| Known as the UH-2 & UH-2A Wasp in FAMB service. Operated by 1 Esquadrao de Helicopteros de Emprego Geral (HU.1) from Gearing and Allen M Summer Class destroyers - (first Wasp deck landing on these April 1975, following their conversion to the failed DASH drone operation) and the Niterói class frigates. 3 new build airframes acquired in April 1966 and 7 ex UK Royal Navy Wasp HAS.1s in 1977. Defensora (F41) transported the last 2 Wasps in 1977 on its delivery voyage from Southampton to Rio de Janeiro.
4 Wasps still in active service 1991.  |
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| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Organisation | In other Org | |||
| f.9614 | 1966 | N-7015: Delivered as UH-2 Wasp to FAMB 20 Apr 1966, code 15. | |||||
 | f.9615  | 1966 | N-7016: 20apr66 d/d as UH-2 Wasp to FAMB code 16;
w/o 15jul67 and r+ | ||||
| f.9542 | 1962 | N-7016: Second UH-2 Wasp to bear this FAMB serial after previous bea+ |  XS476: Pre-production airframe built at Hayes. ff as G-17-2; T+ 22Jul79 uncoded on dump at Portland Open Day | ||||
| f.9616 | 1966 | N-7017: Delivered as UH-2 Wasp to FAMB 20 Apr 1966, code 17. | |||||
| f.9589 | 1964 | N-7036: ex UK RN as XT419. To G-17-1, then to FAMB 1977 (N-7018 ntu + | XT419: dd 23 Dec 1964 to RN as XT419. RAF Bahrain SAR Flt/422 + | ||||
| f.9575 | 1964 | N-7037: ex UK RN XS564 and G-17-22. To FAMB 1977 (N-7019 ntu ?) as N+ | XS564: dd 21 May 1964 to RN. 829Sq Argonaut Flt/466-AT by Nov + | ||||
| f.9728 | 1968 | N-7038: d/d 07/01/1969 to UK RN as XV633, to G-17-21, then to FAMB 1+ | XV633: Royal Navy HAS1 type; to Brazil 706Sq/591 by Sep 1969, 706Sq/584 by Jul 1972 still Sep + | ||||
| f.9603 | 1965 | N-7039: ex UK RN XT433. to G-17-6, then to FAMB 1978 as N-7039. | XT433: dd 1965 to RN. ex G-17-6. 829Sq Arethusa Flt/426-AR by +  N-7039: preserved at Museu Aeroespacial, west of Rio de Janeiro+ | ||||
| f.9557 | 1963 | N-7040: d/d 1963 to UK RN as XS530, to G-17-7, then to FAMB as N-704+ | XS530: Royal Navy HAS1 type; to Brazil as N-7040 | ||||
| f.9674 | 1967 | N-7041: ex UK RN XT792 and G-17-8. To FAMB as N-7041 | XT792: dd 11 Jul 1967 to RN. 829Sq Bacchante Flt/425-BC + | ||||
| f.9569 | 1964 | N-7042: ex RN XS542 and Westland G-17-30, then to FAMB as N-7042, w/+ | XS542: d/d 17/03/1964 to UK RN, 829 Sq Juno Flt/465 by Jul 196+ 21oct78 noted in store RNAY Wroughton | ||||
