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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-48/S-51, H-5 / R-5 / HO3S
    Latest Model:H-5G
    Last Military Serial:48-0558 USAF
    Construction Number:51-151
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-5G.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 48-0558.

    By 1951

    Transferred to 3rd Air Rescue Squadron, 5th Air Force, K-16 Seoul AB, South Korea.

    8 September 1951

    Crashed.
    Suffered accident taking off from K-16 Seoul AB due to mechanical failure. Aircraft written off. Pilot and two passenger uninjured.

    1951

    Transported by ship.
    Transported back to the USA.

    By 1991

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    By 1992

    Restored.

    From By March 1992 to After 2015

    Placed on display.

    18 March 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 April 2015

    By January 2019

    Assigned to United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL for storage.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Rotor Spot
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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