List of Sikorsky H-19 operators

The following are operators of the Sikorsky H-19 and Westland Whirlwind helicopters.

Sikorsky H-19 operators

Military operators

 Argentina

• Argentine Air Force^[1]
• Argentine Navy ^[2]

 Belgium

• Belgian Air Force^[3]

 Canada

• Royal Canadian Air Force^[4]
• Royal Canadian Navy^[5]

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Congolaise Government^[6]

 Chile

• Chilean Air Force^[7][8]

 Cuba

• Revolutionary Armed Forces ^[9]

 Dominican Republic

• Dominican Air Force^[10][11]

 Denmark

• Danish Air Force^[10][11]

 France

• French Air Force^[12]

 Greece

• Hellenic Air Force^[13]

 Guatemala

• Guatemalan Air Force^[14][15]

 Haiti

• Haitan Air Force^[16]

 Israel

• Israeli Air Force^[17][18]

 Italy

• Italian Air Force^[19]

 India

• Indian Air Force^[19]

 Japan

• Japan Air Self-Defense Force^[20][21]
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force^[4]
• Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ^[22]

 Katanga

• Katangese Air Force^[23]

 Netherlands

• Royal Netherlands Navy^[24][25]

 Norway

• Norwegian Navy^[26]

 Pakistan

• Pakistan Air Force^[27]
• Pakistan Army ^[27]

 Philippines

• Philippines Air Force^[27]

 Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force^[28]

 South Vietnam

• Vietnam Air Force^[29]

 Spain

• Spanish Air Force^[30]

 Thailand

• Royal Thai Air Force^[31][32]

 Turkey

• Turkish Air Force^[33]

 United Kingdom

• Royal Navy^[33]

 United States

• United States Army^[4]
• United States Air Force ^[4]
• United States Marine Corps ^[4]
• United States Navy ^[4]
• United States Coast Guard ^[4]

 Venezuela

• Venezuelan Air Force^[34]

Civil Operators

 Belgium

• Sabena^[35]

 United States

• New York Airways^[4]
• Los Angeles Airways ^[36][37]

Westland Whirlwind operators

Military operators

 Austria

• Austrian Air Force^[38][39]

 Brazil

• Brazilian Air Force^[40]
• Brazilian Navy ^[41][42]

 Brunei

• Brunei Air Force^[40]

 France

• French Navy^[43]

 Ghana

• Ghana Air Force^[19]

 Iran

• Imperial Iranian Air Force^[19]

 Italy

• Italian Air Force^[19]

 Kuwait

• Kuwait Air Force^[44]

 Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force^[27]

 United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force^[45]
• Royal Navy ^[46]

 Yugoslavia

• SFR Yugoslav Air Force^[34][47]

Civil Operators

 United Kingdom

• Bristow Helicopters^[48][49]
• British European Airways^[50]

See also

• Sikorsky H-19
• Westland Whirlwind

Notes

1. "Fuerza Aerea Argentina UH-19B". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
2. "Argentine Navy S-55". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
3. "Sikorsky H-19/S-55". .belgian-wings.be. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
4. "S-55/H-19/HO4S/HRS Helicopter". © Copyright 2011 Sikorsky Archives. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. "The World's Air Forces: Canadian Naval Aviation". Flight. Vol. 67 no. 2416. 13 May 1955. p. 621.
6. "Helicopter Market 1971 pg. 576". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
7. "Chile Air Force Aircraft Types". aeroflight.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
8. "Chile - Air Force". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
9. "Air war over Cuba 1956-1959". acig.info. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
10. "Royal Danish Air Force UH-19". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
11. Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 1–64. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.
12. "French wings over Algeria". frenchwings.net. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
13. "Polemiki Aeroporia H-19". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
14. "Guatemala's Protracted War--The Role of the Guatemalan Air Force". airpower.au.af.mil. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
15. "Sikorsky UH-19B Chicasaw". jetphotos.net. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
16. "Escadre d'Helicoptéres H-19". aeroflight.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
17. "Israel Air Force - H-19". aeroflight.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
18. "IAF UH-19". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
19. "World Helicopter Market". Flight International. Vol. 94 no. 3096. 11 July 1968. p. 52.
20. "Japan Air Self Defense Force". www2.ocn.ne.jp. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
21. "JASDF H-19". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
22. "The History of Fleet Air Wing 21's equipments". www.mod.go.jp. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
23. "Congo, Part 1; 1960-1963". ACIG. 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
24. "Marine Luchtvaartdienst S-55/H-19". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
25. "Netherlands - Navy Sikorsky-HO4S". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
26. "Royal Netherlands Navy HO4S-3". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
27. "World Helicopter Market". Flight International. Vol. 94 no. 3096. 11 July 1968. p. 54.
28. "Portuguese Air Force H-19". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
29. "South Viet Nam Air Force - VNAF - Equipment". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
30. "ejercito del aire UH-19B". Retrieved 29 January 2013.
31. "Royal Thai Air Force History" (PDF). Retrieved 29 January 2013.
32. "Sikorsky-H-19A-Chickasaw". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
33. "Sikorsky-H-19A-Chickasaw service". uswarplanes.net. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
34. "World Helicopter Market". Flight International. Vol. 94 no. 3096. 11 July 1968. p. 60.
35. "Titre : Un peu d'histoire .....". sabena.com. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
36. "Los-Angeles-Airways Sikorsky-S-55". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
37. "Los Angeles Airways". aerodacious.com. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
38. "FlightGlobal World Helicopter Market - 1968". flightglobal.com. July 1968. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
39. "Westland-WS-55-Whirlwind". Demand media. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
40. "FlightGlobal World Helicopter Market - Page 49". flightglobal.com. July 1968. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
41. "Flight Global - 1966". flightglobal.com. July 1966. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
42. "Westland Whirlwind HAR3, N-7010, Brazilian Navy". abpic.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
43. James 1991, p. 336.
44. "FlightGlobal World Helicopter Market - 1968". flightglobal.com. July 1968. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
45. "Westland Whirlwind HAR10 Helicoptor". MooreAircraft.com. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
46. "A Royal Navy Westland Whirlwind helicopter flies alongside the south coast of England.". BBC. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
47. "Yugoslavian Westland-WS-55-Whirlwind". Demand media. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
48. James 1991, p. 327.
49. "Bristow Helicopters Westland-WS-55". Demand media. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
50. "Westland WS-55 Series 3, G-AODA/EP-HAC/9Y-TDA, at The Helicopter Museum". helicoptermuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

Further reading

• James, Derek M. Westland Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1991. ISBN 0-85177-847-X.

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