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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:CH-34C Choctaw
    Last Military Serial:55-4483 US
    Construction Number:58-0446
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-34C sn 55-4483 US cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:World Aircraft Museum, Mercer Field, Calhoun, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-34A.

    17 January 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 55-4483.

    By January 1962

    Converted to a H-34C.

    1962

    Redesignated as CH-34C.

    From July 1971 to June 1972

    Transferred to New York National Guard.

    10 July 1972

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3H259.

    New serial number assigned: XJ112 MASDC

    6 January 1981

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    By May 1990

    To World Aircraft Museum, Mercer Field, Calhoun, GA.
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    By May 1990

    Markings Applied: XJ112, 3H259, 0-54483

    26 May 1990


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