Aircraft Photo of 122461 | Bell HTL-1 | USA - Coast Guard

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	122461
Aircraft Original Type:	Bell 47
Aircraft Generic Type:	Bell 47
Aircraft Version:	Bell HTL-1
C/n (msn):	28
Operator Titles:	USA - Coast Guard

Location
Location:	In Flight
Region / Country:	Unknown State, United States

Photo Date:	May 1947 to January 1955
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	596724

Photo Comment
A sharp shot - US Navy serial BuNo 122461 is readable on the forward fuselage. Assigned Coast Guard serial 461 is not (yet) worn. Originally ordered by the USAAF as an XR-13 (YH-13), 46-254. The USCG received two HTL-1s, 122460 and 122461, in 1947 which were based at Floyd Bennett Field. One crashed in December 1952 and the second was disposed of in January 1955. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland This photo was added on 26 August 2023, and has since been viewed 381 times.

Photo Comment

A sharp shot - US Navy serial BuNo 122461 is readable on the forward fuselage. Assigned Coast Guard serial 461 is not (yet) worn. Originally ordered by the USAAF as an XR-13 (YH-13), 46-254. The USCG received two HTL-1s, 122460 and 122461, in 1947 which were based at Floyd Bennett Field. One crashed in December 1952 and the second was disposed of in January 1955. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

This photo was added on 26 August 2023, and has since been viewed 381 times.

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