Looking to find the history of a Cobra

[dirkpitt289]

In my town we have a static display of an AH-1F Cobra possibly a 1G and I would like to track down the history of this bird so that we can restore it correctly. A friend of mine tracked down the tail number ( 69-16442) to both a 1F and a 1G. I find it unlikely they would re-use the same tail number on two of the same aircraft but a model different? Anyway where can I go to track down this info?

[T Bolt]

I found this Dirk:

69-16410/16447 Bell AH-1G-BF Cobra
69-16442 (c/n 20874) converted to AH-1F. noted in storage at Fort Drum, NY. May 21, 2001

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks ,

Do you have a lint to where you found that T?

[T Bolt]

I found it here:USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present
I use it quite a bit.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That was the exact website I was going to use.

You can also possibly contact the US Army Aviation at Fort Rucker, Alabama. They might have some sources that can help you out.

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