The Aérospatiale Alouette II with type number SE.3130 (later SA.313B) from France is a light helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation and later Aérospatiale. It was the first production helicopter to use a gas turbine instead of a conventional heavier piston engine. The type broke some records and was used by the military but also many civil operators. During operational use, it showed to be a very reliable helicopter that almost always just worked.
Alouette II Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu / Dutch Air Force)
This light transport and rescue-utility helicopter was used between 1959 and 1966 by the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Note: this photographed helicopter at the Dutch Air Force museum (MLM) at Soesterberg is NOT the original "H-4", but a former Belgian (!) Alouette coded A-29. It has been modified with a wheel type undercarriage and re-painted as the "H-4" but with the wrong blue colour.
Photographed, May 2013 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Alouette II Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu / Dutch Air Force)
Note: again, this is a photographed helicopter at the Dutch Air Force museum (MLM) at Soesterberg is NOT the original "H-4", but a former Belgian (!) Alouette coded A-29. It has been modified with a wheel type undercarriage and re-painted as the "H-4" but with the wrong blue colour.
Photographed, May 2005 by Meindert de Vreeze (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Alouette II (Belgian Air Force)
This BAF Alouette II version has a skid with 2 wheels for moving on the ground. It has the code "A66" and was photographed during an Open day.
Photographed, July 2008 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
Alouette II Bundesheer
This Alouette coded "75+01" / JP-775 was used by the (West-)German Army Bundesheer. Seen hanging from the ceiling inside a new hall of the Hubschraubermuseum in Bückeburg, Germany.
Photographed Summer 2018 by Meindert de Vreeze (C) Copyright IPMS Nederland
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Another Alouette II oded "75+05" of the Bundesheer is on display at the Hubschraubermuseum in Bückeburg, Germany.
Some plastic models were issued of the Alouette II: in 1/72 bij Heller, in 1/50 by Heller and in 1/32 a very nice model by Revell Germany.
Enthusiasts, modellers and historians may look at historical and model details of the Alouette II in Royal Netherlands AF service here...
This walk around page was first created January 2012 by M. de Vreeze