H-43 production totals
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Production totals H-43 |
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Total built HOK-1 US Marines (OH-43D) |
81 |
81 |
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Total built HUK-1 US Navy (UH-43C) |
24 |
24 |
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Total built H-43 USAF (HH-43A, HH-43B, HH-43F) |
18+208+37 : |
263 |
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Total built QH-43G US Navy (H-43B airframe) |
2 |
2 |
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Total : |
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370 |
81 Kaman Model K-600 HOK-1 (OH-43D) U.S. Marines first flight 21 Apr 1953
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125528 / 125531 |
4 |
BuAer Contract number NOa(s) 12202 |
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129800 / 129840 |
41 |
BuAer Contract number NOa(s) 51-645 |
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138098 / 138102 |
5 |
BuAer Contract number NOa(s) 51-645 |
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139971 / 140001 |
31 |
BuAer Contract number NOa(s) 54-317 |
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Total : |
81 |
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one HOK (129839) was re-registered as USAF H-43A 58-5524 ; used for trials during 1958-1962+
24 Kaman Model K-600 HUK-1 (UH-43C ) U.S. Navy first flight ??
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146304 / 146327 |
24 |
UH-43C |
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Total : |
24 |
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18 Kaman Model K-600 H-43A (HH-43A) (also referred to as Model K600-1) first flight 19 Sep 1958
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58-1823 / 58-1840 |
18 |
HH-43A |
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Total : |
18 |
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NOTE : one "extra" H-43A, HOK-1 129839 was re-registered as USAF 58-5524 for trials (sometimes referred to as YH-43B, probably because of tests with H-43B rotorblades
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208 *) Kaman Model K-600-3 HH-43B and 37 *) Kaman Model K-600-4 HH-43F |
*) the Book "Kaman-Our Early Years" by Charles H. Kaman (1985) indicates that the total built is: 202 HH-43B and 37 HH-43F
208 HH-43B Model K600-3 first flight 01 Nov 1958
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58-1841 / 58-1860 |
20 |
HH-43B |
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59-1540 / 59-1593 |
54 |
HH-43B |
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60-0251 / 60-0292 |
42 |
HH-43B 1) |
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61-2920 / 61-2922 |
3 |
HH-43B 2) |
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61-2943 / 61-2954 |
12 |
HH-43B 3) |
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62-4507 / 62-4565 * |
59 |
HH-43B 4) * -4508, -4511, -4525, -4560 were modified to HH-43F and delivered to SEA Oct65 |
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62-5976 / 62-5979 |
4 |
HH-43B (976 and 977 delivered to Morocco AF ; 978, 979 to USAF) |
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62-12513/ 62-12514 |
2 |
HH-43B (delivered to Morocco AF) |
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63-9710/ 63-9717 * |
8 |
HH-43B * 711 thru 716 (6) from production line delivered as HH-43F to SEA Oct64 * 717 was modified to HH-43F and delivered to SEA Aug65 |
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64-17557 / 64-17559* |
3 |
HH-43B * 559 was modified to HH-43F and delivered to SEA Aug65 |
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65-12758 |
1 |
HH-43B (delivered to Morocco AF ; sometimes referred to as HH-43F) |
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Total : |
208 |
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*) only these 12 aircraft received armor plating during modification at Kaman Corp. 1964-1965
1) 60-0266**, 0270, 0271 (3) delivered to Colombia AF - 60-0272 thru 0276 (5) to BurmaAF - 60-0290, 0291, 0292 (3) to Thailand AF
2) 61-2920 to Thailand AF
3) 61-2943 thru 2949 (7) to Burma AF
4) 62-4541**, -4542, -4543 ** (3) to Colombia AF
62-4552, -4553, -4554, -4555, -4556, -4557 (6) to Pakistan AF
** 61-0266, 62-4541 and 62-4543 returned to USAF from Colombia AF during Oct-Nov 1968 and were reworked at Kaman Corp. ;
Aircraft 61-0266 and 62-4543 were sent to SEA (38th ARRS)
37 HH-43F Model K600-4
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64-14213 / 64-14220 |
8 |
HH-43F (delivered to Iran AF) |
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64-15097 / 64-15103 |
7 |
HH-43F (delivered to Iran Army, later transferred to AF) |
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64-17682 |
1 |
HH-43F (delivered to Iran AF) |
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65-10647 / 65-10656 |
10 |
HH-43F (delivered to Iran AF) |
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65-12755 / 65-12757 |
3 |
HH-43F (delivered to Burma AF) |
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65-12914 / 65-12915 |
2 |
HH-43F (delivered to Burma AF) |
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67-14769 / 67-14774 |
6 |
HH-43F (delivered to Iran AF) |
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Total : |
37 |
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2 QH-43G Model K-137 (in fact Model K-600-3 with c/n 167 and 190 , taken out of the H-43B production sequence)
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N10031, N10032 |
2 |
QH-43G |
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Total : |
2 |
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the two QH-43G were used for USN tests as pilotless aircraft, tethered to the ground or the shipdeck of USS Wright
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EARLY MODEL Kaman K-240 HTK-1 U.S. Navy
29 HTK-1 (TH-43E) (production 1951-1953)
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128653 / 128660 |
8 |
TH-43E |
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129300 / 129317 |
18 |
TH-43E |
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137833 / 137835 |
3 |
TH-43E |
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Total : |
29 |
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1 HTK-1K Model K-225/240 U.S. Navy
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138602 |
1 |
first full remote-control helicopter (drone test) "Yellow Peril" ; first flight May 1953 |
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Total : |
1 |
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EARLY MODEL Kaman K-225 U.S. Navy - USCG - USAF
4 Model K-225 (1949-1950) with military registration ; 7 other K-225 were built as well since 1949
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125446 |
1 |
Sometimes referred to as XHTK-1 ; sometimes also a second serial is given : 125447 |
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125477 / 125478 |
2 |
125478 is supposed to be re-registered as USCG 1239 XHTK-1G |
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USCG 1239 |
- |
see above - 125478 (used during 1950-1954) |
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50-1271 |
1 |
USAF YH-22 |
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Total : |
4 |
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last update : 03/02/2022