Aerotranstornados: AEROTRANSTORNADOS Nº62 - Sikorsky H-19A/H-19B Chickasaw

Sikorsky H-19A/B Chickasaw [1952 - 1961]

FAP	Serial	remarks
9101 [1]	51-7139 MSN 55137	1952 – delivered FAP to Esquadra Mista de Busca e Salvamento, BA4 Lajes; 1952 - assembled on base, suffered an accident to main rotor blades – to OGMA for repairs, returned to BA4 onboard aircraft carrier USS Tripoli; 1955.03.10 – flighte from USS Tripoli to Lajes – carrying a sick seaman to hospital - first medical evacuation! 1955.07.23 - two recon flights for marine biology studies on wales, by Robert Clarke of National Institute Oceonography; 1958 – wfu (replaced by a exUSAF H-18B); 1959 – to Esquadra (de Busca e Salvamento) nº41; 1959 – to BA6; 1959.10.04 – accident during inauguration of BA5 – damage to nose landing gear - never repaired(?); 1960.08.06 – noted oper. Sagres(?); 1960.08.19 – noted oper.; 1961.01 – last flight at BA6; 1962 – SoC FAP - scrapped?;
9101 [2]	?	? – delivery to USAF; 1958 – arr. BA4 reg. 9101; 1958.09.19 – noted oper. rescue of the passengers of the ship Arnel that ran aground in Santa Maria; 1959 – to Esquadra (de Busca e Salvamento) nº41; 1959.02.09 – last flight at BA4 – transferred to BA6 Montijo; 1959.06 (Summer) - noted operational Sagres 1959.06 – noted oper. (last flight?); 1960.11 – wfu; 1967.08.21 – noted DGMFA scrapyard; ? – scrapped – parts to Museu do Ar (main rotor and tail section);
‘9101’	57-5979 MSN 551237 H-19D-SI	1958.10.17 - delivered to US Army Aviation; ? - to Italian AF as MM57-5979, reserialled MM80119. After Italian service, abandoned at port of Antwerpen following a frustrated attempt at export in late 1960s, possibly connected with civil war in Biafra. Transported to Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels by Belgian AF Mar 3, 1976. 1980's - To Portugal in exchange for Junkers Ju-52/32 in mid 1980s. 2004 - noted in Museu do Ar, Alverca, as '9101' – l/n Sept.2023;