Aircraft Photo of 8-1 | Sikorsky S-51 | Netherlands - Navy

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) This photo was added on 8 April 2019, and has since been viewed 1002 times.

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)

This photo was added on 8 April 2019, and has since been viewed 1002 times.

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