| 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: | 55 |
En route for Hanoi after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The French forces used some 26 S-55 helicopters in Indochina from September 1953 - six HRS-1, seven HRS-3 and 13 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 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: | 55 |
En route for Hanoi after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The French forces used some 26 S-55 helicopters in Indochina from September 1953 - six HRS-1, seven HRS-3 and 13 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 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 |