9101 MM57-5979 MM80119 MM57-05979 57-5979 Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw C/N 55-1237

Helicopter Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw Serial 55-1237 Register 9101 MM57-5979 MM80119 MM57-05979 57-5979 used by Força Aérea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force) ,Aeronautica Militare Italiana AMI (Italian Air Force) ,US Army Aviation Army. Built 1958. Aircraft history and location

By Dave Taskis

Aircraft History

US Army Aviation
57-5979
1958-10-17		Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-1237, ff:? del US Army as H-19D, 57-5979, 17Oct58.
MM57-05979
Aeronautica Militare Italiana
		xfer MAP to Italian Air Force as MM57-05979, unk.
MM80119
Aeronautica Militare Italiana
		reserialled Italian Air Force as MM80119, unk to Portugal ~1980
MM57-5979
Aeronautica Militare Italiana
1979		A Parc du Cinquantenaire	Exhibit displayed at Musee Royal de lArmee until c 1987.
For 9101 see also 1952 h-19a 55-137 9101
Força Aérea Portuguesa
2000-07-01		B LPST	Exhibit noted at Museu do Ar, Sintra on Air Day 2000, painted as 9101 (really MM57-5979).
2003-04-06	9101	B LPST	Exhibit FAP Museum BuNo 57-5979 preserved as fake 9101 at Sintra Museum
2023-10-26		B LPST	Exhibit at Museu do Ar at Sintra.

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