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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:CH-34C Choctaw
    Last Military Serial:57-1708 USAF
    Construction Number:58-0868
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-34C sn 57-1708 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-34A-SI by Sikorsky at Stratford, Connecticut, USA.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1708.

    Converted to a H-34C.

    1962

    Converted to a CH-34C.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number XJ177.

    By 28 August 2000

    To Dross Metals (DMI), Tucson, AZ.
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    To Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    By 20 July 2013

    Markings Applied: ARMY, U.S. ARMY 71708

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    24 September 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings over Wine Country Air Show in Sonoma, California.

    24 February 2019


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Notes: Photo taken at the Pacific Air Museum located at the Sonoma County Airport.
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