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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:66-16304 US
    Construction Number:5998
    Compressed ID:Aerospace Industrial Development Co...
    Latest Owner or Location:Louisa County All Veterans Memorial, Grandview, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1D-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    April 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 66-16304.

    April 1967

    Transferred to General Supply Division, Red River Army Depot (Aviation Systems Command), TX.

    May 1967

    Transferred to Army Aviation Division, Dugway Proving Ground, UT.

    From June 1967 to July 1967

    Transferred to US Army Republic of Vietnam Flight Division, South Vietnam.

    From August 1967 to October 1967

    Transferred to Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX.
    Bailment.

    From November 1967 to March 1968

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, Fort Sill, OK.

    April 1968

    Transferred to Bell Helicopter, Fort Worth, TX.
    Bailment.

    From May 1968 to June 1968

    Transferred to 355th Aviation Company, Fort Sill, OK.

    July 1968

    To OPM SEA NITEOPS, 1st Army, Fort Belvoir, VA.

    From August 1968 to May 1969

    Transferred to Company A, 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Calvary Division, South Vietnam.

    June 1969

    In transit to USA.

    July 1969

    Assigned to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, NAS Corpus Christi, TX for storage.

    From August 1969 to March 1970

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
    In Maintenance.

    March 1970

    Converted to an UH-1H by Aerospace Industrial Development Corp..

    From April 1970 to June 1971

    Transferred to Headquarters, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC.

    From July 1971 to October 1971

    Transferred to Supply Division, Fort Bragg, NC.

    From November 1971 to December 1971

    Transferred to US Army MATLAB, Fort Eustis, VA.

    From January 1972 to November 1972

    Transferred to Headquarters, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC.

    December 1972

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    January 1973

    Loaned to Aviation Systems Command Project, Saint. Louis, MO.

    From February 1973 to June 1973

    Transferred to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center, NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
    In maintenance.

    From July 1973 to After December 1975

    Transferred to Army National Guard, Zone of the Interior.

    Transferred to 106th Aviation Battalion (ARNG), Davenport, IA.

    April 1998

    Assigned to Iowa Army National Guard, Davenport, IA for storage.

    25 August 1999

    To Vietnam Veterans USA.

    September 1999

    To Louisa County All Veterans Memorial, Grandview, IA.
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    22 February 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 February 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Bryden


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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 2013 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    227th Assault Helicopter Battalion by 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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