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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly / R-6 / HNS / HOS
    Latest Model:R-4B Hoverfly
    Last Military Serial:43-46503 USAAF
    Construction Number:47
    Last Civil Registration:N92820
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky R-4B sn 43-46503 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R-4B.

    Circa April 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-46503.

    One site says this aircraft was transferred to the Air Jungle Rescue Squadron, yet the New England Air Museum says it remained with Sikorsky.
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    18 July 1946

    To United Aircraft Corp, Bridgeport, CT with new c/r N92820.
    Used for testing by Sikorsky.

    13 October 1955

    Civil registration, N92820, cancelled.

    By August 1994

    To New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
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    10 October 2015


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport
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