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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:66-16161 US
    Construction Number:5855
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H sn 66-16161 US cn 5855
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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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 Army with s/n 66-16161.

    From March 1967 to April 1967

    Transferred to Director of Supply Transportation, 6th Army, Germany.
    Assigned, but apparently did not leave the states.

    May 1967

    Transferred to 6th Army, Dugway Proving Ground, UT.

    From June 1967 to July 1967

    Transferred to US Army Republic of Vietnam Flight Detachment, South Vietnam.

    From August 1967 to October 1967

    Transferred to Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX.
    Bailment.

    From November 1967 to March 1968

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

    April 1968

    Transferred to Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX.
    Bailment.

    From May 1968 to June 1968

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

    July 1968

    Transferred to OPM Southeast Asia NITEOPS, 1st Army, Fort Belvoir, VA.

    From August 1968 to October 1968

    Transferred to Headquaters and Headquartes Detachment, 44th Engineer Group, Thailand.

    From November 1968 to December 1968

    Transferred to 189th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    January 1969

    Transferred to HHD 44th Engineer Group, Thailand.

    February 1969

    Transferred to 79th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    From March 1969 to April 1969

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
    Undergoing maintenance.

    From May 1969 to August 1969

    Transferred to Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX.
    Bailment for conversion to UH-1H.

    August 1969

    Converted to an UH-1H.

    September 1969

    Transferred to HHD 44th Engineer Group, Thailand.

    From October 1969 to December 1969

    Transferred to A Company, 4th Aviation Battalion, South Vietnam.

    From January 1970 to March 1970

    Transferred to 604th Transportation Company, South Vietnam.

    April 1970

    Transported to the United States.

    From May 1970 to September 1970

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (Aradmac), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
    Undergoing maintenance.

    From October 1970 to 1 November 1972

    Transferred to 182nd Aviation Company (LT), Fort Bragg, NC.

    From December 1972 to April 1973

    Transferred to Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    On loan.

    From May 1973 to August 1973

    Transferred to Supply Division, 1st Army, Fort Dix, NJ.

    From September 1973 to January 1975

    Transferred to US Army Garrison, Fort Dix, NJ.

    From February 1975 to April 1975

    Transferred to Supply Division, 1st Army, Fort Dix, NJ.

    From May 1975 to After 1982

    To Army National Guard, NJ.

    By May 1996

    To ANG-117th ARW ANG, Birmingham, AL.
    Noted stored on the Army apron at Birmingham airport.
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    2011

    To USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
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    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 April 2017


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Mobile, AL.

    26 September 2023


    Photographer: Tom Tessier


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Army Aviation Flight School by Timothy E. Wilkerson
    Helis.com
    Military Aviation Review
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

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