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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:EH-1X Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:69-15015 US
    Construction Number:11303
    Last Civil Registration:N494DF
    Compressed ID:Bell EH-1X sn 69-15015 US cn 11303...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Event

    Constructed as an EH-1X.

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-15015.

    From February 1970 to September 1970

    Transferred to 254th Medical Attachment, Nha Tran.
    Operated with markings: Blood, Sweat, and Tears
    Jack Morrison reports: Served in the Vietnam War as a medical evacuation (medevac) helicopter. It was used by the 254th Medical Attachment, Nha Trang, 1970. Crewed by Jack Wolfe, Chief Engineer, who also painted a design on the nose and named it Blood, Sweat, and Tears. A photo of it can be seen in a book by John Brennan, Vietnam War Helicopter Are: US Army Rotor Aircraft. This ship has seen them all, said Wolfe. The helicopter survived Vietnam from February 1970 to April 1972, with 1,506 flight hours, serving in the 254th from February to September 1970. Crew Chief Jack Lee Wolfe died on June 27, 1970 from wounds received in an earlier event. It is believed he was wounded when this aircraft was hit by enemy fire (B40 Rocket) from the gound. It did not crash. Another crewman was killed in that incident - SP5 Theodore W High. Both men have memorial pages on The Virtual Wall at http://www.virtualwall.org.

    5 December 1991

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N494DF.

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    17 June 2019


    Photographer: VAUGHN WARRINER
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