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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:CH-34C Choctaw
    Last Military Serial:54-0914 US
    Construction Number:58-0194
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-34C sn 54-0914 US cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:Russell Military Museum, Russell, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-34A.

    23 January 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 54-0914.

    By January 1962

    Converted to a H-34C.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as CH-34C.

    July 1965


    Photographer: Wm. F Stewart
    Notes: Photo was taken by Crew Chief Wm. Stewart at Mutlangen EDIX Air Field in Mutlangen, Germany

    July 1965


    Photographer: Wm. F Stewart
    Notes: Photo taken by Crew Chief SP5 Wm. Stewart at Mutlangen EDIX Air Field in Mutlangen, Germany

    Transferred to Training School, Fort Eustis, VA.

    October 1973

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army.

    By 1979

    To Chicago Helicopters, Midway Airport, Chicago, IL.

    Aircraft was apparently used for parts; photos show only the fuselage among fuselages of several other Sikorsky 58 types.

    To Sunstream Aircraft, Inc, West Chicago, IL.
    Sunstream was an aircraft salvage company.

    By 1994

    Restored.
    Restored to display condition.

    By 1994

    Placed on display.
    DIsplayed at Sunstream Aircraft, Inc, across the street from the east side of DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL.

    24 July 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: East of DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL. Across the street on Powis Road, where Sunstream Aircraft recovery and parts used to be.

    June 2000

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Kenosha Military Museum, Pleasant Prairie, Milwaukee, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    5 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Kenosha Military Museum, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    Circa 2007

    To Russell Military Museum, Russell, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    16 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Russell Military Museum
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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    Helis.com
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    William F Stewart
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