AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1965

Aircraft hub · 1965 · Cold War

Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon

The medium lifter still serving, and France’s three-engined sea giant, retired to Somerset. The gazetteer currently lists it at 6 UK museums.

1965
First flight
~940
Built
174 mph
Top speed
6
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon in the UK

The gazetteer records 7 Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 6 UK collections, in 5 regions: South West England, Midlands & Lincolnshire, Northern Ireland, Wales, South East England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Farnborough South East England Aérospatiale SA 330E Puma XW241
Newark Air MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Newark Midlands & Lincolnshire Westland/Aérospatiale Puma HC.1 XW208
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire Westland Puma HC.1 XW210
South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Barry Wales Westland Puma HC.2 XW209
The Helicopter MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Weston-super-Mare South West England Aerospatiale AS332L Super Puma G-TIGE
Sud Aviation SA321F Super Frelon F-OCMF
Ulster Aviation Society (Maze Long Kesh)Checked 2026-10-08 Lisburn Northern Ireland Westland Puma HC.1 XW222

3D model

The Puma HC.1 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as XW222 ‘Trembling Triple Two’, the Ulster Aviation Society’s Westland/Aérospatiale SA 330E Puma HC.1, the twin-Turmo medium support helicopter assembled by Westland in 1971–72, flown by Nos. 230, 18 and 33 Squadrons (with No. 230 Squadron at Aldergrove, where its crews named it), retired at the end of 2012 without conversion to HC.2 and on display at Maze Long Kesh since July 2014, shown as it is displayed there with both cabin doors run forward, a GPMG in the starboard doorway, the four main blades parked in an X and the intake barrels fitted, painted in the scheme it carries today: overall faded RAF green with dark heat panels behind the exhausts, low-visibility red and blue roundels and a small dark grey ‘XW222’ on the tail boom, red jettison outlines round the cabin doors, the RAF logo, ‘Trembling Triple Two’ in yellow script and the yellow No. 230 Squadron crest on the doors, the squadron’s tiger badge on both cockpit doors, a tiger’s head on the starboard nose, dark grey main blades and green-grey tail rotor blades with red tips. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1012 KB) · Plate 189 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

English Electric Canberra, Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, SEPECAT Jaguar, Westland Lynx.

Where the type is thickest

Midlands & Lincolnshire has 2 collections recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Aerospatiale AS332L Super Puma; Aérospatiale SA 330E Puma; Sud Aviation SA321F Super Frelon; Westland Puma HC.1; Westland Puma HC.2; Westland/Aérospatiale Puma HC.1.

Type notes

The Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon in brief

TypeAérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon
UK museums holding one6
Airframes recorded in this survey7

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 7 Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon airframes?

The Helicopter Museum has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.