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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:S-58
    Last Military Serial:143892 USN
    Construction Number:58-0589
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-58 sn 143892 USN cn 58-0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Minter Field Air Museum, Minter Field, Shafter, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-58.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 143892.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number HD060.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 3H059.

    To Sequoia Field Airport, Visalia, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 787

    To Minter Field Air Museum, Minter Field, Shafter, CA.
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    4 September 2011


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