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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:65-9643 US
    Construction Number:4687
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H sn 65-9643 US cn 4687
    Latest Owner or Location:Dothan, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1D-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 65-9643.

    October 1966

    Transferred to 174th Assault Helicopter Company, South Vietnam.

    May 1967

    Destroyed.
    Damaged by enemy fire while inserting an Eagle Flight north of Duc Pho. The aircraft was losing power and smoking badly. It was set down on the way back to Duc Pho. Later that day, before sunset, she was field stripped to deprive the Vietcong of the radios and equipment, then called in artillery to destroy aircraft.
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    Circa 1970

    Converted to an UH-1H.

    By November 1995

    Assigned to Fort Rucker, AL for storage.

    Circa 2000

    To Dothan, AL.
    Mounted on a post at Veterans Park. Allocated 6/11/00.
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    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    10 February 2012


    Photographer: Richard Lane

    2016

    Restored.
    Paint restoration only.
    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 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     174th Assault Helicopter Company
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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