| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 50-1244 |
| Alternate Serial: | 01244 |
| Other Marks: | RESCUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee |
| Aircraft Version: | Piasecki YH-21 Workhorse |
| C/n (msn): | [ 50-1244 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | ARDC - Air Research and Development Command |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDWF IATA: - Local: DWF Other: - |
| Photo Date: | May 1955 |
| Photo from: | Bob Garrard Collection |
| Photo ID: | 611096 |
| Photo Comment |
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Piasecki YH-21-PH Workhorse One of 18 SAR (Search and Rescue) service test models built. This one, assigned to the Wright Air Development Command, has a triangular device fitted to the windshield. Seen at a Dayton, Ohio air show in May1955. Later models, with their Arctic winter capabilities ( the H-21A and H-21B) were put into service by both the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to maintain and service DEW (Distant Early Warning) radar installations stretching from the Aleutian Islands and Alaska across the Canadian Arctic to Greenland and Iceland. This photo was added on 16 October 2023, and has since been viewed 479 times. |