Bell 204 c/n 2199
Einige interssante Info (via Richard from Rotterdam auf Scramble MB) dieser Bell204 die nicht beim US Army genutzt wurde, sondern beim CIA.
A bit more searching found a very interesting background by the way. Not military, but CIA related as it was originally bought by Air America to fly in Vietnam:
copied from:
http://www.utdallas.edu/library/collections/speccoll/Leeker/204.pdf
Bell 204B N1307X 2199 1 July 66 bought new
Service history: officially bought by Air America on 30 November 66 at $ 377,184.90 (Accumulated costs as of 30 November 68, in: UTD/CIA/B40/F8); previously probably financed by the Pacific Corp.; the aircraft was assigned to contract AID-430-1092 for use out of Saigon in April and May 66, but had still not arrived in May 66 (Aircraft status as of 8 April 66, in: UTD/Kirkpatrick/B1F1; Aircraft status as of 4 May 66, in: UTD/Hickler/B1F2); bought from Bell Helicopters on 1 July 66; registered to Air America on 26 July 66 (Status as of 5 April 74, in: UTD/CIA/B56F3); probably entered service in South Vietnam on 5 September 66 (Minutes Ex Com-AACL/AAM of 13 July 66, in: UTD/CIA/B8F1); at Saigon in 1967; photo in Air America Log, vol. I, no.1, 1967, p. 1; on 13 December 66, N1307X had a mechanical failure at coordinates XS 59294, but was repaired and returned to Saigon (V-01) the same day (XOXO of 13 Dec. 66, in: UTD/Hickler/B26F16); on 27 December 66, N1307X had another mechanical failure at Quang Tri / La Vang (V-263), but was repaired and returned to Saigon (V-01) the following day (XOXOs of 27 and 28 Dec. 66, in: UTD/Hickler/B26F16); on 18 January 68, the rotor wash of N1307X damaged the elevators of C-46 B-926 which was parked at the Air America ramp at Danang (V-03); repaired (XOXO of 18 Jan. 68, in: UTD/Hickler/B26F17); on 14 March 68, N1307X encountered engine problems 11 miles west of Vung Tau (V-05) and was airlifted to V-05 by a US Army Chinook for an engine change (XOXO of 14 March 68, in: UTD/Hickler/B26F16); assigned to contract AID/VN-23 for use out of Saigon as a basic aircraft in May 68 (Aircraft status as of 1 May 68, in: UTD/Herd/B2); on 18 May 68, N1307X made a forced landing at coordinates YT 4025 due to engine problems; repaired (XOXO of 18 May 68, in: UTD/Hickler/ B25F13); assigned to contract AID/VN-41 for use out of Saigon 15-31 August 68 (F.O.C. of 15 Aug. 68, in: UTD/LaShomb/B14); on 31 October 68, N8512F was hit by ground fire and made a forced landing at coordinates XR 4345 in South Vietnam; the crew was picked up by N1307X, N8512F was picked up by a US Army Chinook and later repaired (XOXO of 31 Oct. 68, in: UTD/Hickler/B26F17); in use out of Saigon at least between 24 July 68 and 10 May 69 (Crew member duty report of H. F. Miller, in: UTD/Miller/B4F6); still assigned to contract AID/VN-41 for use out of Saigon 16-30 June 69 (F.O.Circulars of 15 June 69, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7B) and 15-31 August 69 (F.O.C. of 15 Aug. 69, in: UTD/Hickler/B1F1); a Vietnamese ran into the tail rotor at Duc Duc, South Vietnam, on 27 December 69 (XOXO of 27 Dec. 69, in: UTD/Hickler/B25F9; Accident report, in: UTD/Hickler/B24F2); on 14 May 70, N1307X was en route from Tam Ky Alt (V-246) to Hiep Duc (VH-576) with a sling load; while about ½ mile southeast of VH-576 at an altitude of 2300 feet, the aircraft came under automatic weapons fire; one round pierced the cabin floor, destroyed the
water jug carried on board, touched the helmet of F/M L. A. Aquino and exited thru the right hand cabin door window; the PIC, Capt. R. L. Densley, increased speed and landed at VH-576 after dropping the sling load (XOXO of 14 May 70, in: UTD/Hickler/B25F10); on 15 August 70, N1307X was hit by ground fire while the aircraft was on final approach to an outpost at an altitude of 300 feet at coordinates XR 665705; nobody on board was injured, and the aircraft landed safely (XOXO of 15 Aug. 70, in: UTD/Hickler/B25F10); received minor skin damage from mortar fire while parked at Can Tho (V-17), South Vietnam, on 17 September 70 (XOXO of 17 Sept. 70, in: UTD/Hickler/B25F10; Minutes ExCom-AACL/AAM of 22 September 70, in: UTD/CIA/B8F4); on 8 February 71, N1307X received ground fire at coordi-nates BT 0755, approximately 7 miles west southwest of Hoi An (V-206), slightly injuring PIC R. C. Case and slightly damaging the aircraft, which was repaired later (XOXO of 8 Feb. 71, in: UTD/Hickler/B25F11); in use out of Saigon at least between 20 April 71 and 24 July 71 (Saigon daily flight schedules, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F1); assigned to contract AID/VN-100 for use out of Saigon at least 1-31 July 71 (F.O.Circulars of 1 and 15 July 71, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7B); in use out of Saigon on 26 December 73 (Saigon daily flight schedule of 26 Dec. 73, in: UTD/Dexter/F1); still assigned to contract AID/VN-100 for use out of Saigon at least 16-30 April 73 (F.O.C. of 16 April 73, in: UTD/Kaufman/B1F14) and 1 November-31 December 73 (F.O.Circulars of 1 Nov. 73 and 1 Dec. 73, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7C); assigned to contract AID SA-C-1029 for use out of Saigon at least 1-28 February 74 (F.O.C. of 1 Feb. 74, in: UTD/CIA/B51F21) and 1 April-31 May 74 (F.O.Circulars of 1 April 74 and 1 May 74, in: UTD/Hickler/B8F7C).
Fate: evacuated from Saigon aboard the USS Duluth (Aircraft summary as of May 75, in: UTD/CIA/B51F12) on 29 April 75 and shipped to Cubi Point, Philippines; main-tained there by AVSCOM (US Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, MI) personnel in May 75 and until 17 July 75; shipped to Corpus Christi, TX, between 17 July 75 and 18 August 75; stayed at Corpus Christi between 18 August 75 and 9 September 75; transported by truck from there to Roswell, NM, between 9 and 12 September 75; awaiting sale at Roswell at least between 12 and 30 September 75 (Letter by Clyde S. Carter dated 22 May 75, in: UTD/CIA/B17F4; Air America, owned aircraft as of 30 September 75, in: UTD/CIA/B56F1; Memo of F. Stergar dated 14 January 94, in: UTD/Stergar/B1F8); photo in the Inventory list made up by R. Dixon Speas Associates Inc and dated 10 and 11 November 1975, p. 15, in: UTD/CIA/B18F6; sold to Omni Aircraft Sales, Washington DC, at $ 125,000 according to the Sales Agreement of 13 November 75 (Summary of aircraft sales, in: UTD/CIA/B40F6); sold to Omni Aircraft Sales, Washington, DC, on 2 February 76 (Properties list dated 17 February 76, in: UTD/ CIA/B18F9); deregistration requested on 6 February 76 (Letter by Clyde S. Carter dated 6 February 76, in: UTD/CIA/B16F9); sold to Greenlandair, Sondre Stromfjord, as OY-HCB in 1976; CofA issued on 22 June 77; regd. on 22 June 77; named "Sujugdleq"; photo in Air-Britain Digest, Nov.-Dec. 81, p. 141; canx on 26 October 82; sold to ? as C-GVEG in March 83; sold to I.M.S. Ltd, Calgary, Alta, in October 83; to Turbowest Helicopters, Calgary, Alta, in 1983; to Yellowhead Helicopters, Valemount, BC, in 1990; current in 1997; leased to Great Slave Helicopters Ltd, Yellowknife, NWT, in 1997; current with Yellowhead Helicopters in 1998 and in 2001.
MfG,
Erik