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    Airframe Family: Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux
    Latest Model:47G-3B-1
    Last Military Serial:NZ3705 RNZAF
    Construction Number:6518
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island

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    Constructed as a 47G-3B-1.
    NZ3705 was shipped from the Bell factory at Fort Worth, Texas, by C-130 Hercules transport aircraft in December 1965. During its life it was based at Wigram, Hobsonville and Ohakea

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ3705.

    To Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island.
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    19 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Airforce Museum of New Zealand at Wigram, Christchurch, South Island.

    8 November 2017


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island.


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