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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-51 / R-5F / HO3S
    Latest Model:Dragonfly HR.3
    Last Military Serial:WG752 RN
    Construction Number:WA/H/062
    Compressed ID:Westland Dragonfly HR.3 sn WG752 RN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Dragonfly HR.3 by Westland.

    14 November 1952

    First flight.
    Piloted by D.A.S.Colvin.

    15 December 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WG752.

    11 June 1970

    To Combined Cadet Force, Alleynes School, Townley Road, Dulwich, London, UK.
    Instructional airframe.

    December 1985

    Placed on display with Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    Circa 14 February 1986


    Photographer: Gordon Riley
    Notes: WG752 in the restoration hangar at Duxford in February 1986

    June 2003

    To Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland.
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    15 June 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Lelystad, Netherlands

    2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    6 November 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    24 September 2013


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Sikorsky-Westland Dragonfly HR.3 at Aviodome, Lelystad - photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Fleet Air Arm Helicopters since 1943 (2011, ISBN 0-85130-304-9) by Lee Howard, Mick Burrow amp; Eric Myall
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     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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