Registration / Serial:136
Military Code:D
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat
C/n (msn):581430
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Unit Markings:8 Sqn
City / Airport:The Hague - Ypenburg (EHYB) (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Event:Nationale Jeugdluchtvaartdagen 1963
Photo Date:18 April 1963
Photo by:Peter VercruijsseContact
Photo ID:23206Submit Correction
View count: 985
Built as a HSS-1N, to US Navy 149841, to Netherlands Navy 136 taken on charge Mar-1962, renamed as SH-34J Sep-1962 but here at this 1963 photo still carrying HSS-1N on the fin, ditched into the North Sea near Noordwijk due to engine problems 17-Aug-1965. Due to salt water damage it was not repaired. It carries here the code D for the aircraft carrier Karel Doorman, and the badge of 8 Sqn behind the cockpit.
Registration / Serial:136
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat
C/n (msn):581430
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:The Hague - Ypenburg (EHYB) (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:18 April 1963
Photo by:Peter VercruijsseContact
Registration / Serial:136
Military Code:D
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat
C/n (msn):581430
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Unit Markings:8 Sqn
City / Airport:The Hague - Ypenburg (EHYB) (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Event:Nationale Jeugdluchtvaartdagen 1963
Photo Date:18 April 1963
Photo by:Peter VercruijsseContact
Photo ID:23206Submit Correction
View count: 985
Built as a HSS-1N, to US Navy 149841, to Netherlands Navy 136 taken on charge Mar-1962, renamed as SH-34J Sep-1962 but here at this 1963 photo still carrying HSS-1N on the fin, ditched into the North Sea near Noordwijk due to engine problems 17-Aug-1965. Due to salt water damage it was not repaired. It carries here the code D for the aircraft carrier Karel Doorman, and the badge of 8 Sqn behind the cockpit.
Registration / Serial:136
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky SH-34J Seabat
C/n (msn):581430
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:The Hague - Ypenburg (EHYB) (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:18 April 1963
Photo by:Peter VercruijsseContact