6516 results found
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hurel-Dubois HD-31 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hurel-Dubois HD-31/32/34 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hurel-Dubois HD-321 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 (2) |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876658Submit Correction |
| View count: | 25 |
The HD.32 first prototype rebuilt as a HD.321 with a single main tailfin. Survives as a wreck at Évaux, France, having lost the auxiliary fins seen here. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hurel-Dubois HD-321 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 (2) |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hurel-Dubois HD-31 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hurel-Dubois HD-31/32/34 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hurel-Dubois HD-321 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 (2) |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876658Submit Correction |
| View count: | 25 |
The HD.32 first prototype rebuilt as a HD.321 with a single main tailfin. Survives as a wreck at Évaux, France, having lost the auxiliary fins seen here. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hurel-Dubois HD-321 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 (2) |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 53180 |
| Military Code: | MM |
| 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): | 55901 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876656Submit Correction |
| View count: | 23 |
55-3180 supplied to Armée de l'Air under MDAP in January 1956. Transferred to ALAT, French army aviation, in April 1964, serial changed from 53180 to 55901. Withdrawn from use in 1972. Photo by: Marcel Vandy /ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 53180 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55901 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 53180 |
| Military Code: | MM |
| 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): | 55901 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876656Submit Correction |
| View count: | 23 |
55-3180 supplied to Armée de l'Air under MDAP in January 1956. Transferred to ALAT, French army aviation, in April 1964, serial changed from 53180 to 55901. Withdrawn from use in 1972. Photo by: Marcel Vandy /ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 53180 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55901 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 53179 |
| Military Code: | MN |
| 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): | 55900 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876613Submit Correction |
| View count: | 13 |
55-3179 supplied to Armée de l'Air under MDAP. Written off on 31 May 1958 according to Scramble. Photo by: Marcel Vandy /ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 53179 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55900 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 53179 |
| Military Code: | MN |
| 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): | 55900 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876613Submit Correction |
| View count: | 13 |
55-3179 supplied to Armée de l'Air under MDAP. Written off on 31 May 1958 according to Scramble. Photo by: Marcel Vandy /ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 53179 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55900 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | SKY584 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58584 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58584 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876528Submit Correction |
| View count: | 57 |
Wears 58584, rather than its formal French s/n SKY584. It is hard to tell if the letter code is LK or LX. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | SKY584 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58584 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58584 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | SKY584 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58584 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58584 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876528Submit Correction |
| View count: | 57 |
Wears 58584, rather than its formal French s/n SKY584. It is hard to tell if the letter code is LK or LX. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | SKY584 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58584 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58584 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | SKY320 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58320 |
| Military Code: | LC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58320 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876524Submit Correction |
| View count: | 59 |
France received 135 H-34s built by Sikorsy. These officially had a SKY prefix in their French serials, but here, No 320 wears the full Sikorsky c/n 55320, plus code LC. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | SKY320 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58320 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58320 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | SKY320 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58320 |
| Military Code: | LC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58320 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876524Submit Correction |
| View count: | 59 |
France received 135 H-34s built by Sikorsy. These officially had a SKY prefix in their French serials, but here, No 320 wears the full Sikorsky c/n 55320, plus code LC. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | SKY320 |
| Alternate Serial: | 58320 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-34A |
| C/n (msn): | 58320 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 1289 |
| Alternate Serial: | ۱۲۸۹ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 382-4811 |
| Operator Titles: | Egypt - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - International (HECA / CAI)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | March 2004 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876374Submit Correction |
| View count: | 75 |
The Petrojet building shows that the Hercules is probably lined up on Rwy 05L. Photo by: Hans-Peter Bärtschi / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | 1289 |
| Alternate Serial: | ۱۲۸۹ |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 382-4811 |
| Operator Titles: | Egypt - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - International (HECA / CAI)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | March 2004 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 1289 |
| Alternate Serial: | ۱۲۸۹ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 382-4811 |
| Operator Titles: | Egypt - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - International (HECA / CAI)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | March 2004 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876374Submit Correction |
| View count: | 75 |
The Petrojet building shows that the Hercules is probably lined up on Rwy 05L. Photo by: Hans-Peter Bärtschi / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | 1289 |
| Alternate Serial: | ۱۲۸۹ |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| C/n (msn): | 382-4811 |
| Operator Titles: | Egypt - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Cairo - International (HECA / CAI)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | March 2004 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-BASZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bréguet 761 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bréguet 761/763/765 Provence/Sahara |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 763 Provence |
| C/n (msn): | 12 |
| Operator Titles: | Air France |
| City / Airport: | Marseille - Provence (LFML / MRS)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876348Submit Correction |
| View count: | 52 |
Used by Air France from July 1954 until July 1964, then to Armée de l'Air. Photo by: Hans Gerber / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | F-BASZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 763 Provence |
| C/n (msn): | 12 |
| Operator Titles: | Air France |
| City / Airport: | Marseille - Provence (LFML / MRS)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-BASZ |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bréguet 761 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bréguet 761/763/765 Provence/Sahara |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 763 Provence |
| C/n (msn): | 12 |
| Operator Titles: | Air France |
| City / Airport: | Marseille - Provence (LFML / MRS)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876348Submit Correction |
| View count: | 52 |
Used by Air France from July 1954 until July 1964, then to Armée de l'Air. Photo by: Hans Gerber / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | F-BASZ |
| Aircraft Version: | Bréguet 763 Provence |
| C/n (msn): | 12 |
| Operator Titles: | Air France |
| City / Airport: | Marseille - Provence (LFML / MRS)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | FR94 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vertol H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee (42/43/44) |
| Aircraft Version: | Vertol H-21C Shawnee |
| C/n (msn): | FR94 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Army |
| City / Area: | Algiers / Port [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Ship / Rig: | FS Dixmude A609 |
| Photo Date: | 5 April 1959 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876300Submit Correction |
| View count: | 95 |
Arrival of H-21C helicopters in Algeria, straight from the USA. The rotors are fitted and they are flown off the deck of the old aircraft carrier Dixmude, which still served as a transport ship. FR94, on the right, is preserved in Dax. Photo by: Gérard Daudu / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | FR94 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vertol H-21C Shawnee |
| C/n (msn): | FR94 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Army |
| City / Area: | Algiers / Port [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | 5 April 1959 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | FR94 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vertol H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee (42/43/44) |
| Aircraft Version: | Vertol H-21C Shawnee |
| C/n (msn): | FR94 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Army |
| City / Area: | Algiers / Port [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Ship / Rig: | FS Dixmude A609 |
| Photo Date: | 5 April 1959 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876300Submit Correction |
| View count: | 95 |
Arrival of H-21C helicopters in Algeria, straight from the USA. The rotors are fitted and they are flown off the deck of the old aircraft carrier Dixmude, which still served as a transport ship. FR94, on the right, is preserved in Dax. Photo by: Gérard Daudu / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | FR94 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vertol H-21C Shawnee |
| C/n (msn): | FR94 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Army |
| City / Area: | Algiers / Port [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | 5 April 1959 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBDX |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Nord 2500 Noratlas |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Nord 2500/2501/2503/2508 Noratlas |
| Aircraft Version: | Nord 2501F-3 Noratlas |
| C/n (msn): | 148 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Hassi Messaoud - Oued Irara / Krim Belkacem (DAUH / HME)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | 26 December 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876294Submit Correction |
| View count: | 57 |
A small but very interesting photo. Oil was struck at Hassi Messaoud, in the Sahara, in 1956 and this picture makes us suspect that Air Algérie acquired its Noratlas freighters specifically for the construction works here. The first was this regular N.2501, F-OBDX. Later there were three N.2502Bs with auxiliary Marboré turbojets on the wingtips: F-OBDX again, F-OBDY and F-OBDZ, with construction numbers given as B1 tot B3. DGAC still lists N.2502B F-OBDX as c/n 148, so this airframe will have been converted. Photo by: Gérard Daudu /ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBDX |
| Aircraft Version: | Nord 2501F-3 Noratlas |
| C/n (msn): | 148 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Hassi Messaoud - Oued Irara / Krim Belkacem (DAUH / HME)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | 26 December 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBDX |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Nord 2500 Noratlas |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Nord 2500/2501/2503/2508 Noratlas |
| Aircraft Version: | Nord 2501F-3 Noratlas |
| C/n (msn): | 148 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Hassi Messaoud - Oued Irara / Krim Belkacem (DAUH / HME)Map |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | 26 December 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876294Submit Correction |
| View count: | 57 |
A small but very interesting photo. Oil was struck at Hassi Messaoud, in the Sahara, in 1956 and this picture makes us suspect that Air Algérie acquired its Noratlas freighters specifically for the construction works here. The first was this regular N.2501, F-OBDX. Later there were three N.2502Bs with auxiliary Marboré turbojets on the wingtips: F-OBDX again, F-OBDY and F-OBDZ, with construction numbers given as B1 tot B3. DGAC still lists N.2502B F-OBDX as c/n 148, so this airframe will have been converted. Photo by: Gérard Daudu /ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBDX |
| Aircraft Version: | Nord 2501F-3 Noratlas |
| C/n (msn): | 148 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Hassi Messaoud - Oued Irara / Krim Belkacem (DAUH / HME)Map | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | 26 December 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10380 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876116Submit Correction |
| View count: | 64 |
Ex 42-72275, NL-301 of Netherlands Government, LN-PAW of SAS / Braathens, and N1556V of Seaboard World. Air Algerié was officially named CGTA Air Algérie until Algerian indepence, as seen in the logo on the nose in the colours of the French flag. The cheatlines and tail stripes are red. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBAP |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10380 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBAP |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10380 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) |
| Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876116Submit Correction |
| View count: | 64 |
Ex 42-72275, NL-301 of Netherlands Government, LN-PAW of SAS / Braathens, and N1556V of Seaboard World. Air Algerié was officially named CGTA Air Algérie until Algerian indepence, as seen in the logo on the nose in the colours of the French flag. The cheatlines and tail stripes are red. Photo by: Marcel Vandy / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | F-OBAP |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10380 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Algérie |
| City / Airport: | Telergma (DAAM) | Country: | Algeria |
| Photo Date: | September 1957 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | OY-DLU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 628 Viking 1B |
| C/n (msn): | 199 |
| Operator Titles: | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS / Danish Air Lines - Det Danske Luftfartselskab - DDL |
| Aircraft Name: | Torlak Viking |
| City / Airport: | Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 August 1948 to 7 February 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876066Submit Correction |
| View count: | 75 |
Transferred from DDL on 1 August 1948, repainted in SAS livery shortly thereafter. Crashed into the sea near Copenhagen - Kastrup on 8 February 1949 on a flight from Madrid via Paris. The four crew and 23 Spanish tourists on board were all killed. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | OY-DLU |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 628 Viking 1B |
| C/n (msn): | 199 |
| Operator Titles: | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS / Danish Air Lines - Det Danske Luftfartselskab - DDL |
| City / Airport: | Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map | Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 August 1948 to 7 February 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | OY-DLU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers Viking/Valetta |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 628 Viking 1B |
| C/n (msn): | 199 |
| Operator Titles: | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS / Danish Air Lines - Det Danske Luftfartselskab - DDL |
| Aircraft Name: | Torlak Viking |
| City / Airport: | Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 August 1948 to 7 February 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 876066Submit Correction |
| View count: | 75 |
Transferred from DDL on 1 August 1948, repainted in SAS livery shortly thereafter. Crashed into the sea near Copenhagen - Kastrup on 8 February 1949 on a flight from Madrid via Paris. The four crew and 23 Spanish tourists on board were all killed. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich
| Registration / Serial: | OY-DLU |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers 628 Viking 1B |
| C/n (msn): | 199 |
| Operator Titles: | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS / Danish Air Lines - Det Danske Luftfartselskab - DDL |
| City / Airport: | Zürich (LSZH / ZRH)Map | Country: | Switzerland |
| Photo Date: | 1 August 1948 to 7 February 1949 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NZ3504 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Dakota |
| C/n (msn): | 9419 |
| Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | June 1943 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875970Submit Correction |
| View count: | 82 |
Photo taken on Bougainville but which of the many wartime airstrips is not specified. Broken up in 1952. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| Registration / Serial: | NZ3504 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Dakota |
| C/n (msn): | 9419 |
| Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | June 1943 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | NZ3504 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Dakota |
| C/n (msn): | 9419 |
| Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | June 1943 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875970Submit Correction |
| View count: | 82 |
Photo taken on Bougainville but which of the many wartime airstrips is not specified. Broken up in 1952. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
| Registration / Serial: | NZ3504 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Dakota |
| C/n (msn): | 9419 |
| Operator Titles: | New Zealand - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | June 1943 to September 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 292457 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12260 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | GT 2/62 |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu (VVDB / DIN) |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875449Submit Correction |
| View count: | 202 |
A dramatic photo taken by either Daniel Camus or Jean Péraud. Dien Bien Phu is under artillery fire while this C-47 is taxiing for take-off. After landing, 18 impacts were counted on the fuselage. As 42-92457, this C-47 flew paratroopers to Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy on D-Day. It is listed as destroyed at Hanoi's Gia Lam airfield on 28 November 1954. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 292457 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12260 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu (VVDB / DIN) | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 292457 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12260 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | GT 2/62 |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu (VVDB / DIN) |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875449Submit Correction |
| View count: | 202 |
A dramatic photo taken by either Daniel Camus or Jean Péraud. Dien Bien Phu is under artillery fire while this C-47 is taxiing for take-off. After landing, 18 impacts were counted on the fuselage. As 42-92457, this C-47 flew paratroopers to Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy on D-Day. It is listed as destroyed at Hanoi's Gia Lam airfield on 28 November 1954. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 292457 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 12260 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu (VVDB / DIN) | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Loire 130 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Loire 130 |
| Aircraft Version: | Loire 130 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | November 1934 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875417Submit Correction |
| View count: | 204 |
The Loire 130 was the standard seaplane equipping battleships and cruisers of the French navy in the late 1930s, and was a satisfactory type. This is the prototype, first flown in November 1934. The source indicates that the photo is from 1939, but that was probably when it was used in a press release. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Version: | Loire 130 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | November 1934 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Loire 130 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Loire 130 |
| Aircraft Version: | Loire 130 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | November 1934 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875417Submit Correction |
| View count: | 204 |
The Loire 130 was the standard seaplane equipping battleships and cruisers of the French navy in the late 1930s, and was a satisfactory type. This is the prototype, first flown in November 1934. The source indicates that the photo is from 1939, but that was probably when it was used in a press release. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 01 |
| Aircraft Version: | Loire 130 |
| C/n (msn): | 01 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Navy |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | November 1934 to December 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 118 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly Mk.1A |
| C/n (msn): | WA/H/118 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Lang Son Area [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1953 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875087Submit Correction |
| View count: | 89 |
S-51s operated by the French air force in Indochina were nine Westland-built examples. Photo taken during operation Hirondelle. Photo by: Paul Corcuff / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 118 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly Mk.1A |
| C/n (msn): | WA/H/118 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Lang Son Area [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1953 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 118 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-51 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly Mk.1A |
| C/n (msn): | WA/H/118 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Lang Son Area [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1953 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875087Submit Correction |
| View count: | 89 |
S-51s operated by the French air force in Indochina were nine Westland-built examples. Photo taken during operation Hirondelle. Photo by: Paul Corcuff / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 118 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly Mk.1A |
| C/n (msn): | WA/H/118 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Lang Son Area [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1953 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 126 |
| Military Code: | T |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hiller 360 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hiller 360/UH-12/OH-23/Raven |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller UH-12A |
| C/n (msn): | 126 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 3 June 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875038Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
'The Hiller 360 medical helicopter flown by Capt Dr Valérie André, during a medical evacuation in Tonkin' - this is the northernmost part of Vietnam. Early Hillers had marginal power and that is probably why the pilot was also a doctor! This was one of the first two helicopters in French Indochina, flown initially as F-OAHA and F-OAHB (c/n 133). They were acquired by the French army, but operated by the air force. The army allocated administrative serials 8.000.009 and 8.000.005, respectively. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 126 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller UH-12A |
| C/n (msn): | 126 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 3 June 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 126 |
| Military Code: | T |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hiller 360 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hiller 360/UH-12/OH-23/Raven |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller UH-12A |
| C/n (msn): | 126 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 3 June 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875038Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
'The Hiller 360 medical helicopter flown by Capt Dr Valérie André, during a medical evacuation in Tonkin' - this is the northernmost part of Vietnam. Early Hillers had marginal power and that is probably why the pilot was also a doctor! This was one of the first two helicopters in French Indochina, flown initially as F-OAHA and F-OAHB (c/n 133). They were acquired by the French army, but operated by the air force. The army allocated administrative serials 8.000.009 and 8.000.005, respectively. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 126 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller UH-12A |
| C/n (msn): | 126 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 3 June 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 116120 |
| Military Code: | W |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hiller 360 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hiller 360/UH-12/OH-23/Raven |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller H-23A (UH12A) |
| C/n (msn): | 274 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 25 June 1952 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875029Submit Correction |
| View count: | 93 |
The first helicopters in French Indochina were two Hiller 360s in 1950. Four similar H-23As were taken over from the US Army in early 1952, and 51-16120 was one of them. The H-23A had quickly been withdrawn from the war in Korea. The French installed uprated engines later on. The ambulance pods seem to be the same as in photo 676511 and they were not practical. Photo taken somewhere in Cochinchina, the southernmost part of Vietnam. This airframe survives at La Ferté-Alais! Photo by: Raoul Coutard / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 116120 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller H-23A (UH12A) |
| C/n (msn): | 274 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 25 June 1952 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 116120 |
| Military Code: | W |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hiller 360 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hiller 360/UH-12/OH-23/Raven |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller H-23A (UH12A) |
| C/n (msn): | 274 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 25 June 1952 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875029Submit Correction |
| View count: | 93 |
The first helicopters in French Indochina were two Hiller 360s in 1950. Four similar H-23As were taken over from the US Army in early 1952, and 51-16120 was one of them. The H-23A had quickly been withdrawn from the war in Korea. The French installed uprated engines later on. The ambulance pods seem to be the same as in photo 676511 and they were not practical. Photo taken somewhere in Cochinchina, the southernmost part of Vietnam. This airframe survives at La Ferté-Alais! Photo by: Raoul Coutard / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 116120 |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller H-23A (UH12A) |
| C/n (msn): | 274 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| Location: | Not known | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 25 June 1952 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 592 |
| Military Code: | N |
| 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): | 55495 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Hanoi - Lanessan Hospital [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 15 July 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875028Submit Correction |
| View count: | 138 |
A nice photo of another French S-55 in Indochina, this time landing at the Lanessan Hospital in Hanoi with released prisoners of war. The helicopter is listed as lost only nine days later, on 24 July 1954 at Dien Bien Phu, although the fighting there was over. The hospital is now Vietnam's Central Military Hospital 108. Photo by: Jean Lussan / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 592 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55495 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Hanoi - Lanessan Hospital [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 15 July 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 592 |
| Military Code: | N |
| 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): | 55495 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Hanoi - Lanessan Hospital [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 15 July 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 875028Submit Correction |
| View count: | 138 |
A nice photo of another French S-55 in Indochina, this time landing at the Lanessan Hospital in Hanoi with released prisoners of war. The helicopter is listed as lost only nine days later, on 24 July 1954 at Dien Bien Phu, although the fighting there was over. The hospital is now Vietnam's Central Military Hospital 108. Photo by: Jean Lussan / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 592 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55495 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Hanoi - Lanessan Hospital [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 15 July 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 599 |
| Military Code: | VA |
| 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): | 55597 |
| 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: | 875025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 101 |
Another, unsharp photo confirms that this helicopter is 599 / VA, delivered to the USAF seven months earlier as 52-7599. Photo by: Jean Lussan / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 599 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55597 |
| 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: | 599 |
| Military Code: | VA |
| 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): | 55597 |
| 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: | 875025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 101 |
Another, unsharp photo confirms that this helicopter is 599 / VA, delivered to the USAF seven months earlier as 52-7599. Photo by: Jean Lussan / ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 599 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55597 |
| 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: | 595 |
| Military Code: | P |
| 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): | 55570 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu / Auxiliary Airstrip |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 March 1954 to 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 874800Submit Correction |
| View count: | 168 |
Photo taken during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu at Strongpoint Isabelle, 'a dismal patch of marshes and swamp' 6 km to the south of the town, where there was an auxiliary airstrip. Killed soldiers are visible in the uncropped picture. Supplies appear to be parachuted in in the background. The helicopter is ex USAF 52-7595, which was shipped to Vietnam in January 1954. It is listed as lost at Dien Bien Phu on 23 March, one week after this photo was taken by either Jean Péraud or Daniel Camus. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 595 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55570 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu / Auxiliary Airstrip | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 March 1954 to 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 595 |
| Military Code: | P |
| 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): | 55570 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu / Auxiliary Airstrip |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 March 1954 to 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 874800Submit Correction |
| View count: | 168 |
Photo taken during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu at Strongpoint Isabelle, 'a dismal patch of marshes and swamp' 6 km to the south of the town, where there was an auxiliary airstrip. Killed soldiers are visible in the uncropped picture. Supplies appear to be parachuted in in the background. The helicopter is ex USAF 52-7595, which was shipped to Vietnam in January 1954. It is listed as lost at Dien Bien Phu on 23 March, one week after this photo was taken by either Jean Péraud or Daniel Camus. Photo from: ECPAD
| Registration / Serial: | 595 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw |
| C/n (msn): | 55570 |
| Operator Titles: | France - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dien Bien Phu / Auxiliary Airstrip | Country: | Vietnam |
| Photo Date: | 17 March 1954 to 18 March 1954 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |