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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-52 / H-18 / H-39 / HO5S
    Latest Model:HO5S-1
    Construction Number:52012
    Last Civil Registration:N8003E
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HO5S-1 cn 52012 cr N8003E
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HO5S-1.

    1 April 1952

    Transferred to Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), Marine Corp Air Facility Quantico, VA.

    13 July 1952

    Transferred to Marine Observation Squadron Six (VMO-6), Jinhae, Korea.

    2 August 1952

    Damaged.
    Damaged by enemy fire.

    26 March 1953

    Transferred to Det 1. VMO-6, Oppama, Japan.

    22 April 1953

    Transferred to Overhaul and Repair, Maintenance and Service, San Diego, CA.

    28 February 1955

    Transferred to Overhaul and Repair, Maintenance and Service, Jacksonville, FL.

    7 April 1955

    Transferred to Marine Observation Squadron one (VMO-1), MCAS New River, NC.

    10 June 1956

    Transferred to Overhaul and Repair, Maintenance and Service, Jacksonville, FL.

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

    By 1963

    To unknown owner with c/r N8003E.

    By November 1988

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Markings Applied: WB, MARINES, HO5S-1 MARINES 125519

    5 July 1994

    To National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL keeping c/r N8003E.

    19 August 1999

    Civil registration, N8003E, cancelled.

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida, United States

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    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 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    Aviation Archaeology
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Sid Nanson
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