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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:VH-34C
    Last Military Serial:57-1684 US
    Construction Number:58-0790
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky VH-34C sn 57-1684 US cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-34A-SI by Sikorsky at Stratford, Connecticut, USA.

    31 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-1684.

    January 1960

    Converted to a H-34C.

    February 1960

    Converted to a VH-34C.

    24 October 1972

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3H0268.

    February 1977

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    On loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.
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    By 1991

    Markings Applied: ARMY, U.S. ARMY 71684
    In the markings of the Executive Flight Detachment, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, 1960.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At The Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 March 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Stripped for restoration
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
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