| ADF.Serial | Aircraft.Type | Const No. | Fate |
| A91-1 | Mk 3 | 12894 | Ex G-ALSZ and WV695. Records indicate this was allocated A80-2 but I am not sure if it was applied. Receive by RAAF 09/09/51. To ARDU 14/09/51. To Bristol 14/04/54. To 2 AD 15/02/56. To ARDU 28/02/56. Dept of Supply approved fro disposal 18/03/65. Registered VH-GVR 10/06/66 to 25/01/67. Damaged 25/01/67 at Falls Creek VIC. Static Display Moorabin Air Museum.
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| A91-2 | Mk 14 | 13202 | Received by the RAAF 04/01/55. To ATU 02/02/55. To Bristol 13/12/56. To ATU 05/07/57. Accident 13/12/60 at Lake Heart. Written Off 12/10/61, Scrapped and used for spares for A91-1. |
| XA219 | HR Mk 50 | 13063 | Came to Australia aboard HMAS Vengeance. First Flight 25/10/52. Delivered 31/10/52. Served with 723 Sqn coded 906 and 724 Sqn coded 996. Crashed 10/09/58,flown by LEUT(P) D.J Orr,RAN had a partial power loss,force landed and caught fire Nowra NSW. Scrapped 15/12/58. To Instructional Airframe at Schofields NSW.
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| XA220 | HR Mk 50 | 13064 | Came to Australia aboard HMAS Vengeance. First Flight 05/12/52. Delivered 31/12/52. Served with 723 Sqn coded 907 and later 849. Served with 724 Sqn. Damaged 01/02/56, Sold as VH-??? to business Aviation. To Naval Aviation Museum as 907.
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| XA221 | HR Mk 50 | 13065 | Came to Australia aboard HMAS Vengeance. First Flight 12/52. Delivered 12/01/53. Served with 723 Sqn coded 908.On 25 february 1955 aircraft flown by LCDR(P) G. McPhee, RAN and LEUT(O) B.Hill RAN crashed during a rescue attempt from a signal box of two men during the Maitland floods. They were lifting one man and a second grabbed onto the first as the helo moved to place the man on a bridge.Both men dropped off and were drowned the aircraft then hit a high tension cable and crashed into the Maitland River. The crew escaped and were swept five miles downstream before being picked up by an Army "Duck" water vehicle. LCDR McPhee awarded an OBE.Aircraft written off. |
| XD653 | HR Mk 51 | 13071 | Ex G-AMWJ. First Flight 12/11/53. Delivered 16/12/53. Served with 723 Sqn coded 904 and 724 Sqn coded 850. Forced landing 09/10/58.Last Sycamore in RAN service and was flown by LCDR Payne(P)RAN to HMAS Nirimba,Sydney for apprentice training on 15 July 1965. To RAN Museum. 10/08/77 Static Display at Naval Aviation Museum as 850.
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| XD654 | HR Mk 51 | 13146 | First Flight 14/12/53. Delivered 01/03/54. Served with 723 Sqn RAN. Damaged 02/55, Dubbo NSW while working on Flood Relief. Ditched 04/03/61 Coded(851)(909) flown by LEUT(P) J.Dacosta RAN from HMAS Melbourne attempted to hover alongside HMS Hermes a Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier, insufficient wind and helo ditched,off Cocos Islands, all crew rescued.
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| XD655 | HR Mk 51 | 13147 | First Flight 22/12/53. Delivered 05/08/54. Came to Australia by HMAS Melbourne on Maiden Voyage. Served with 723 Sqn.Coded (908) Damaged 07/10/55, Point Cook VIC. Crashed 12/10/55 LEUT(P)J.T Ferguson,RAN and LEUT(P) A.Sanders RN ditched Sycamore in five feet of water in St Georges Basin, where they were carrying out wet winching...practising rescue of aircrew. Suspected power loss. |
| XD656 | HR Mk 51 | 13148 | First Flight 04/01/54. Delivered 05/08/54. Served with 723 Sqn RAN.Coded(902)Ditched 21/11/57.LEUT(P)H.P Hunt RAN while flying from HMAS melbourne experienced engine trouble and was forced to ditch aircraft into the sea near submarine HMS Telemachus. The crew of two were rescued but the aircraft was lost.
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| XK902 | HR Mk 51 | 13401 | First Flight 23/02/56. Delivered 01/03/56. Came to Australia by HMAS Melbourne on Maiden Voyage. Served with 723 Sqn RAN. Coded 902. Crashed 10/01/58 when being flown by Leut(P) A. Ignatief RAN in woodlands near Coffs Harbour NSW when working with HMAS Warrego charting the NSW Coast. 5 crew injured. Aircraft written off.
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| XL507 | HR Mk 51 | 13407 | Original Serial XL903. First Flight 01/03/56. Delivered 06/03/56. Served with 723 Sqn coded 903.Embarked in HMAS Melbourne flown by LEUT(P) Ignatief RAN had an engine failure during auto rotation practise and ditched near carrier.Pilots rescued. |
| XN448 | HR Mk 51 | 13270 | Ex G-AOBM,Went to Mexico in 1955 as CF-HVX,as a company demonstrator, G-18-5. First Flight 16/04/58. Delivered 26/04/58. Was initialy marked as 13270 in RAN Service. Served with 723 Sqn code 852. Damaged 27/06/60 while landing. Sold 14/09/65. Registered VH-SYC 14/02/67 to 14/08/72. Damaged near Whyndham WA 02/12/69. Static Dipsplay Air Force Museum, Perth WA.
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| XN449 | HR Mk 51 | 13504 | Ex G-18-177. First Flight 10/02/59. Delivered 14/06/59. Served with 723 Sqn coded 853. Damaged 10/60 on landing and overturned. Crashed 03/09/62 suffered a suspected tail rotor failure spun in and burnt out. The pilot LEUT(P) M Astbury RAN escaped from the burning aircraft near RANAS Nowra. |
| XN450 | HR Mk 51 | 13505 | Ex G-18-178. Last Sycamore Built. First Flight 12/58. Delivered 06/59. Served with 723 Sqn coded 848. Sold 14/09/65 to Business Aviation Bankstown. Static Display Beck Collection, Mareeba QLD |
| XR592 | HR Mk 51 | 13070 | Ex G-AMWI, XN635. Delivered 06/61. Served with 723 Sqn coded 851. Damaged 17/07/63 when rolled over on takeoff at HMAS Albatross, Nowra whilst being flown by LEUT(P) Spratt RAN.Repaired and put back into service. Sold 14/09/65. Registered VH-BAW 14/11/67 to 14/08/72. Now at Camden Museum. |
