Sikorsky S-51 / R-5 / H-5

C/N 51-184





Helicopter Sikorsky S-51 / R-5 / H-5 Serial 51-184 Register 49-2000 used by US Air Force USAF. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





49-2000

usa US Air Force

USAF H-5H-SI
1952-02-08 08feb52 landed on board the RCN destroyer Sioux off Korea on a makeshift deck erected by the ship's company. Sioux had a standard displacement of only 1,750 tons. Do you know of any earlier on board landing of a helio on a ship of this size? The patient was a US serviceman who had appendicitis and Sioux transferred him to HMS Ceylon which had surgical facilities.




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