| Registration / Serial: | AR1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| C/n (msn): | 5102 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | July 1951 to March 1953 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 557754Submit Correction |
| View count: | 385 |
Two of the earliest S-51s were acquired by the French navy in 1951 and 1952, receiving serials AR.1 (c/n 5102) and AR.2 (c/n 5106). AR.1 was damaged in Djibouti on 7 September 1951 while presumably on its way to Indochina with the aircraft carrier Arromanches. AR.2 did make it to Indochina later. Both helicopters withdrawn from use at Saint-Raphaël, France in March 1955.
| Registration / Serial: | AR1 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| C/n (msn): | 5102 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | July 1951 to March 1953 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | AR1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| C/n (msn): | 5102 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | July 1951 to March 1953 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 557754Submit Correction |
| View count: | 385 |
Two of the earliest S-51s were acquired by the French navy in 1951 and 1952, receiving serials AR.1 (c/n 5102) and AR.2 (c/n 5106). AR.1 was damaged in Djibouti on 7 September 1951 while presumably on its way to Indochina with the aircraft carrier Arromanches. AR.2 did make it to Indochina later. Both helicopters withdrawn from use at Saint-Raphaël, France in March 1955.
| Registration / Serial: | AR1 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| C/n (msn): | 5102 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Not known |
| Photo Date: | July 1951 to March 1953 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |