RAF Dragonflies were mainly used for SAR duties and served with the CFS Helicopter Flight, the first front line RAF helicopter squadron (and the Casevac Flight that preceded it) and the Queen's Flight. 
Units |
| Years | Units | Base |
|---|---|---|
| 1954/58 | Queens Flight | RAF Benson |
| 1953/56 | 194 Squadron |  Simpang Sembawang |
| 1950/53 | Far East Casualty Evacuation Flight | Sembawang Changi International Airport Simpang Seletar |
List of Aircraft |
| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wa/h/008 | hr.1 | 1949 | VX595 to RAF Museum store at Henlow / 29, by Aug 1974, still Jun 1975, still present M... |  VX595: HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeov... Assignments at AFEE Beaulieu Jul and Nov 1949, and Jan ... conv HR.3 at Yeovil by 1953 conv HR.5 at RNAY Donibristle from Nov 1956 to Jun 195... VX595: Fleetlands Museum from Feb 1990 Spent time in storage variously at Fleetlands, Gosport ... | |||
| wa/h/018 w/o 1955 | hr.1 | 1950 | VZ960 hc.2 HC.2 Del RAF Jan 1952 | VZ960: first flew at Yeovil. VZ960: to 705 NAS at Gosport. plane guard duties with HMS Glory SAR Flt off Korea. | |||
| wa/h/007 w/o 1951 | Dragonfly 1A | 1949 | WF308 ex G-ALMC. Del MoS as HC.2 in Mar 1950; To Far East Casevac Flt May 1950. | G-ALMC: Westland Dragonfly 1A, G-ALMC, 1949? WF308: sold MoS as Dragonfly HC.2, WF308, 15Nov50; w/o 24Oct51... | |||
| wa/h/016 w/o 1953 | hc.2 | 1950 | WF311 dd Mar 1950 to RAF as HC.2 | ||||
| wa/h/017 w/o 1954 | hc.2 | 1950 | WF315 HC.2 Del RAF 8 Mar 1950; Far East Casevac Flt; 194 Sq by Feb 1953 | ||||
| wa/h/056 | hr.3 | 1952 | WG725 to Weeton as G I (7703M) Nov 1960 | WG725: Del Nov 1952; A&AEE D Sq by Jan 1953; sent to Holland f... Spent some time as trials and research airframe, moving... WG725: to Museum of Army Flying by Apr 1978, until c Oct 1981. - 0020: to Southend c Oct 1981 and reg N9987Q. Preparation for ...  WG725: Sep 1986 to Cornwall Aero Park, restored and displayed ... to FAA Museum, Nowra during | |||
| wa/h/080 | hr.3 | 1953 | WP495 915 sold to Anglo Diesel Co Jun 1964 | WP495: ff 20 May 1953 as HR.3 at Yeovil; Del to Gosport Jun 1953 to Ford SAR Flt / 982-FD until c Mar 1954; c A... Jul 1956 to Culdrose SAR Flt / 912-CU until Jun 1957 Jun 1957 to RNAY Donibristle for conversion to HR.5 com... Victorious SAR Flt/967-V by Apr 1959 to c Dec 1959; Cen... - G-AJOV: preserved at Royal Air Force Air Museum, Cosford to Morayvia Sci-Tech museum, Kinloss 27 Jul 2017, re-pa... still at Morayvia but painted as WP495 / 915-LM by date... | |||
| wa/h/108 w/o 1953 | hc.4 | 1952 | WT845 1st HC.4. Del RAF Aug 1952 | ||||
| wa/h/109 | hc.4 | 1952 | WT846 HC.4 Del RAF Aug 1952 | ||||
| wa/h/110 w/o 1954 | hc.4 | 1951 | WX953 HC.4 Del RAF 23 Jan 1952 | ||||
| wa/h/002 w/o 1952 | Dragonfly 1A | 1949 | WZ749 Back to RAF Mar 1952. Damaged during jungle landing, Negri Sembilan, Malaya, wh... | G-ALEG: reg Westland as G-ALEG, 1949; operated by Pest Control Ltd until c Apr 1951 rtnd Westland as G-ALEG, 24Feb52; w/o 26Sep52. WZ749: sold to MoS as Dragonfly HC2, WZ749, 09Nov51; | |||
| wa/h/124 | hc.4 | 1952 | XB251 HC.4 Del to RAF Seletar Dec 1952. | ||||
| wa/h/125 scrapped 1963 | hc.4 | 1952 | XB252 HC.4 Del to RAF Seletar Dec 1952 | ||||
| wa/h/126 | hc.4 | 1952 | XB253 HR.4 Del to RAF Seletar Dec 1952 | ||||
| wa/h/127 w/o 1954 | hc.4 | 1952 | XB254 HC.4 Del to RAF Seletar Jan 1953 | ||||
| wa/h/128 w/o 1956 | hc.4 | 1952 | XB255 HC.4 Del RAF Seletar 5 Jan 1953 | ||||
| wa/h/129 w/o 1954 | hc.4 | 1952 | XB256 HC.4 Del to RAF Seletar Jan 1953 | ||||
| wa/h/001 w/o 1967 | Dragonfly 1A | 1948 | XD649 RAF | G-AKTW: Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Dragonfly 1st prototype f/f 05o... Westland from 1955; reworked into Widgeon Series 2 pro... Attended a well publicised Helicopter Party in Jun 1958... G-APPR: Originally built as a Dragonfly G-AKTW, 2nd convertion... G-APPR: Bristow Oct58, North Sea offshore  5N-ABV: Bristow Nigeria from 1962, offshore; Nigeria-Biafra wa... | |||
| wa/h/105 w/o 1958 | hc.4 | 1954 | XF259 HC.4 built at Yeovil. Del RAF Apr 1954 | ||||
No longer with this org.
