Sikorsky H-34A Choctaw

C/N 58-346

Built 1956 - Written off 1967





Helicopter Sikorsky H-34A Choctaw Serial 58-346 Register 54-3007 used by US Army Aviation Army. Built 1956. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





54-3007

usa US Army Aviation

1956-09-04
Sikorsky CH-34C Choctaw del US ARMY as H-34A, 54-3007, 04Sep56
to CH-34C Nov64
AVSCOM reports crashed Feb67
soc Aviation Co, 2nd Armored Cavalry, Germany, Jun67.
007 was assigned to Co.A 504th Aviation Bn. (Germany) when I was attached in 1966. Co. A 504th became the 349th Aviation Company, 16th Aviation Bn. soon after. 007 was reassigned to another outfit. We missed it because of the tail number being "007". I remember it well. When it crashed it killed all on board. It threw a main rotor blade. All H-34's in NATO were grounded. All rotor blades were examined. I was the Crewchief on CH-34 54-3005 at that time. "005" had 3 out of 4 bad blades. It really woke all of us up.




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