History of 154895

154895 was accepted on charge at NARF North Island, CA on the 5th of June 1967. It then went to NAS North Island on the 29th of July 1967, for shipping.
Arrived with H&MS 1st Marine Brigade, Kaneohe on the 30th July 1967.
To H&MS24 at Kaneohe on the 1st April 1968, where it was coded "EW-2".
For overhaul at FAWPRA Atsugi ON THE 2ND of Feb 1970.
To NAS Meridian on the 12th of Nov 1970.
To NARF Pensacola on the 2nd of Aug 1972.
Struck off charge there on the 3rd of Aug 1972, with a Total Time of 1745 hours.
Taken on charge by US Army Aviation Museum, Ft Rucker.
Then to Planes of Fame, Chino

Bu# 154895

To "SIDSIKO" and all you popasmoke members.Thanks so much for the info on our bird.Our restoration guy's will jump for joy..Rumor has it that we may be getting a UH-1 so I'll be back in touch soon.Thanks again.

RIPPER

I don't show "EW" on our list of tail codes. Which squadron was that?

beddoe;19261 wrote: I don't show "EW" on our list of tail codes. Which squadron was that?

EW * H&MS-24
MALS-24
MALSEK 1956-88
1988- ;2002-
2000-2002 Operated helos 1969-~77

http://www.geocities.com/hma1369/tailcodes.html

Ew-2

To H&MS24 at Kaneohe on the 1st April 1968, where it was coded "EW-2".

Wally,
That would be H&MS 24.

Picture of 154895.

H-34 Bu#154895

What does EW-2 stand for and is that an "E" or a "C" on the above aircraft.When we restore we want to get the codes right.Thanks

Cw-2

Ripper,
That would be the side # or call sign of the bird. Maintenance documents and logs refer to the bird by it's side # and also used as radio call sign. CHarlie Whiskey-2! See my signature, this was my bird for some of my time in RVN.

UH-34 Bu#154895

Joe; What SQ were you in in Vietnam? Did you fly this bird in Nam? Also, was their anything painted on the front clam shell doors? Thanks..Ripper
PS:T om "TF" Miller is one of our docents with me here. He was CO of HML-167. He flew in Nam 68-69.Do you know him??JR

Hmm-165

Ripper,
Sorry if my reply was confusing. I was a Mechanic-Gunner-Crew Chief with HMM-165 flying CH-46A's in RVN. I was there, in that unit, from October 1967 until late November 1968. I was refering to my signature, YW-11 (Yankee Whiskey in the phonetic alphabet). It was my first assigned Helicopter (photo attached)! I have not flown the UH-34 in question, nor do I know the C.O. of whom you speak. Again, sorry for any confusion.

yl-75

thinking back on the good ole days, you dared not leave your aircraft unattended while visiting another sqd. flight line. you would end up with a spray paint decal on your bird. such as a pineapple from the hawaii sqd that was there when i was. so i think that it seems that everyone that gets ahold of a '34 and asks for any information reports that it has YL-75 on it. did someone go around with a spray can and get every '34 they could find with a yl-75 stencil?

"Calling Cards"

When we were on the USS Valley Forge, LPH-8, the sailors liked to stencil "USS Valley Forge LPH-8" on th bottom of our birds. We found out and caught one of 'em....With this knowledge, we stenciled White Knights Head with HMM-165 EVERYWHERE!! Even on the Ships large numeral "8" on the superstructure! The Ship's company C.O said enough, and we had to cease and desist....Still we found USS Valley Forge stenciled on things from time to time, for several months!! It was on the INSIDE of our conex boxes when we unloaded at MMAF after the deployment!!LOL What an exercise! In good fun, though!:D