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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-51 / R-5F / HO3S
    Latest Model:Dragonfly HR.5
    Last Military Serial:WG719 RN
    Construction Number:WA/H/50
    Last Civil Registration:G-BRMA
    Compressed ID:Westland Dragonfly HR.5 sn WG719 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset - North, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Dragonfly HR.3 by Westland.

    19 September 1952

    First flight.
    Flew at Yeovil.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WG719.

    Transferred to No. 705 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm.

    Converted to a Dragonfly HR.5 by Westland.
    Converted by Westland.

    From 1959 to 1961

    Transferred to No. 776 Squadron.

    June 1967

    Assigned to RNAY Fleetlands for storage.

    To unknown owner with c/r G-BRMA.

    1989

    To The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-North, England.
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    January 1990

    Damaged.
    Seriously damaged in 100 mph gales.

    From Unknown to August 1998

    Restored.
    A major strip down and rebuild by museum volunteers.

    24 July 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2009 photo at the Helicopter Museum

    16 September 2017


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England
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