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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:GUH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:66-16109 USAF
    Construction Number:5803
    Compressed ID:Bell GUH-1H sn 66-16109 USAF cn 580...
    Latest Owner or Location:Marion County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Fairmont, West Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1D-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    March 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-16109.

    March 1967

    To Director of Supply (Transportation), 6th Army, U. S. Army Aviation Materiel Command (AVCOM), Sharpe General Depot, San Joaquin, CA.

    July 1967

    Transferred to U. S. Army, Republic of Vietnam Flight Detachment, South Vietnam.

    August 1967

    To Bell Helicopter Company, Fort Worth, TX.

    November 1967

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, 4th Army, Fort Sill, OK.

    January 1968

    Transferred to 20th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    November 1968

    Transferred to HQ and Headquarters Company, 520th Transport Battalion, 34th Group, South Vietnam.

    December 1968

    Transferred to 135th Aviation Company, South Vietnam.

    August 1969

    To Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    January 1970

    Transferred to 336th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    April 1970

    Transferred to 388th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    May 1970

    Transferred to 336th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    October 1970

    Transferred to 191st Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    May 1971

    To Bell Helicopter Company, Fort Worth, TX.

    January 1972

    Transferred to U. S. Army Aviation School, 1st Army, Fort Rucker.

    Converted to an UH-1H by Aerospace Industrial Development Corp..

    Converted to a GUH-1H.

    By 1996

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    14 August 1996

    To Marion County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Fairmont, WV.
    Markings added: Super Slick
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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