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English: Two U.S. Army Sikorsky YR-4B helicopters in flight, circa in 1944. The U.S. Navy used three YR-4Bs and 22 R-4Bs as the HNS-1. The YR-4B were s/n 43-28227, 43-28229 and 43-28231. 43-28229 is visible in the back and became BuNo 39034. It was assigned to the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland (USA). From 17 April 1944 to 4 September 1953, is was assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Virginia (USA). Following its military service, it received to civil registry N75378 on 29 October 1957.
Date circa 1944
date QS:P571,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-K-15973
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-15973
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