct 1954; 110 Sq after 1960, still Sep 196+ | ||
| 13227 | 1954 | XF267 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF. w/o 27feb59 crashed following main rotor failure 3.5nm + | ||
| 13228 | 1955 | XF268 : HR.14 Del RAF 1 Feb 1955 w/o 8 Jul 1955 on Mt Olympus, Cyprus, while with Nicosi+ | ||
| 13229 | 1955 | XF269 : HR.14 Del RAF Feb 1955 w/o 8 Feb 1966, while taking off from Ternhill, as CFS(+ | ||
| 13240 | 1955 | XJ363 : HR.14. Del RAF Jun 1955 w/o 20 May 1957 after forced landing following engine m+ | ||
| 13242 | 1956 | XJ380 : dd RAF as HR.14 on 22 Oct 1956;275 Sq; 228 Sq; CFS / S-+ to Catterick Fire School 6 Mar 1968 as 8628M / S-M to RAF Finningley 26 Jan 1979 and restored to SAR marki+ HR.14. To New Byth, Grampian in 1991 to Montrose Air Station Museum by 1994 until Feb 2007 XJ380 : private owner in Drighlington, S. Yorks by 1988 until 1+ to Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Jun 2007. Restorat+ | ||
| 13243 | 1956 | XJ381 : HR.14. Del RAF May 1956 w/o 7 Aug 1957 after blades struck ground during landin+ | ||
| 13245 | 1954 | XG500 : HR.14 ff Jan 1955, dd Feb 1955 JEHU-JHU/1 by Oct 1956  JHU / 1 participated in Suez action Nov 1956 Tail rotor failure on landing 14 Dec 1961, a/c abandone+ | ||
| 13246 | 1955 | XG501 : HR.14 dd 9 Mar 1955. While operating with 275 Sq from + | ||
| 13247 | 1955 | XG502 : RAF Sycamore HR.14 d/d 04mar55; preserved at Army Museu+ JHU / 2, participated in Suez action Nov 1956 275 Sq F Flt Jul 1957 118 Sq in Nov 1961. XG502 : HR.14, Gate Guardian at AAC Middle Wallop until c May 1+ to Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop by May 1983 | ||
| 13248 | 1955 | XJ361 : HR.14 del RAF Mar 1955 w/o 2 Sep 1958 following tail rotor failure at Khormaks+ | ||
| 13264 | 1955 | XG503 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Mar 1955 XG503 : 23 May 1955, First helicopter to visit the Bristol Aero+ CFS (H); MCS; HDU; CFS (H) ; MCS to Odiham fire dump by 1968 | ||
13265  | 1955 | XG504 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Mar1955 Khormaksar SAR Flt; CFS (H); MCS; 32 Sq To a roadside service station nr Rotherham Aug 1972; To+ | ||
| 13266 | 1955 | XJ362 : HR.14. Del RAF May 1955 w/o 27jun56 asg JEHU damaged by ground resonance at Bul+ | ||
| 13267 | 1955 | XG505 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF May 1955 25 Jun 1956 ditched in sea off North Coates after engin+ | ||
| 13268 | 1955 | XG510 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jul 1955 w/o 5 Feb 1956 rolled over when taking off in Perak, Ma+ | ||
| 13269 | 1955 | XG509 : HR.14 built at Filton, del RAF Jul 1955;
275 Sq; 228 Sq+ 275 Sq B Flt by Apr 1959, when unit departed Aldergrov+ Struck ground in turn and rolled at Ternhill on 13 Feb + | ||
| 13271 | 1955 | XG511 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jul 1955 Rotor struck ships mast during rescue and crashed off F+ | ||
| 13272 | 1955 | XG512 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jul 1955 Rotors struck ground after nosewheel collapsed on landi+ | ||
| 13273 | 1955 | XG513 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Aug 1955. w/o 16 Sep 1957 spun in on landing, following tail roto+ | ||
| 13368 | 1955 | XG514 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Aug 1955 Jan 1956 transferred from 275 Sq A Flt to B Flt at RAF + 275 Sq F Flt by Feb 1958 Rolled during sloping ground practice at Ternhill on 10+ | ||
| 13369 | 1955 | XG515 : HR.14 built at Filton, del RAF Aug 1955 JEHU; JHU / 4, participated in Suez action Nov 1956 ex JHU; MCS; 225 Sq; CFS (H) May 1968 to 8008M at RAF Halton to NGTE Pyestock in 1973 | ||
| 13370 | 1955 | XG516 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Sep 1955 w/o 18 Feb 1957, rolled over after rotors struck tree d+ | ||
| 13371 | 1955 | XG517 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Oct 1955 Rotors struck ground on landing at Tobruk on 23 Aug 196+ | ||
| 13372 | 1955 | XG518 : HR.14 dd Oct 1955. Amman Stn Flt; Habbinya Stn Flt; El + XG518 North East Aircraft Museum : to North East Aircraft Museum 15 Mar 1983, still Sep 19+ to Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum before 2000, still+ 20Jun19 pictured at Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum+ | |
| 13373 | 1955 | XG519 : HR.14 built at Filton, del RAF Nov 1955 194 Sq; 110 Sq 24 Jan 1964 crashed in Malaya and burnt out, while with+ | ||
| 13374 | 1955 | XG520 : built at Filton, dd 14 Nov 1955. Rolled over at South C+ | ||
| 13375 | 1955 | XG521 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Nov 1955 118 Sq by Sep 1959 w/o 13 Oct 1961, crashed at RAF Aldergrove, while servi+ | ||
| 13376 | 1955 | XG522 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Dec 1955. w/o 4 Apr 1961, crashed in Pahang State, Peninsular Mal+ | ||
| 13377 | 1955 | XG523 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Dec 1955. JEHU by Jan 1956; JHU / 5, participated in Suez action + ex JHU/5 ; 225 Squadron Jan 1960; CFS-H/V by c Apr 1962+ to NEAM Sunderland by Dec 1993. Nose section only. XG523 : Nose section preserved as / V, at Norfolk and Suffolk A+ 20Jun19 pictured at Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum+ | |
| 13378 | 1956 | XG538 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jul 1956. w/o 14 Sep 1960 rolled over on take off, while with 110+ | ||
| 13379 | 1956 | XG539 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jan 1956. w/o 1 Aug 1958 after tail rotor struck cables in the ce+ | ||
| 13380 | 1955 | XG540 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jan 1956. CFS (H) / Y-S; Bristol Aeroplane Company; MCS 23 Jul 1965 - forced landing following engine failure w+ On display at RAF Shawbury, marked XJ385, by Mar 1980 sacrificed so many spares to other Sycamores around the+ | ||
| 13381 | 1956 | XG541 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Feb 1956 w/o 20 Jul 1958 when struck ground during forced landin+ | ||
| 13382 | 1956 | XG542 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jun 1956. w/o 4 Jun 1958, when rolled over after snagging tail ro+ | ||
| 13383 | 1956 | XG543 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Mar 1956 w/o 23 Sep 1958 tail rotor struck tree and crashed, whi+ | ||
| 13384 | 1956 | XG544 : Built at Filton, dd 14 Dec 1956; 275 Sq Feb 1957; 72 Sq+ 118 Sq 27 Oct 1961, to replace damaged XG521. Temporarily withdrawn from 118 Sq in Northern Ireland v+ MCS (Metro Comms Sq) Jan 1964; 32 Sq Feb 1969 until Au+ XG544 Torbay Aircraft Museum : Flew into Barton Pines on 11 Aug 1972 as one of foundin+ to Tremar by 1989, still 1994. Sold c Nov 2000. If you think you saw this flying in the 1990s, it will + | ||
| 13385 | 1956 | XG545 : 1st HR.14 built at Weston-Super-Mare. ff at Weston on 1+ XG545 : w/o 16 Jul 1957, ditched into the North Sea 0.5nm off H+ If you think you have seen this flying recently, it wil+ | ||
| 13386 | 1956 | XG546 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF Jun 1956 w/o 31may57, asg 284 Sq destroyed by ground resonance w+ | ||
| 13387 | 1956 | XG547 : Built at Weston-super-Mare as HR.14. 284 Sq / 5 by Nov + RAF Sycamore HR.14; 11sep10 pictured preserved at Musee+ G-HAPR : To British Rotorcraft Museum by Mar 1978 as XG547/S-T, + | |
| 13388 | 1956 | XG548 : HR.14 5th Sycamore built at Weston-super-Mare, after pr+ XG548 : JEHU by Oct 1956; JHU / 6, participated in Suez action+ w/o 10 Jul 1957, rolled over during landing, while with+ | ||
| 13389 | 1956 | XG549 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF Oct 1956 w/o 16 Apr 1958 following forced landing after engine f+ | ||
| 13390 | 1956 | XJ383 : HR.14. Del RAF Sep 1956 w/o 26 Jul 1957, rolled over during take off nr Agios N+ | ||
| 13402 | 1956 | XG507 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare, del RAF Aug 1956 JEHU; JHU / 3, participated in Suez action Nov 1956 ex JEHU; MCS; 225 Sq; CFS (H) 10 Jul 1964 damaged in heavy landing at Ternhill, while+ | ||
| 13404 | 1956 | XJ895 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF Oct 1956 275 Sq; 284 Sq from Sep 1959; El Adem Stn Flt; 103 Sq; + to Catterick fire dump, destroyed by mid 1978 | ||
| 13405 | 1956 | XJ896 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF Nov 1956 w/o 10 Feb 1958 when crashed into mountain in Cyprus, w+ | ||
| 13406 | 1956 | XJ897 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF Nov 1956 284 Sq; 103 Sq from Aug 1959; 1563 Flt from Aug 1963; C+ to Wattisham fire dump | ||
| 13408 | 1956 | XJ898 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF Nov 1956 284 Sq; 103 Sq from Aug 1959; 1563 Flt from Aug 1963; K+ to Leuchars fire dump | ||
| 13409 | 1956 | XJ915 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare, del RAF Nov 1956; 275+ 275 Sq F Flt by Aug 1957 CFS (H) / B-S by 1965, Damaged at Ternhill during prac+ | ||
| 13410 | 1956 | XJ916 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare, del RAF Nov 1956;
275+ to Manston for Fire Fighting training | ||
| 13412 | 1956 | XJ917 : In Rescue c/s at RAF Turnhouse 1958; CFS/S-H by Sep 196+ 19sep59 XJ917 participated in both the static and flyin+ XJ917 : To Cornwall Aero Park (at least 1976 to 1985). Left by + XJ917 : Bristol Aero Collection (Banwell) arrived 30 Apr 1993; + | ||
| 13413 | 1956 | XJ918 : RAF Sycamore HR.14; preserved Cosford RAF Museum 275 Sq; A&AEE RAF - Displayed at Farnborough Airshow 1968 110 Sq by Nov 1959; Metropolitan Communications Squadro+ 11Jun17 pictured at RAF Museum Cosford, as 8190M | |
| 13414 | 1957 | XJ919 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF 7 Feb 1957 275 Sq F Flt by Aug 1957 275 Sq; 225 Sq; A&AEE w/o 27 Feb 1963 after engine failure, at Boscombe Down | ||
| 13415 | 1957 | XL820 : First of final batch of 10 HR.14, del RAF Feb 1957. Crashed near Tern Hill while with CFS on 25 Mar 1964 | ||
| 13417 | 1957 | XL821 : HR.14 Del RAF 1968 Broken up at Seletar | ||
| 13438 | 1957 | XL822 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare. Del RAF c Apr 1957 Nov58 pictured in Cameron Highlands jungle after engin+ w/o 06may63 while searching along the Tusan Valley for + | |
| 13441 | 1957 | XL823 : HR.14 Del RAF c May 1957 275 Sq B Flt by Apr 1959, when unit departed Aldergrov+ CFS / S-C Aug 1966 to Wroughton G.I. to Catterick as / S-C, gone by 1978 | ||
| 13444 | 1957 | XL824 : HR.14 built at Filton. Del RAF c Jun 1957 284 Squadron from 1958; 103 Squadron from Aug 1959; 156+ Stored at RAF Henlow in the RAF Museum collection, by J+ Dec 1982 to (then) Manchester Air and Space Museum; sti+ Apr 2015 to Aerospace Bristol (museum) 8021M : Jul 1968 became GI Airframe 8021M; to Wroughton (for RA+ XL824 : 07may18 pictured at Aerospace Bristol museum, on the no+ | |
| 13447 | 1957 | XL825 : HR.14 Del RAF c Jul 1957 asg 194 Sq pictured in Malaya 28 Sep 1962 w/o in Kedah, Malaysia, when it sliced its + | |
| 13460 | 1957 | XL826 : HR.14 Del RAF c Aug 1957 275 Sq by Jan 1959, CFS(H)/A-S Ternhill by 1963. w/o 28+ | ||
| 13468 | 1957 | XL827 : HR.14 Del RAF c Sep 1957 May 1966 to Wroughton. To Wrooughton dump by Aug 1971. | ||
| 13471 | 1957 | XL828 : Built at Weston-super-Mare as HR.14. Del RAF c Oct 1957+ w/o 18dec59 asg Khormaksar SAR Flt, destroyed by ground+ | ||
| 13474 | 1957 | XL829 : HR.14 dd Dec 1957. Khormaksar SAR Flt until Mar 1964, r+ XL829 : In storage at Bristol City Museum from Dec 1971. To Bri+ International Helicopter Museum; To IHM Weston-super-Ma+ 12Jul15 pictured in 32Sq colours at the International H+ | |
| 13504 | 1959 | XN449 : Built as Type 171 Mk4 Sycamore HR.51 at Weston-super-Ma+ w/o 3 Sep 1962 near Nowra air base (HMAS Albatross). | ||
| 13505 | 1958 | XN450 : built at Weston-super-Mare, UK as HR.51 ex G-18-178. La+ XN450 : 1979 Camden Museum of Aviation, in RAN marks /848 to Business Aviation Bankstown Sep 1965. Preserved at B+ | ||