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Registration / Serial: | 346626 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | 170 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1952 |
Photo from: | Hendrik van Broekhuizen CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 735341Submit Correction |
View count: | 159 |
Taken in 1952 by Paul Trlew(?). Location is unknown
Registration / Serial: | 346626 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | 170 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1952 |
Photo from: | Hendrik van Broekhuizen CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | 346626 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | 170 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1952 |
Photo from: | Hendrik van Broekhuizen CollectionContact |
Photo ID: | 735341Submit Correction |
View count: | 159 |
Taken in 1952 by Paul Trlew(?). Location is unknown
Registration / Serial: | 346626 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | 170 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1952 |
Photo from: | Hendrik van Broekhuizen CollectionContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Raleigh / Durham - International (KRDU / RDU)Map |
Region / Country: | North Carolina, United States |
Photo Date: | 1947 to 1957 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 663546Submit Correction |
View count: | 229 |
In 1944, twenty-one (Y)R-5A helicopters were converted to R-5D standard through the addition of a nosewheel and a rescue hoist. This one wears post-1947 roundels. It is seen here in North Carolina. We have a nice colour photo of this H-5D, as the designation then was, at Selfridge AFB in 1953. On 14 December 1953 it had an accident at Ellington AFB, Texas while with the 47th ARS. The last H-5s retired from US military service in 1957. Photo from: Iredell County Public Library
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Raleigh / Durham - International (KRDU / RDU)Map | Region / Country: | North Carolina, United States |
Photo Date: | 1947 to 1957 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Raleigh / Durham - International (KRDU / RDU)Map |
Region / Country: | North Carolina, United States |
Photo Date: | 1947 to 1957 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 663546Submit Correction |
View count: | 229 |
In 1944, twenty-one (Y)R-5A helicopters were converted to R-5D standard through the addition of a nosewheel and a rescue hoist. This one wears post-1947 roundels. It is seen here in North Carolina. We have a nice colour photo of this H-5D, as the designation then was, at Selfridge AFB in 1953. On 14 December 1953 it had an accident at Ellington AFB, Texas while with the 47th ARS. The last H-5s retired from US military service in 1957. Photo from: Iredell County Public Library
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Raleigh / Durham - International (KRDU / RDU)Map | Region / Country: | North Carolina, United States |
Photo Date: | 1947 to 1957 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46641 |
Alternate Serial: | 346641 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46641 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Riverside - March ARB (KRIV / RIV)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | February 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 477442Submit Correction |
View count: | 293 |
Despite FY 1943 serials, production R-5A helicopters were not delivered until after the end of World War II. Photo by: Peter Stackpole / Life
Registration / Serial: | 43-46641 |
Alternate Serial: | 346641 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46641 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Riverside - March ARB (KRIV / RIV)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | February 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46641 |
Alternate Serial: | 346641 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46641 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Riverside - March ARB (KRIV / RIV)Map |
Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | February 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 477442Submit Correction |
View count: | 293 |
Despite FY 1943 serials, production R-5A helicopters were not delivered until after the end of World War II. Photo by: Peter Stackpole / Life
Registration / Serial: | 43-46641 |
Alternate Serial: | 346641 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46641 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Riverside - March ARB (KRIV / RIV)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
Photo Date: | February 1947 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46646 |
Alternate Serial: | 346646 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | 190 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | October 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 476942Submit Correction |
View count: | 439 |
Mail helicopter experiment in the Chicago area. The closest bridge is Cass Street Bridge, the second Jefferson Street Bridge and the third the Des Plaines River (railway) bridge in Joliet. Photo by: Mark Kauffman / Life
Registration / Serial: | 43-46646 |
Alternate Serial: | 346646 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | 190 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | October 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46646 |
Alternate Serial: | 346646 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | 190 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight |
Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | October 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 476942Submit Correction |
View count: | 439 |
Mail helicopter experiment in the Chicago area. The closest bridge is Cass Street Bridge, the second Jefferson Street Bridge and the third the Des Plaines River (railway) bridge in Joliet. Photo by: Mark Kauffman / Life
Registration / Serial: | 43-46646 |
Alternate Serial: | 346646 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky R-5A |
C/n (msn): | 190 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
Photo Date: | October 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 385966Submit Correction |
View count: | 574 |
The first XR-5 prototype, 43-28236, suffered significant damage following a tail rotor failure on 12 October 1943. Test flying resumed with the second XR-5, 43-28237, in the last week of November 1943. 43-28327 assigned to 4020th Base Unit, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. It fatally crashed at Alachua Field, Gainsville, Florida on 2 December 1944, when welds in the main rotor failed. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 385966Submit Correction |
View count: | 574 |
The first XR-5 prototype, 43-28236, suffered significant damage following a tail rotor failure on 12 October 1943. Test flying resumed with the second XR-5, 43-28237, in the last week of November 1943. 43-28327 assigned to 4020th Base Unit, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. It fatally crashed at Alachua Field, Gainsville, Florida on 2 December 1944, when welds in the main rotor failed. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46604 |
Alternate Serial: | 346604 |
Military Code: | 4 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46604 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 385947Submit Correction |
View count: | 429 |
The Sikorsky R-5 (S-48) was an improved R-4 (VS-316), the first of five XR-5s flying on 18 August 1943. The first 26 out of 60 production R-5As were given the YR-5A designation and 43-46604 must have been one of nine YR-5As delivered before the end of WWII. The design was enlarged and further improved in 1946 as the R-5F (S-51). Redesignated as an H-5A in 1948, 43-46604 was involved in an accident in New Mexico on 20 September 1949. Photo from: Wright State University
Registration / Serial: | 43-46604 |
Alternate Serial: | 346604 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46604 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46604 |
Alternate Serial: | 346604 |
Military Code: | 4 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46604 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known |
Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 385947Submit Correction |
View count: | 429 |
The Sikorsky R-5 (S-48) was an improved R-4 (VS-316), the first of five XR-5s flying on 18 August 1943. The first 26 out of 60 production R-5As were given the YR-5A designation and 43-46604 must have been one of nine YR-5As delivered before the end of WWII. The design was enlarged and further improved in 1946 as the R-5F (S-51). Redesignated as an H-5A in 1948, 43-46604 was involved in an accident in New Mexico on 20 September 1949. Photo from: Wright State University
Registration / Serial: | 43-46604 |
Alternate Serial: | 346604 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46604 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
Photo Date: | 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map |
Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 369082Submit Correction |
View count: | 738 |
Crews of the 5th Air Rescue Squadron posing with their equipment. The early helicopter was originally an YR-5A. A Grumman SA-16 Albatross is on the right and a Fairchild SC-82A Packet, 45-57737, on the left. The C-82 Packet was the progenitor of the C-119 Flying Boxcar. The SC-82 carried the tracked amphibious rescue vehicle behind the helicopter - stuff of the Thunderbirds! Photo from: Wayne State University
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map | Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map |
Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 369082Submit Correction |
View count: | 738 |
Crews of the 5th Air Rescue Squadron posing with their equipment. The early helicopter was originally an YR-5A. A Grumman SA-16 Albatross is on the right and a Fairchild SC-82A Packet, 45-57737, on the left. The C-82 Packet was the progenitor of the C-119 Flying Boxcar. The SC-82 carried the tracked amphibious rescue vehicle behind the helicopter - stuff of the Thunderbirds! Photo from: Wayne State University
Registration / Serial: | 43-46647 |
Alternate Serial: | 346647 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-5D |
C/n (msn): | 191 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Mount Clemens - Selfridge ANGB (KMTC / MTC)Map | Region / Country: | Michigan, United States |
Photo Date: | 1953 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-28239 |
Alternate Serial: | 328239 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28239 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Heliport: | Bridgeport - Sikorsky Bridgeport Heliport (CT37)Map |
Region / Country: | Connecticut, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 139634Submit Correction |
View count: | 520 |
The forerunner of the Sikorsky S-51 was the S-48. This is the fourth of five XR-5A prototypes which seems to be tested here with no less than four external litters. This airframe had been ordered by the Royal Navy as FT848 but was requisitioned by the USAAF. Note the affluent parking lot in 1944. Photo from: National Archives at Boston
Registration / Serial: | 43-28239 |
Alternate Serial: | 328239 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28239 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Heliport: | Bridgeport - Sikorsky Bridgeport Heliport (CT37)Map | Region / Country: | Connecticut, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-28239 |
Alternate Serial: | 328239 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28239 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Heliport: | Bridgeport - Sikorsky Bridgeport Heliport (CT37)Map |
Region / Country: | Connecticut, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 139634Submit Correction |
View count: | 520 |
The forerunner of the Sikorsky S-51 was the S-48. This is the fourth of five XR-5A prototypes which seems to be tested here with no less than four external litters. This airframe had been ordered by the Royal Navy as FT848 but was requisitioned by the USAAF. Note the affluent parking lot in 1944. Photo from: National Archives at Boston
Registration / Serial: | 43-28239 |
Alternate Serial: | 328239 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-28239 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Heliport: | Bridgeport - Sikorsky Bridgeport Heliport (CT37)Map | Region / Country: | Connecticut, United States |
Photo Date: | 22 November 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46620 |
Alternate Serial: | 346620 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46620 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
Photo ID: | 61066Submit Correction |
View count: | 363 |
I find it really fascinating to see these old helicopters/aeroplanes and to understand how the types in service today have evolved from them. The boom in helicopter development is particularly interesting as the rapid advances post-WWII quickly opened up possibilities that couldn't be contemplated previously. The improved capabilities of the H-5 became extremely useful during the Korean War for the timely rescue of downed pilots and for Medevac missions.
Registration / Serial: | 43-46620 |
Alternate Serial: | 346620 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46620 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
Registration / Serial: | 43-46620 |
Alternate Serial: | 346620 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46620 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map |
Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
Photo ID: | 61066Submit Correction |
View count: | 363 |
I find it really fascinating to see these old helicopters/aeroplanes and to understand how the types in service today have evolved from them. The boom in helicopter development is particularly interesting as the rapid advances post-WWII quickly opened up possibilities that couldn't be contemplated previously. The improved capabilities of the H-5 became extremely useful during the Korean War for the timely rescue of downed pilots and for Medevac missions.
Registration / Serial: | 43-46620 |
Alternate Serial: | 346620 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky YH-5A |
C/n (msn): | [ 43-46620 ] |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |