Sikorsky HH-53C Super Jolly

C/N 65-267

Written off 1972





Helicopter Sikorsky HH-53C Super Jolly Serial 65-267 Register 69-5788 used by US Air Force USAF. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





69-5788

usa US Air Force

1970-08 15-24 Aug70, this HH-53 was one of a pair that performed the first transpacific crossing by helicopters
1972-06-27 27jun72 participated in the rescue of Valent 03A by lowering PJ Sgt Charles Mcgrath to jungle and sustaining ground so heavy that lost hydraulics. Mcgrath and Valent 03a were picked up by JG57. McGrath awarded air force cross
1972-12-27USAF
40th ARRS w/o 27dec72 abandoned and destroyed by A-7 Corsair after aerial refueling problems 40th ARRS
w/o 27dec72 lost in Laos when its refueling probe was damaged by enemy ground fire and they could not air refuel. The helicopter was landed on a hill top as it was running out of fuel and abandoned. It was destroyed by A-7 bombing.




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