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          65-07981

 

 

         
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271st Assault Support Helicopter Company

"Innkeepers"

 

 

         

 

 

             65-07981, Boeing build number B-153, was a CH-47A helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 24 January 1966. 65-07981 accumulated 3,247.7 aircraft hours.

   At some point, 65-07981 was assigned to the 271st Assault Support Helicopter Company (ASHC) - "Innkeepers", located at Can Tho, in the Republic of Vietnam ( RVN), through at least 1971.

   On 5 December 1984, 65-07981 was inducted into the D model program and converted to 85-24323.

   The last known location of 65-07981 was at Boeing during the conversion.

   Aircraft status: Converted to D model.

 

 

         
65-07981 pictured with crew members SP5 Tom Hope (left), FE, and SP5 David Stroud (right), CE, 1971.

             65-07981- "Snoopy's Dream", pictured with crew members SP5 Tom Hope (left), FE, and SP5 David Stroud (right), CE, 1971. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger image.

 

 

          This aircraft was piloted by:

 

          Your Name Here.

 

 

          This aircraft was crewed by:

 

          SP5 Tom Hope, FE, 1971.

 

          SP5 David Stroud, CE, 1971.

 

          Your Name Here.

 

 

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Last updated: 09/16/2017 14:49:56