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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:HH-3F Pelican
    Last Military Serial:1492 USCG
    Construction Number:61-669
    Last Civil Registration:N492KM
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-3F sn 1492 USCG cn 61-6...
    Latest Owner or Location:Russell Military Museum, Russell, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1973

    Constructed as a HH-3F.

    Circa 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1492.

    From By 1974 to After 1975

    Transferred to CGAS Astoria, Warrenton, OR.

    From By 1987 to After October 1989

    Transferred to CGAS Clearwater, FL.

    10 November 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: HH-3F Pelican at the United States Coast Guard Station at Clearwater, Florida in November 1987.

    1988

    Damaged.
    Suffered engine failure while conducting hoist training, landed on flight deck wheels up.

    17 January 1994

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 440043.

    21 February 1996

    To Kenosha Military Museum, Kenosha, WI with new c/r N492KM.

    August 1997

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Kenosha Military Museum, Pleasant Prairie, Milwaukee, WI.
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    22 May 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Kenosha Military Museum during light rain

    5 July 2006


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

    By October 2007

    Placed on display with Russell Military Museum, Russell, IL.
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    11 May 2015

    Civil registration, N492KM, cancelled.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Coast Guard Aircraft Since 1916 by Arthur Pearcy
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airport Data
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Helis.com
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
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