Del'd: 2 - 1970 to 2011

Sikorsky S-65C-1
in
germany Heeresflieger

German Army Aviation




In the late 1960s, West Germany began a competition for a helicopter to replace Piasecki H-21 Flying Bananas and Sikorsky H-34s in West German Army service, and awarded a contract to Sikorsky for the CH-53G, basically a CH-53D without refueling probe or external tanks, in June 1968. Sikorsky provided two machines directly, and then provided kits to a group led by VFW-Fokker for the construction of 20 more. Initial flight of a German-assembled CH-53G was on 11 October 1971, with the type going into West German Army service in 1973. 90 more CH-53Ds were built in West Germany with a decreasing level of Sikorsky content, for a total of 112 machines in West German service.



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YearsUnitsBase
1972-    Luftwaffe WTD61 Ingolstadt/Manching





List of Aircraft


C/NBuiltID     In this OrgIn other Org
65-156 1970 84+01 S-65C-1, c/n 65-156, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154885 unk; del FMS to Heeresfl...
US Navy 154885: S-65C-1, c/n 65-156, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154885...
65-157 1970 84+02 S-65C-1, c/n 65-157, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154886 unk; del FMS to Heeresfl...
US Navy 154886: S-65C-1, c/n 65-157, ff?; accepted USN as CH-53G 154886...






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