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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-62 / H-52 / HU2S
    Latest Model:HH-52A Seaguard
    Last Military Serial:1384 USCG
    Construction Number:62-065
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HH-52A sn 1384 USCG cn 62-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Elizabeth City USCGAS, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HH-52A.

    1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1384.

    From By 1964 to After December 1968

    Transferred to CGAS Miami, FL.

    By 1971

    Transferred to CGAS San Francisco, CA.

    10 April 1971

    Lieutenant Commander Hsu was awarded Air Medal for actions on this date. Citation reads as follows: Lieutenant Commander Hsu is cited for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flighton 10 April 1971 engaged in the rescue of four injured persons, including two children, from an aircraft crash in the mountains near Orinda, California. Departing San Francisco in early morning darkness, Lieutenant Commander Hsu navigated by road map to the crash site and found it marked by one small red flare and a few flashlights. Although the crash site was in the shadow of the mountains making it difficult to distinguish the tress, rocks, and sheer cliffs, the urgency of the evacuation dictated an attempted landing. Lieutenant Commander Hsu skillfully maneuvered the helicopter in a demanding circling approach from 2500 feet to a restricted landing on a small knoll which protruded from a sheer drop on three sides and a steep mountain wall on the other. Displaying expert aeronautical skill and aided only by the helicopters landing lights in reaching the landing site, he airlifted the severely injured survivor to a waiting ambulance. He then made three subsequent flights to the crash scene to remove the remaining survivors to safety.

    By 1972

    Transferred to CGAS Mobile, AL.

    By April 1975

    Transferred to CGAS Port Angeles, WA.

    By October 1988

    Transferred to CGAS North Bend, OR.

    29 October 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    By 1990

    Transferred to CGAS Chicago, IL.

    By October 1994

    To Elizabeth City USCGAS, Elizabeth City, NC.
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    From Unknown to After 2012

    Mounted on post at base entrance.

    By 2018

    Displayed on a concrete pad.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air Britain
    AircraftSlides.com
    Foundation for Coast Guard History
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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