Sikorsky HH-52A: An Illustrated History

Sea Power, Oct 2003 by Gardner, Sherry L

SIKORSKY HH-52A: An Illustrated History, by Lennart Lundh, Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Military History, 2003. 152 pp. $35.00. ISBN: 0-7643-1782-2. Noted historian and author Lennart Lundh covers the history of the Sikorsky HH-52A, the Coast Guard's short-range rescue helicopter for almost three decades. Lundh puts together the manufacturing, design details, and records of each airframe's history. Of special interest are the recollections of nearly a score of Coast Guard pilots and aircrews, along with the text of the Army's evaluation of the first production airframe. The various appendixes provide a look not only at the crew art as it appeared on the aircraft, but also the patches for many of the detachments that flew the Sikorsky. With color and black-and-white photographs and appendixes.

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