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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:66-1039 US
    Construction Number:5522 {1}
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H sn 66-1039 US cn 5522
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 540, Dixon Municipal Chas R. Walgreen Airport, Dixon, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1D-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 66-1039.

    Circa 1971

    Converted to an UH-1H.

    By August 1998

    Transferred to 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, Illinois ARNG.

    2002

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 540, Dixon Municipal Chas R. Walgreen Airport, Dixon, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: UNITED STATES ARMY, IL-NG, 0-61039
    National Guard insignia on cockpit doors.

    9 October 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    9 October 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    After October 2006

    Markings Applied: 173rd Airborne Brigade patch on nose

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    12 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Andy West
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