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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-51 / R-5F / HO3S
    Latest Model:Dragonfly 1A
    Last Military Serial:CH501 SLAF
    Construction Number:WA/H/137
    Compressed ID:Westland Dragonfly 1A sn CH501 SLAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sri Lankan Air Force Museum, Colombo Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Dragonfly 1A by Westland.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Sri Lanka Air Force with s/n CH501.

    March 1982

    Placed on display with Sri Lankan Air Force Museum, Colombo Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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    1 April 2015


    Photographer: Alec Berry
    Notes: Taken at Ratmalana A.B. Colombo, Sri Lanka
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     World Military Out of Service 2015 by Andy Marden
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     John Bennett
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