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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-51 / R-5F / HO3S
    Latest Model:HO3S-1G
    Last Military Serial:1235 USCG
    Construction Number:51.214
    Last Civil Registration:N4927E
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HO3S-1G sn 1235 USCG cn 51...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HO3S-1G.

    1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 235.

    Transferred to USCG Air Station Salem, MA.

    4 September 1951

    Pilot Lt. Clarence Easter and crew were dispatched to USAF pilot who had parachuted over the Atlantic Ocean. Sling rescue was unsuccessful. Aircraft was equipped with floatation gear so Easter landed the aircraft in the water, dove into the water and rescued the unconscious pilot. Easter awarded Coast Guard Silver Life Saving Medal.

    1951

    New serial number assigned: 1235 USCG

    24 March 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4927E (S-51, 51214) issued.

    16 June 1981

    To Louis H. Petkow, San Pedro, CA with new c/r N4927E.

    1983

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2011 Photo At Pensacola Naval Museum

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    18 December 2012

    Civil registration, N4927E, cancelled.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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