c/n 538, N6265

[Doug Johnson]

4 pictures check your albums. Please do an internet search maybe you'll come up with one I couldn't find, I need all the help I can get.

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c/n 538, s/n 62-3607, built 10/61 as model L-28A USAF s/n 62-3607 accepted 10/61, t/n “23607” USAF Systems Command until '61, '62 L-28A re-designated U-10A, USAF (Strategic Air Command?), 451^st Strategic Missile Wing, Lowry AFB, CO until '63, USAF Tactical Air Command, 1^st Air Commando Group, Eglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #9 (Hurlburt Field), FL accident damaged no details @ unknown location 08/63, on 9/63 sent to Helio Aircraft Corporation, Pittsburg KS, for repair (probably U-10A to U-10D conversion was done at this time), 03/64 sent to USAF Tactical Air Command, 4410^th Combat Crew Training Wing, Luke AFB, AZ until 02/66, USAF Tactical Air Command, 4510^th Combat Crew Training Wing, Eglin Auxiliary Field 9 (Hurlburt Field), until 07/69, USAF Air Force Special Operations Command, 1^st Special Operations Wing, 317^th Special Operations Squadron, Eglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #9 (Hurlburt Field), Florida (Code AO) until 06/70, To ASI, Oakland, California - Contract Work until 08/70, USAF Air Force Special Operations Command, 1^st Special Operations Wing, 317^th Special Operations Squadron, Eglin Air Force Auxiliary Field #9 (Hurlburt Field), FL (Code AO) until 08/71, USAF Air Materiel Command, Military Aircraft Storage & Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ until 11/71, USAF Air Materiel Command, Warner-Robins Air Materiel Area, Robins, GA - Loan Status - Note: This ‘loan’ status covers a variety of circumstances including clandestine operations by US government agencies, struck off charge, transfer and diversion to non-USAF released from sales contracting defense surplus San Diego as N6265 (airworthiness information missing from FAA file) sold as demilitarized H-295 to Dresden Manufacturing (Wayne Stevens) Gaithersberg, MD registered as H-295 accident no details @ San Francisco CA 10/76, reg cancelled by owner as destroyed 11/76

[Doug Johnson]

Found a copy of a B/W picture of c/n 538 in color so decided to add it as #3

But we are still missing 135 pictures of the 530 Helios built

And we still need a picture of 538 as civilian N6265.