Aircraft Photo of 1305 | Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B) | USA - Coast Guard | AirHistory.net #663232
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:1305
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55549
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:October 1953 to December 1967
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 663232
Photo Comment

During the 1955 flood in Yuba City, California, this particular HO4S rescued 138 people in twelve hours. Photo date and location unknown to me. This airframe served in the US Coast Guard from 1953 until 1967, although it should have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. It is marked as an HO4S-3, without its G suffix for the USCG model. To civil as N17378.

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