At the USCG facility at LAX. Judging by other HH-52 deliveries it would have been delivered probably in late 1963 or early 1964. Retired to MASDC on 14 Apr 1986. Later moved to the Holloman AFB Range as a range target.

This Lodestar is ex N102V and it was donated to the museum by owner Gary Larkins in 1984. Until recently it was on display as 1373 of the South African Air Force, which was historically correct (it served as such with the SAAF from 1940 until 1945). It is seen here being prepared for a repaint, with the serial and most of the paint already removed, but the SAAF markings still present. By 2014 it had been repainted as "254" of the SAAF, which unfortunately is a fake serial.