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The Aerospatiale Gazelle is a five-seat helicopter developed for light transport, training, and light attack duties. It is powered by a single turbine engine and was the first helicopter to feature a fenestron tail instead of a conventional tail rotor.

A joint production agreement with Sud Aviation, later renamed Aerospatiale and now part of Airbus Helicopters allowed Westland Helicopters Ltd of Yeovil to license build the Gazelle, in part of sale to the British military but also for use by civilian operators. In total, Westland Helicopters produced nearly 300 Gazelle helicopters, with 282 of them being delivered to the British armed forces.

With the exception of the DeHavilland Chipmunk, the Gazelle is the only aircraft to serve with all three arms of the British armed forces; the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps, with four different variants produced:

Westland SA.341B Gazelle AH.1, for the Army Air Corps and Royal Marines (Commandos)
Westland SA.341C Gazelle HT.2, for the Royal Navy
Westland SA.341D Gazelle HT.3, for the Royal Air Force
Westland SA.341E Gazelle HCC.4, for the Royal Air Force

Acknowledgment and thanks to Leonardo Helicopters, UK.