Aérospatiale Puma

The Aérospatiale Puma is a French-designed utility helicopter, 19 of which were deployed with the RAF during Operation Granby. Pumas flew ,200 sorties carrying over 1 million kilograms of freight, over 4,000 troops and 161 casualties.

Puma helicopter

Here is a summary of the Pumas's technical specifications:

Crew	3
Rotor Diameter	49 feet 3 inches (15 metres)
Length	59 feet 6 inches (18.2 metres)
Height	16 feet 10 inches (5.1 metres)
Maximum Take-off Weight	16,300 lb (7,400 kg)
Maximum Speed	177 mph (258 km/h)
Range	360 miles (310 nautical miles, 570 kilometres)
Service Ceiling	15,750 feet (4,800 metres)

World War II

Operation Barbarossa
1941 German Invasion of Russia

Operation Citadel
1943 The Battle of Kursk

Operation Dragoon
1944 Invasion of southern France

Operation Varsity
1945 Crossing the Rhine

Invasions That Never Were

Operation Sealion
1940 German invasion of England

Operation Olympic
1945 US invasion of southern Japan

Operation Coronet
1946 US invasion of northern Japan

Special Forces

Operation Entebbe
1976 Entebbe Airport Rescue

Operation Nimrod
1980 Iranian Embassy Siege

British Cold War Operations

Operation Musketeer
1956 Suez Crisis

Operation Corporate
1982 Falklands War

Operation Black Buck
1982 Vulcan raids on Port Stanley

Operation Granby
1990-91 Persian Gulf

British Post Cold War

Operation Herrick
2002- Afghanistan

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