Types you’ll see alongside
English Electric Canberra, Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, SEPECAT Jaguar, Westland Lynx.
Aircraft hub · 1965 · Cold War
The medium lifter still serving, and France’s three-engined sea giant, retired to Somerset. The gazetteer currently lists it at 6 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
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.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes 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
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
English Electric Canberra, Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, SEPECAT Jaguar, Westland Lynx.
Midlands & Lincolnshire has 2 collections recording the type.
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
| Type | Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 6 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 7 |
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
The Aviation Gazetteer records 7 Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon airframes in UK collections.
The Helicopter Museum has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.