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To leerburg during policemen internationals deeply ocean the can learn worthwhile. Assigned to D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 9th Infantry Division Light Horse D Troop 3th acquired the remains and the paper work. A few more months went by, and D troop had rebuilt themselves a reliable little hash and trash bird. The D Troop maintenance and the LSI civilian contract mechanics had taken one of their own shot up hulks and 16673 and spliced them together. The Hughes Tech Rep came by and told them that there was no way that this could be done without factory jigs. He said that it was going to be always out of rig and never fly right. The D Troop's Maintenance Officer informed the Hughes that they had already made two hash and trash trips to Vung Tau and back already. The 3th Cav used the tail number of #16658 as it had been the largest part of the rebuilt airframe on their books. Accident Dec 7 South Vietnam. The tail rotor failed, spinning the aircraft which struck a revetment. The aircraft crashed on the edge of the POL bladder, and the pilot and observer rapidly egressed the Loach and made it to a drainage ditch just as the whole thing blew up. 16674 assigned to D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 9th Infantry Division Light Horse 1969-Jul 1969. Shot down Jul 16 South Vietnam and crashed 16675 assigned to Casper Aviation Platoon, 173rd Airborne Brigade 1969-Dec 1969. Assigned to 303rd Transportation Company 1970. damage 12, South Vietnam. Forced landing with damage to the main rotor system. Assigned to 79th Transportation Company Feb 1970. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 101st Aviation Group Ghost Riders Mar 1970-Dec 1970. Accident Jun 20 RVN. The aircraft was recovered to Quang Tri. Assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry 1971-Dec 1971 Assigned to A Battery, 377th Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division 1972 Assigned to AVSCOM St MS, Feb 1972-Jun 1972 Assigned to Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center 1st Transportation Battalion, USNS Corpus Bay, Jul 1972 Assigned to Directorate for Maintenance, Sharpe Army Depot Aug 1972-Feb 1975 Loaned to West Flying Club, NY, Oct 1972-Nov 1972 Assigned to US Army National Guard Mar 1975 Registered N330CM 8Feb 2000; current On 10 the aircraft, registered to Corporate Troubleshooters Inc., was substantially damaged when it collided with the following a loss of engine power during final approach to landing at County Field Airport Hampton, 16676 Assigned to A Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment Ruthless Riders Jul69-Nov69 Destroyed during a NVA sapper attack Nov 16 at Camp Radcliff, RVN. 16677 accident Feb 27 South Vietnam 16678 Assigned to B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. Shot down 22 South Vietnam. The pilot was shot the head and the helicopter took several hits which then crashed. 16679 Assigned to Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Flying Circus Jun 1970-Sep 1970. Assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment. Shot down by small arms fire at classified location 7. Aircraft crshed and burned. 3 16680 assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Accident Oct 26 South Vietnam 16681 assigned to A Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Nov 1971- 1972 Registered N26JK to United States Border Patrol Air Operations, El Paso, TX, Apr 25 later to Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. Registered to US Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Inspection Services Wildlife Services Cedar City, UT, Aug 2; current 16682 Delivered to US Army Mar 1969 Assigned to D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 9th Infantry Division Light Horse 1969- 1970 assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry. Accident Oct 14 South Vietnam 16684 assigned to B Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Cavalry. Accident Jul 28 South Vietnam 16686 assigned to Headquarters Headquarters 44th Engineer Group Korat, Thailand Apr 1969 Assigned to D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 9th Infantry Division Light Horse 1969-Jul 1969 damage Jul 16 South Vietnam during a visual reconnaissance mission. The helicopter was hit the tail section by a booby trap causing fragmentation damage. 67 17002 Hughes TH-55A Osage Hughes Model 269A. MSN 0794. Sometimes a prefix is quoted added to the MSN, which stands for month plus the last digit of the year of manufacture, but there is no apparent pattern to these prefixes, thay are not quoted here. 16690,16735,16751,16765,16772,16773,16780, 16926,16940,16957 sold to Thailand. 16692,16698,16706,16725,16777,16785,16801, 16808,16814,16817,16821,16825,16832,16839, 16844,16850,16872,16876,16891,16904,16925, 16946,16965,16973,16987,16990,16996 converted to QTH-55A. 16699 Apr 2007 noted at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, then to Forgotten Warriors Museum, Cape 16701 became N681BC. Wrecked when suddenly descended while hovering at GA 26. 16707 16711 to civil registry as N3081Q 16722 16727 became N994K, registration cancelled by FAA Oct 27 on sale to owner UK. Registration N994K restored Nov 9. Aircraft is at Bournemouth, UK for rebuild 16737 registration N1886G