Sikorsky S55C UH19B


Registration: S-886
Country of origin: USA
Built: Stratford, Connecticut, USA, 1957
Manufacturer: Sikorsky
Constructor's Number: 55-1040
Engine: One 550 HP Pratt & Whitney R-1340-40

Type: Utility Helicopter

Note: Search and Rescue Helicopter with the Royal Danish Air Force..

Details: Built in USA and exported to Denmark.

Delivered on 19th February 1957 as S-886 to the Royal Danish Air Force Esk.722 Sqn. Used for transport and Search and Rescue.

Withdrawn for Service 15 July 1966, and shipped to England where it was in storage at Elstree and Panshanger in the 1970s.

Arrived at the Helicopter Museum in April 2013.