Aircraft Photo of 8-1 | Sikorsky S-51 | Netherlands - Navy | AirHistory.net #135893
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:8-1
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5133
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Aircraft Name:Jezebel
Location
City / Airport:Leiden - ValkenburgMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHVB   IATA: LID   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:16 April 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 135893
Photo Comment

Prime Minister Willem Drees departing to the disaster area of the catastrophic North Sea flood of 1 February 1953. The first helicopter in the Netherlands, Jezebel had rescued many victims from rooftops and treetops. The Aviodrome museum in Lelystad has a Westland-built WS-51 painted as this historic machine. Photo by: Harry Pot / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

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