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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1B-BF Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:60-3614 US
    Construction Number:0260
    Last Civil Registration:N70264
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1B-BF sn 60-3614 US cn 0260...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-1B-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 60-3614.

    1962

    Redesignated as UH-1B-BF.

    To Ventura County Fire Protection Distr, Camarillo, CA with new c/r N70264.

    13 April 1978

    To Ventura County Fire Protection Distr, Camarillo, CA keeping c/r N70264.

    26 April 1994

    Civil registration, N70264, cancelled.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Loaned to San Diego Aerospace Museum San Diego, CA.

    Loaned to USS Midway Museum.
    The ownership was transferred to the Midway museum.

    Restored.
    Restored at Gillespie Field in San Diego, CA.

    3 June 2004

    Transported by ground. Delivered to USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 319
    In the markings of HA(L)-3, USN.

    18 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed on the USS Midway on the waterfront at San Diego, California

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed on the USS Midway on the Waterfront in San Diego, California.

    21 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA, USA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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