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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:Whirlwind HAR.21
    Last Military Serial:WV198 RN
    Last Civil Registration:G-BJWY
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky Whirlwind HAR.21 sn WV198...
    Latest Owner or Location:Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland / Cumbria, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HRS-2.

    October 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 130191.

    19 November 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n WV198 as a Whirlwind HAR.21.
    Allocated to the Royal Navy under the MDAP (Mutual Defence Aid Programme).

    August 1958

    New serial number assigned: A2576 RN

    27 June 1969


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Whirlwind HAR.21 instructional airframe from RNAS Arbroath on display at the 1969 Prestwick Airshow

    25 January 1982

    To unknown owner with c/r G-BJWY.

    13 November 1992

    To Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Carlisle, Cumberland/Cumbria, England.
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    27 August 1994


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The Solway Aviation Museum displayed their Whirlwind HAR.21 at the 1994 Carlisle Airshow.

    7 September 2004


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Without visible markings at Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle, UK
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