Registration / Serial:138595
Alternate Serial:8595
Military Code:UR-82
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55704
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:HU-2
City / Area:Southern Ocean [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Antarctica
Photo Date:1 October 1956 to 19 January 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:523682Submit Correction
View count: 649
Operation Deep Freeze II. The helicopter operated from the icebreaker USS Glacier but this appears to be a another ship. Date given as February 1957 but 138595 crashed into the Ross Sea when its engine failed on 19 January. The two pilots survived. Photo by: Albert Fenn / Life
Registration / Serial:138595
Alternate Serial:8595
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55704
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Southern Ocean [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Antarctica
Photo Date:1 October 1956 to 19 January 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:138595
Alternate Serial:8595
Military Code:UR-82
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55704
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:HU-2
City / Area:Southern Ocean [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Antarctica
Photo Date:1 October 1956 to 19 January 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:523682Submit Correction
View count: 649
Operation Deep Freeze II. The helicopter operated from the icebreaker USS Glacier but this appears to be a another ship. Date given as February 1957 but 138595 crashed into the Ross Sea when its engine failed on 19 January. The two pilots survived. Photo by: Albert Fenn / Life
Registration / Serial:138595
Alternate Serial:8595
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55704
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Southern Ocean [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Antarctica
Photo Date:1 October 1956 to 19 January 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive