H-19B
Rapid City, SD
22 Feb 1955

S/N #53-4406 (Not confirmed) NOTE: It is not confirmed that the helicopter was an H-19B or where it was stationed at during this time. Through extensive Internet search, I was able to locate an H-19B crash on this date in the location described (http://accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5502.html). The database shows the pilot was “MARTIN, DEAN E”. If anyone…

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H-21B
Sewart AFB, TN
29 Sep 1955

S/N 50-1240 The Daily Independent (Kannapolis, NC.)Fri, Sep. 30, 1955, pages 1 & 7 Six Airmen Are Injured Helicopter Crashes Into Mountainside CALDERWOOD Tenn. (AP)  Six airmen were injured, two seriously, when a giant Air Force helicopter crashed into a remote spot on a rugged mountainside near here yesterday. The pilot and co-pilot, Lt. Richard…

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H-21A
San Marcos AFB, TX
22 Feb 1955

S/N 51-15261 The Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)Tue, Feb. 22, 1955, page 1 Helicopter Crash Kills Wusau Man SAN MARCOS, Tex. (AP)  Three Air Force officers, one of them from Wisconsin, were killed Sunday when their helicoptor crashed at an auxiliary field near San Marcos. The Gary Air Base identified the dead as Capt. William…

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H-19B
Eglin AFB, FL
1 Jun 1955

S/N 52-7519 “An Eglin AFB helicopter was damaged about 8 a.m. Wednesday when it made a forced landing on Johnson’s pasture about four miles northeast of Crestview. There were four occupants of the ‘copter but all escaped without injury. Engine trouble caused the landing and the machine tourned [sic] on its side when it struck…

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H-19B
Rhein-Main AB, Germany
9 Mar 1955

S/N 52-7493 H-19B #52-7493 from the 84th ARS at Rhine Main Air Base near Frankfurt, crewed by Charles R. Troppman (P), Maj. John C. Ziegler (CP), SSgt. Freddie Ramirez (FM) and A1C Jay A. Madarik (FM) crashed, killing all four, about 10 minutes after taking off from Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base for its base in Frankfrut…

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OH-13G
Niagara Falls AFB, NY
22 Sep 1955

S/N 53-3791 The Times Record (Troy, NY)Tue, Sep. 27, 1955, page 2 2 Airmen Die In Helicopter Crash Niagara Falls (AP) — Two Air Force Officers were killed yesterday when a helicopter crashed in a farmer’s field about two miles northwest of the Niagara Falls Air Force Base. The victims were identified as Lt. Edward…

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