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6 photos tagged sikorskyho3s, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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Related tags

Tags that often appear on the same photos:

• helicopter
• aviation
• aircraft
• rotarywing
• rotorcraft
• navalaviation
• unitedstatesnavy
• usnavy
• usn
• sikorsky
• sikorskys51
• s51
• sikorskyho3sdragonfly
• sikorskydragonfly
• ho3s
• dragonfly
• sikorskyho3s1dragonfly
• sikorskyho3s1
• ho3s1
• ship
• koreanwar
• hospitalship
• hospitalcorps
• medevac

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• SDASM Archives 4 photos
• Navy Medicine 1 photo
• Smithsonian Institution 1 photo

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HO3S BuNo 122714 ""Honey Bucket"" from HU-1 taking off from carrier deck NHHS Photo

from SDASM Archives

• Michael Springer said:

  date?

• SDASM Archives said:

  Michael Springer Circa 1950

• Al_HikesAZ said:

  Thanks for this excellent historical photo. Here are some photos my father shot of this whirlybird deployed in the Korean War. www.flickr.com/photos/alanenglish/51730230763/in/dateposted/ www.flickr.com/photos/alanenglish/51730238223/in/photostr...

HO3S engaged in hoisting a person from a ship at sea NHHS Photo

from SDASM Archives

• Brian Miller said:

  This is an HO2S

Icebreaker with Equipment in Antarctica

from Smithsonian Institution

• 4 older comments, and then…
• Pablo Trincado said:

  amazing antartic serie!

• Fatima Deniz said:

  muy buena la foto saludos

• striped cast said:

  WOW , what a beautiful work , excellent data and description .

• Felipe_Bezerra said:

  wow i didnt know that the navy used helicopters back in '47! great photograph!

• Andrew McGeechan said:

  Felipe_Bezerra First landing aboard ship by a USN helicopter was in 1943 ! This one is a Vought-Sikorsky R-5 A. soon to be the 'H'-5 Licence produced in Britain as the Westland Dragonfly. The designation 'H' was given to helicopters from 1949