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    Airframe Family: Piasecki H-21
    Latest Model:H-21B Work Horse
    Last Military Serial:FR09 AdT
    Construction Number:B.155
    Compressed ID:Vertol H-21B sn FR09 AdT cn B.155
    Latest Owner or Location:American Helicopter Museum, Brandywine Airport, West Chester, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a H-21B by Vertol.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-4003.
    Serial number for book-keeping purposes only. Delivered to French Army.

    17 July 1956

    Transported by ship.
    By French Navy Aircraft Carrier DIXMUNDE to the Fench Army in Algeria.

    17 July 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de Terre with s/n 8.000.131.

    New serial number assigned: FR09 AdT

    3 March 1969

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Armee de Terre.
    Returned to the USA when?.
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    By May 1991

    To Florence Air and Missile Museum, Florence, SC.
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    By May 1991

    Markings Applied: US AIR FORCE
    In USAF markings as a CH-21B. The data plate states that it is a CH-21B.

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    To American Helicopter Museum, Brandywine Airport, West Chester, PA.
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    9 October 2013


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This machine is also known as the Shawnee and Flying Banana. Manufacturer name is PV-18. This rotorcraft flew with the French Air Force as 800131.
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