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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-56 / H-37 / HR2S
    Latest Model:CH-37C Mojave
    Last Military Serial:145873 USMC
    Last Civil Registration:N7392
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-37C sn 145873 USMC cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:National / Southwest Alloys, Davis-Monthan AFB (East Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HR2S-1W.

    31 December 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 145873.

    25 March 1959

    Transferred to HMRM-463, El Toro.

    30 June 1959

    Transferred to HMRM-462, Santa Ana.

    1962

    Redesignated as CH-37C.

    25 April 1962

    Transferred to OR Jacksonville.

    15 November 1962

    Transferred to HMH-461, abd Champlain.

    5 January 1965

    Transferred to OR Jacksonville.

    29 April 1965

    Transferred to HMH-461, New River.

    26 January 1966

    Transferred to HMS 26, New River.

    21 March 1967

    Assigned to MASDC, Tucson for storage.

    30 April 1968

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.

    27 April 1978

    To Aircrane Inc, W Chester, PA with new c/r N7392.

    By November 2003

    To National/Southwest Alloys, Davis-Monthan AFB (East Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Only the fuselage remains.
    View the Location Dossier

    2009


    Photographer: Sid Nanson

    7 May 2013

    Civil registration, N7392, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Sid Nanson
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