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: | 458 |
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: | 458 |
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 |