281 results found
Registration / Serial:130232
Alternate Serial:232
Military Code:VK
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55374
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Luang Prabang (VLLB / LPQ)Map
Country:Laos
Photo Date:1 June 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:869387Submit Correction
View count: 140
En route for Hanoi after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The French forces used 26 S-55 helicopters in Indochina from September 1953 - six HRS-1, seven HRS-3 and thirteen H-19B models. This should be BuNo 130232, ex US Marines - code VK is from call sign F-SDVK. Returned to the Americans in 1958, curiously receiving a newly created fiscal year 1952 USAF serial, 52-10991. Supplied to South Vietnam. Photo by: Jean Lussan / ECPAD
Registration / Serial:130232
Alternate Serial:232
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55374
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Luang Prabang (VLLB / LPQ)Map
Country:Laos
Photo Date:1 June 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:130232
Alternate Serial:232
Military Code:VK
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55374
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Luang Prabang (VLLB / LPQ)Map
Country:Laos
Photo Date:1 June 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:869387Submit Correction
View count: 140
En route for Hanoi after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The French forces used 26 S-55 helicopters in Indochina from September 1953 - six HRS-1, seven HRS-3 and thirteen H-19B models. This should be BuNo 130232, ex US Marines - code VK is from call sign F-SDVK. Returned to the Americans in 1958, curiously receiving a newly created fiscal year 1952 USAF serial, 52-10991. Supplied to South Vietnam. Photo by: Jean Lussan / ECPAD
Registration / Serial:130232
Alternate Serial:232
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55374
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Luang Prabang (VLLB / LPQ)Map
Country:Laos
Photo Date:1 June 1954
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:27615
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55623
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Boufarik (DAAK)
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:20 July 1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:869371Submit Correction
View count: 128
'Arrival of six Sikorsky helicopters transferred by the US Army at Boufarik airbase.' 52-7615 was delivered to US Army in December 1953, and was taken on charge by the Armée de l'Air a week before the photo date. To French Army as 55615 in 1965, withdrawn in 1972. Survives in Toulouse. Photo from: ECPAD
Registration / Serial:27615
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55623
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Boufarik (DAAK)
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:20 July 1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:27615
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55623
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Boufarik (DAAK)
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:20 July 1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:869371Submit Correction
View count: 128
'Arrival of six Sikorsky helicopters transferred by the US Army at Boufarik airbase.' 52-7615 was delivered to US Army in December 1953, and was taken on charge by the Armée de l'Air a week before the photo date. To French Army as 55615 in 1965, withdrawn in 1972. Survives in Toulouse. Photo from: ECPAD
Registration / Serial:27615
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55623
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
City / Airport:Boufarik (DAAK)
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:20 July 1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:885
Military Code:7
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):55885
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Area:Shearwater [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Collection:Shearwater Aviation Museum
Photo Date:23 July 2009
Photo by:Reinhard JostContact
Photo ID:867618Submit Correction
View count: 59
Delivered August 31, 1955 to Shearwater Naval Air Station, Anti-Submarine Sqdrn HS-50. 1956 to HU-21 as number 7. From 1970 to 1985 as instructural aid at School of Aerospace Engineering at CFB Borden. Over the next years restored at New Brunswick Community College in Dieppe. At the Shearwater Aviation Museum since 1998.
Registration / Serial:885
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55885
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Area:Shearwater [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo Date:23 July 2009
Photo by:Reinhard JostContact
Registration / Serial:885
Military Code:7
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):55885
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Area:Shearwater [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Collection:Shearwater Aviation Museum
Photo Date:23 July 2009
Photo by:Reinhard JostContact
Photo ID:867618Submit Correction
View count: 59
Delivered August 31, 1955 to Shearwater Naval Air Station, Anti-Submarine Sqdrn HS-50. 1956 to HU-21 as number 7. From 1970 to 1985 as instructural aid at School of Aerospace Engineering at CFB Borden. Over the next years restored at New Brunswick Community College in Dieppe. At the Shearwater Aviation Museum since 1998.
Registration / Serial:885
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55885
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Area:Shearwater [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo Date:23 July 2009
Photo by:Reinhard JostContact
Registration / Serial:ZS-HDG
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55B
C/n (msn):551259
Operator Titles:Autair International
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:25 December 1971
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:867137Submit Correction
View count: 44
Registration / Serial:ZS-HDG
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55B
C/n (msn):551259
Operator Titles:Autair International
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:25 December 1971
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:ZS-HDG
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55B
C/n (msn):551259
Operator Titles:Autair International
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:25 December 1971
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:867137Submit Correction
View count: 44
Registration / Serial:ZS-HDG
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55B
C/n (msn):551259
Operator Titles:Autair International
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:25 December 1971
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:51-3882
Alternate Serial:13882
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55153
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:MATS - Military Air Transport Service
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1952 to February 1957
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:864185Submit Correction
View count: 150
Delivered to USAF in June 1952. To Air Training Command in 1957; to Spain in 1963 as Z.1C-23. The C-46 in the background is probably N1246N (c/n 22566).
Registration / Serial:51-3882
Alternate Serial:13882
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55153
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1952 to February 1957
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:51-3882
Alternate Serial:13882
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55153
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:MATS - Military Air Transport Service
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1952 to February 1957
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:864185Submit Correction
View count: 150
Delivered to USAF in June 1952. To Air Training Command in 1957; to Spain in 1963 as Z.1C-23. The C-46 in the background is probably N1246N (c/n 22566).
Registration / Serial:51-3882
Alternate Serial:13882
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55153
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:June 1952 to February 1957
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:H-4
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55157
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Morón (SADM / MOR)Map
Country:Argentina
Collection:Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica
Photo Date:3 October 2025
Photo by:FranjContact
Photo ID:859426Submit Correction
View count: 79
ex-USAF 51-3886
Registration / Serial:H-4
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55157
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Morón (SADM / MOR)Map
Country:Argentina
Photo Date:3 October 2025
Photo by:FranjContact
Registration / Serial:H-4
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55157
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Morón (SADM / MOR)Map
Country:Argentina
Collection:Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica
Photo Date:3 October 2025
Photo by:FranjContact
Photo ID:859426Submit Correction
View count: 79
ex-USAF 51-3886
Registration / Serial:H-4
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55157
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Morón (SADM / MOR)Map
Country:Argentina
Photo Date:3 October 2025
Photo by:FranjContact
Registration / Serial:"110"
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55393
Operator Titles:Guatemala - Air Force
City / Airport:Guatemala - La Aurora (MGGT / GUA)Map
Country:Guatemala
Photo Date:28 November 1996
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:859402Submit Correction
View count: 74
Ex 51-3927 and Honduran AF 820 and Guatemala AF 820. Displayed outside the entrance to La Aurora Air Base from 1993 until 2015.
Registration / Serial:"110"
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55393
Operator Titles:Guatemala - Air Force
City / Airport:Guatemala - La Aurora (MGGT / GUA)Map
Country:Guatemala
Photo Date:28 November 1996
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:"110"
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55393
Operator Titles:Guatemala - Air Force
City / Airport:Guatemala - La Aurora (MGGT / GUA)Map
Country:Guatemala
Photo Date:28 November 1996
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:859402Submit Correction
View count: 74
Ex 51-3927 and Honduran AF 820 and Guatemala AF 820. Displayed outside the entrance to La Aurora Air Base from 1993 until 2015.
Registration / Serial:"110"
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55393
Operator Titles:Guatemala - Air Force
City / Airport:Guatemala - La Aurora (MGGT / GUA)Map
Country:Guatemala
Photo Date:28 November 1996
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:527603
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55521
City / Airport:Toulouse - Blagnac (LFBO / TLS)Map
Country:France
Collection:Ailes Anciennes Toulouse
Photo Date:23 March 2019
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:849957Submit Correction
View count: 46
This H-19 "cab" is the subject of restoration work.
Registration / Serial:527603
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55521
City / Airport:Toulouse - Blagnac (LFBO / TLS)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:23 March 2019
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:527603
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55521
City / Airport:Toulouse - Blagnac (LFBO / TLS)Map
Country:France
Collection:Ailes Anciennes Toulouse
Photo Date:23 March 2019
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Photo ID:849957Submit Correction
View count: 46
This H-19 "cab" is the subject of restoration work.
Registration / Serial:527603
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55521
City / Airport:Toulouse - Blagnac (LFBO / TLS)Map
Country:France
Photo Date:23 March 2019
Photo by:Fergal GoodmanContact
Registration / Serial:53-4458
Alternate Serial:0-34458
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55845
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Munich / Deutsches Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum
Photo Date:14 September 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:848238Submit Correction
View count: 193
A rather strange exhibit with the collection of the Deutsches Museum in Munich, is this Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw in USAF colours with serial 53-4458.
Registration / Serial:53-4458
Alternate Serial:0-34458
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55845
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Munich / Deutsches Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:14 September 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:53-4458
Alternate Serial:0-34458
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55845
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Munich / Deutsches Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Germany
Collection:Deutsches Museum
Photo Date:14 September 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:848238Submit Correction
View count: 193
A rather strange exhibit with the collection of the Deutsches Museum in Munich, is this Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw in USAF colours with serial 53-4458.
Registration / Serial:53-4458
Alternate Serial:0-34458
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55845
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Munich / Deutsches Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:14 September 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:HB-XDS
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):551186
City / Airport:Gruyères (LSGT)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:31 August 1975
Photo from:Richard Bowden Collection
Photo ID:846974Submit Correction
View count: 110
Tony Lloyd photo
Registration / Serial:HB-XDS
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):551186
City / Airport:Gruyères (LSGT)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:31 August 1975
Photo from:Richard Bowden Collection
Registration / Serial:HB-XDS
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):551186
City / Airport:Gruyères (LSGT)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:31 August 1975
Photo from:Richard Bowden Collection
Photo ID:846974Submit Correction
View count: 110
Tony Lloyd photo
Registration / Serial:HB-XDS
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):551186
City / Airport:Gruyères (LSGT)Map
Country:Switzerland
Photo Date:31 August 1975
Photo from:Richard Bowden Collection
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Collection:Danmarks Flymuseum
Photo Date:17 August 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Photo ID:845529Submit Correction
View count: 49
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:17 August 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Collection:Danmarks Flymuseum
Photo Date:17 August 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Photo ID:845529Submit Correction
View count: 49
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:17 August 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Registration / Serial:51-3873
Alternate Serial:13873
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1952 to 1954
Photo by:James WalterContact
Photo ID:845369Submit Correction
View count: 187
Transferred to the Argentine air force and now preserved in Buenos Aires. Photo by Staff Sergeant James Walter (Snr)
Registration / Serial:51-3873
Alternate Serial:13873
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1952 to 1954
Photo by:James WalterContact
Registration / Serial:51-3873
Alternate Serial:13873
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1952 to 1954
Photo by:James WalterContact
Photo ID:845369Submit Correction
View count: 187
Transferred to the Argentine air force and now preserved in Buenos Aires. Photo by Staff Sergeant James Walter (Snr)
Registration / Serial:51-3873
Alternate Serial:13873
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1952 to 1954
Photo by:James WalterContact
Registration / Serial:52-7497
Alternate Serial:27497
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55537
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1954 to 1955
Photo by:James WalterContact
Photo ID:845057Submit Correction
View count: 164
52-7497 was damaged in a forced landing at Gimpo (then called Kimpo) in August 1955 but it is not known if it was a write-off. Photo by Staff Sergeant James Walter (Snr)
Registration / Serial:52-7497
Alternate Serial:27497
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55537
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1954 to 1955
Photo by:James WalterContact
Registration / Serial:52-7497
Alternate Serial:27497
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55537
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1954 to 1955
Photo by:James WalterContact
Photo ID:845057Submit Correction
View count: 164
52-7497 was damaged in a forced landing at Gimpo (then called Kimpo) in August 1955 but it is not known if it was a write-off. Photo by Staff Sergeant James Walter (Snr)
Registration / Serial:52-7497
Alternate Serial:27497
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55537
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Seoul - Gimpo International (RKSS / GMP)Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1954 to 1955
Photo by:James WalterContact
Registration / Serial:55877
Military Code:4
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):55877
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Collection:Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:844297Submit Correction
View count: 73
Built in 1955 and served the RCN for fifteen years until 1970. The eight maple leaves on the nose symbolize the eight rescue missions this helicopter has participated in, saving a total of thirty-two people and four animals.
Registration / Serial:55877
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55877
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:55877
Military Code:4
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):55877
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Collection:Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:844297Submit Correction
View count: 73
Built in 1955 and served the RCN for fifteen years until 1970. The eight maple leaves on the nose symbolize the eight rescue missions this helicopter has participated in, saving a total of thirty-two people and four animals.
Registration / Serial:55877
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55877
Operator Titles:Canada - Navy
City / Airport:Ottawa - Rockcliffe (CYRO / YRO)Map
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Photo Date:17 July 2025
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:4279
Alternate Serial:64279
Military Code:HA-B
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551170
Operator Titles:Norway - Air Force
City / Airport:Oslo - Gardermoen (ENGM / OSL)Map
Country:Norway
Collection:Forsvarets Flysamling Gardermoen
Photo Date:30 June 2024
Photo by:Jan EenlingContact
Photo ID:839403Submit Correction
View count: 76
Registration / Serial:4279
Alternate Serial:64279
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551170
Operator Titles:Norway - Air Force
City / Airport:Oslo - Gardermoen (ENGM / OSL)Map
Country:Norway
Photo Date:30 June 2024
Photo by:Jan EenlingContact
Registration / Serial:4279
Alternate Serial:64279
Military Code:HA-B
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551170
Operator Titles:Norway - Air Force
City / Airport:Oslo - Gardermoen (ENGM / OSL)Map
Country:Norway
Collection:Forsvarets Flysamling Gardermoen
Photo Date:30 June 2024
Photo by:Jan EenlingContact
Photo ID:839403Submit Correction
View count: 76
Registration / Serial:4279
Alternate Serial:64279
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551170
Operator Titles:Norway - Air Force
City / Airport:Oslo - Gardermoen (ENGM / OSL)Map
Country:Norway
Photo Date:30 June 2024
Photo by:Jan EenlingContact
Registration / Serial:81-4706
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19C Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551225
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
City / Airport:Matsushima (RJST)Map
Country:Japan
Photo Date:28 October 1994
Photo by:Rob SchleiffertContact
Photo ID:836941Submit Correction
View count: 120
81-47 is not the complete serial number. The last two digits are missing. This is 81-4706. The helicopter is missing too, it left Matsushima. Maybe it was destroyed by the tsunami in 2011.
Registration / Serial:81-4706
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19C Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551225
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
City / Airport:Matsushima (RJST)Map
Country:Japan
Photo Date:28 October 1994
Photo by:Rob SchleiffertContact
Registration / Serial:81-4706
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19C Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551225
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
City / Airport:Matsushima (RJST)Map
Country:Japan
Photo Date:28 October 1994
Photo by:Rob SchleiffertContact
Photo ID:836941Submit Correction
View count: 120
81-47 is not the complete serial number. The last two digits are missing. This is 81-4706. The helicopter is missing too, it left Matsushima. Maybe it was destroyed by the tsunami in 2011.
Registration / Serial:81-4706
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19C Chickasaw
C/n (msn):551225
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
City / Airport:Matsushima (RJST)Map
Country:Japan
Photo Date:28 October 1994
Photo by:Rob SchleiffertContact
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Collection:Danmarks Flymuseum
Photo Date:26 April 2025
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:836744Submit Correction
View count: 97
This S-55 was taken on charge with the RDAF in February 1957, originally as 88-884 but changed in 1960 to S-884 in 1960. It was wfu in August 1966 and then stored at various places in Belgium, England and Denmark. By this time the it had fallen into disrepair and so the Ringkøbing-Skjern Ungdomsskole at Opsund in started restoration in 2004. By 2008 the process was completed and the beautifully restored helicopter joined the Danmarks Flymuseum for display.
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:26 April 2025
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Collection:Danmarks Flymuseum
Photo Date:26 April 2025
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:836744Submit Correction
View count: 97
This S-55 was taken on charge with the RDAF in February 1957, originally as 88-884 but changed in 1960 to S-884 in 1960. It was wfu in August 1966 and then stored at various places in Belgium, England and Denmark. By this time the it had fallen into disrepair and so the Ringkøbing-Skjern Ungdomsskole at Opsund in started restoration in 2004. By 2008 the process was completed and the beautifully restored helicopter joined the Danmarks Flymuseum for display.
Registration / Serial:S-884
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55C
C/n (msn):551032
Operator Titles:Denmark - Air Force
City / Airport:Stauning (EKVJ / STA)Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:26 April 2025
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air Museum
Photo Date:8 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:832651Submit Correction
View count: 87
Delivered to the USAF as H-19B 52-7537 in 1954. Redesignated as a UH-19B in 1962. To the United States Geological Survey as N2256G. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1974. Arrived at the museum in 1975 marked as N2256G. Later repainted into USAF colours as 52-7537. Reg N2256G was reused on UH-19D 57-5962 c/n 551261.
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:8 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air Museum
Photo Date:8 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:832651Submit Correction
View count: 87
Delivered to the USAF as H-19B 52-7537 in 1954. Redesignated as a UH-19B in 1962. To the United States Geological Survey as N2256G. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1974. Arrived at the museum in 1975 marked as N2256G. Later repainted into USAF colours as 52-7537. Reg N2256G was reused on UH-19D 57-5962 c/n 551261.
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:8 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air and Space Museum
Photo Date:2 May 2025
Photo by:Peter BakemaContact
Photo ID:829970Submit Correction
View count: 88
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:2 May 2025
Photo by:Peter BakemaContact
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air and Space Museum
Photo Date:2 May 2025
Photo by:Peter BakemaContact
Photo ID:829970Submit Correction
View count: 88
Registration / Serial:52-7537
Alternate Serial:27537
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55640
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:2 May 2025
Photo by:Peter BakemaContact
Registration / Serial:C-GRWE
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55890
City / Airport:Langley - Regional (CYNJ / YLY)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:2 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:824654Submit Correction
View count: 126
Built in 1956 and registered as N411A then N2296B in 1973, C-GRWE in 1982 and back to N2296B in 1999. Cancelled from the register in 2019.
Registration / Serial:C-GRWE
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55890
City / Airport:Langley - Regional (CYNJ / YLY)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:2 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:C-GRWE
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55890
City / Airport:Langley - Regional (CYNJ / YLY)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:2 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:824654Submit Correction
View count: 126
Built in 1956 and registered as N411A then N2296B in 1973, C-GRWE in 1982 and back to N2296B in 1999. Cancelled from the register in 2019.
Registration / Serial:C-GRWE
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55890
City / Airport:Langley - Regional (CYNJ / YLY)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:2 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact