Registration / Serial:WV195
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
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Mishap in the Malayan jungle. Serial WV195 readable, code G of No 848 Sqn confirmed. Ex BuNo 130188, supplied to Britain as early as November 1952 to fight communist rebels in Malaysia. Repaired after this accident. Sent back to Britain in 1957, but retired in 1958 and burnt in 1963 for an instructional filming. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:WV195
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:WV195
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:646630Submit Correction
View count: 293
Mishap in the Malayan jungle. Serial WV195 readable, code G of No 848 Sqn confirmed. Ex BuNo 130188, supplied to Britain as early as November 1952 to fight communist rebels in Malaysia. Repaired after this accident. Sent back to Britain in 1957, but retired in 1958 and burnt in 1963 for an instructional filming. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:WV195
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive