Registration / Serial:85-24348
Alternate Serial:24348
Military Code:348
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing Vertol HC-1B Chinook
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing H-47 Chinook (234/347)
Aircraft Version:Boeing CH-47D Chinook (414)
C/n (msn):M3118
Operator Titles:USA - Army
City / Airport:Kandahar (OAKN / KDH)Map
Country:Afghanistan
Photo Date:January 2006 to March 2006
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Photo ID:317001Submit Correction
View count: 437
This Chinook was delivered to the USArmy as CH-47A with serial 66-00101 and accepted on 9 September 1966. It was converted to CH-47D with serial 85-24348 and redelivered on 27 May 1986. The helicopter then served A/2-159th AVN from April 1994 to October 1997 and was transferred to C/159th AVN on 16 October 1997 up to June 2003. Fro 2006, the CH-47D appeared in Afghanistan where it was sadly lost in an accident on 1 July 2010. It was reported that the accident was not related to enemy fire, no further details known.
Registration / Serial:85-24348
Alternate Serial:24348
Aircraft Version:Boeing CH-47D Chinook (414)
C/n (msn):M3118
Operator Titles:USA - Army
City / Airport:Kandahar (OAKN / KDH)Map
Country:Afghanistan
Photo Date:January 2006 to March 2006
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Registration / Serial:85-24348
Alternate Serial:24348
Military Code:348
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing Vertol HC-1B Chinook
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing H-47 Chinook (234/347)
Aircraft Version:Boeing CH-47D Chinook (414)
C/n (msn):M3118
Operator Titles:USA - Army
City / Airport:Kandahar (OAKN / KDH)Map
Country:Afghanistan
Photo Date:January 2006 to March 2006
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact
Photo ID:317001Submit Correction
View count: 437
This Chinook was delivered to the USArmy as CH-47A with serial 66-00101 and accepted on 9 September 1966. It was converted to CH-47D with serial 85-24348 and redelivered on 27 May 1986. The helicopter then served A/2-159th AVN from April 1994 to October 1997 and was transferred to C/159th AVN on 16 October 1997 up to June 2003. Fro 2006, the CH-47D appeared in Afghanistan where it was sadly lost in an accident on 1 July 2010. It was reported that the accident was not related to enemy fire, no further details known.
Registration / Serial:85-24348
Alternate Serial:24348
Aircraft Version:Boeing CH-47D Chinook (414)
C/n (msn):M3118
Operator Titles:USA - Army
City / Airport:Kandahar (OAKN / KDH)Map
Country:Afghanistan
Photo Date:January 2006 to March 2006
Photo by:Stephan de BruijnContact