Aircraft Photo of 125519 | Sikorsky HO5S-1 (S-52) | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #767780
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:125519
Military Code:WB
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-52
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-52 (H-18/HO5S)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO5S-1 (S-52)
C/n (msn):52012
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:VMO-6
Location
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman FieldMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KNPA   IATA: NPA   Local: NPA   Other: -
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
 
Photo Date:13 December 2024
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 767780
Photo Comment

Although effectively only a stopgap model until more advanced helicopters were introduced, the HO5S was widely used in the Korean War by the USMC for observation, scouting and medevac. This example is displayed in the colours of VMO-6 with whom it served in Korea before being damaged and returned to the US after a brief detachment in Japan. Moving to VMO-1 at MCAS New River, NC it was civilianised as N8003E by 1963 and entered the Naval Aviation Museum around 1988

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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