Couple of pics of Sikorski S-58 at sea

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A couple more of my dad's photos. These were taken from a Shell oil tanker
off the coast of Norway. The tankers used to go to and from Kirkenes. I have tried to find out the history of this helicopter and from what little I can find, it was involved in a fatal accident in West Africa. I am not sure on this though. Oddly enough LN-OSE was later used on a MBB B0-105.

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Sikorsky HSS-1N Seabat, c/n 58-1617, redesignated SH-34G.III in 1962
BuNo150812
SC+255, German Navy
WE+555, German Navy
80+94, German Navy
http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1105174F.jpg
D-HKAA
D-HOSE
LN-OSE, leased for six months to Court Helicopters, South Africa
EC-DDR, Helicsa Helicópteros S.A., wo 12 Mar 1990, Freetown, Sierra Leone
http://patrickmathieu243.perso.neuf.fr/hu/helico/s58/photo/58-1617_ec-ddr_photo1p.jpg

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Thanks again Wieesso. As I say, I think there were fatalities in the crash as well. Ironically enough my dad worked at Freetown Airport (Lunghi) for a while but it was before the accident.

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Thanks again Wieesso. As I say, I think there were fatalities in the crash as well.

pax: 13 - fatalities: 11