Aircraft Photo of 43-46604 / 346604 | Sikorsky YR-5A | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #385947
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:43-46604
Alternate Serial:346604
Military Code:4
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-48
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-48 (VS-327/H-5 Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YR-5A
C/n (msn):[ 43-46604 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 385947
Photo Comment

The Sikorsky R-5 (S-48) was an improved R-4 (VS-316), the first of five XR-5s flying on 18 August 1943. The first 26 out of 60 production R-5As were given the YR-5A designation and 43-46604 must have been one of nine YR-5As delivered before the end of WWII. The design was enlarged and further improved in 1946 as the R-5F (S-51). Redesignated as an H-5A in 1948, 43-46604 was involved in an accident in New Mexico on 20 September 1949. Photo from: Wright State University

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