| Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
| Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
| C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 385966Submit Correction |
| View count: | 581 |
The first XR-5 prototype, 43-28236, suffered significant damage following a tail rotor failure on 12 October 1943. Test flying resumed with the second XR-5, 43-28237, in the last week of November 1943. 43-28327 assigned to 4020th Base Unit, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. It fatally crashed at Alachua Field, Gainsville, Florida on 2 December 1944, when welds in the main rotor failed. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
| Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
| C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
| Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-48 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
| C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 385966Submit Correction |
| View count: | 581 |
The first XR-5 prototype, 43-28236, suffered significant damage following a tail rotor failure on 12 October 1943. Test flying resumed with the second XR-5, 43-28237, in the last week of November 1943. 43-28327 assigned to 4020th Base Unit, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. It fatally crashed at Alachua Field, Gainsville, Florida on 2 December 1944, when welds in the main rotor failed. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | 43-28237 |
| Alternate Serial: | 328237 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky XR-5A |
| C/n (msn): | [ 43-28237 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 22 November 1943 to 25 December 1944 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |