Aircraft Photo of 232 | Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B) | France - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / 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

Location
City / Airport:	Luang PrabangMap
Country:	Laos
Airport Codes:	ICAO: VLLB IATA: LPQ Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	1 June 1954
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	869387

Photo Comment
En route to Hanoi after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The French used some twenty-five S-55 helicopters in Indochina from September 1953 - both H-19B and HRS 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 This photo was added on 21 November 2025, and has since been viewed 222 times.

Photo Comment

En route to Hanoi after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The French used some twenty-five S-55 helicopters in Indochina from September 1953 - both H-19B and HRS 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

This photo was added on 21 November 2025, and has since been viewed 222 times.

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