53-7957

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• 53-7957 US Army #1498. L-20 No.499 Command A-4. Delivered 07-Mar-1955. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962. Subsequently converted to a RU-6A.

• 53-7957 Operated with 224^th Aviation 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research). Reported as being with the 156^th Aviation Company (RR) Can Tho, Vietnam from 01-Jun-1966. However, see below regarding “Snoopy”.

Note: “Snoopy”, the dog cartoon, on nose cowling in Jul-1970, a reflection of its operational role.

Note: Unusually had a white cabin roof, this was to protect electronics from tropical heat.

Accident: Long Thanh North. Date unknown. Suffered a hard landing and damaged undercarriage leg after which it became a “hanger queen” including a crown made up by unit sheet metal specialist. Interestingly this is the base for 146^th Aviation Company (RR).

Emblem of the 146^th Aviation Co.

Both the 146^th and the 156^th were companies of the 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) in Vietnam so both attachments over the period of time, 1966 to 1970, are highly likely.

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