[REQ] USAREUR UH-1H's at TeaMCo, Brussels

[Stephan Lodewijks]

In the late Eighties and early Nineties the TeaMCo company at Brussels did maintenance on a lot of US Army Europe hardware: Cobras, Kiowas and Iroquois'. Especially the Iroquois' were tricky, because for the 15xxx and 16xxx serial range you needed the Fiscal Year from the data block to actually know which airframe it was, because of double or triple 5-digit numbers. Military aviations books, magazines and other media never really published the complete list of USAREUR UH-1H's. I'm not even sure how 'steady' the airframes were assigned to Europe. There may very well have been regular swaps of helicopters back and forth between the CONUS and Europe. Anyway, here is a list of UH-1H's I still need the Fiscal Years of, plus also the ones that I had complete serials of, grouped together where having the same five digits. The dates I saw them at Brussels are also mentioned, in 'yyyymmdd' format.

Can anyone help me fill in the FY-gaps? Thanks in advance! Here we go:

69 15009 UH-1H 19881019

__ 15088 UH-1H 19881019

__ 15166 UH-1H 19890512
__ 15166 UH-1H 19890528

69 15217 UH-1H 19880626
__ 15217 UH-1H 19881019

__ 15238 UH-1H 19881019

__ 15412 UH-1H 19910102

__ 15523 UH-1H 19890108

__ 15560 UH-1H 19881019

68 15609 UH-1H 19890108
__ 15609 UH-1H 19890528

__ 15650 UH-1H 19890512

__ 15813 UH-1H 19890512
__ 15813 UH-1H 19890528

69 15855 UH-1H 19880626

__ 15922 UH-1H 19881019

69 15951 UH-1H 19890108

66 16075 UH-1H 19880626

68 16114 UH-1H 19880626
__ 16114 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16114 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16154 UH-1H 19881019

70 16287 UH-1H 19880626
__ 16287 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16287 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16299 UH-1H 19890108
70 16299 UH-1H 19930224

__ 16312 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16312 UH-1H 19890528

66 16377 UH-1H 19880626

__ 16384 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16384 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16398 UH-1H 19881019

66 16429 UH-1H 19880626

__ 16433 UH-1H 19881019
__ 16433 UH-1H 19890512

68 16436 UH-1H 19880626
68 16436 UH-1H 19881019

__ 16439 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16452 UH-1H 19910102

__ 16483 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16483 UH-1H 19890528
__ 16483 UH-1H 19910102

__ 16510 UH-1H 19890108

68 16526 UH-1H 19880626
__ 16526 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16526 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16560 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16560 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16578 UH-1H 19881019
__ 16578 UH-1H 19890512

68 16579 UH-1H 19880626
68 16579 UH-1H 19890528

__ 16611 UH-1H 19881019

66 16760 UH-1H 19890108

66 16870 UH-1H 19880626
66 16870 UH-1H 19890512
66 16870 UH-1H 19890528

66 16986 UH-1H 19890528

66 17066 UH-1H 19890512
66 17066 UH-1H 19890528

66 17135 UH-1H 19890512
66 17135 UH-1H 19890528

66 17139 UH-1H 19881019

67 17195 UH-1H 19890512
67 17195 UH-1H 19890528

67 17217 UH-1H 19890512
67 17217 UH-1H 19890528

67 17247 UH-1H 19880626

67 17266 UH-1H 19890512
67 17266 UH-1H 19890528

67 17286 UH-1H 19890512

67 17413 UH-1H 19880626
67 17413 UH-1H 19890827

67 17428 UH-1H 19880626
67 17428 UH-1H 19881019

67 17543 UH-1H 19880626

67 17623 UH-1H 19890528

67 17629 UH-1H 19880626

67 17670 UH-1H 19880626
67 17670 UH-1H 19881019
67 17670 UH-1H 19890512

67 17749 UH-1H 19890528

67 17756 UH-1H 19890512
67 17756 UH-1H 19890528

71 20123 UH-1H 19910102

71 20130 UH-1H 19880626

71 20132 UH-1H 19881019

71 20255 UH-1H 19881019
71 20255 UH-1H 19890108

71 20270 UH-1H 19890512
71 20270 UH-1H 19890528
71 20270 UH-1H 19910401

71 20298 UH-1H 19890512

72 21558 UH-1H 19890528

72 21567 UH-1H 19880626

72 21571 UH-1H 19890528

72 21585 UH-1H 19880626
72 21585 UH-1H 19890512

72 21605 UH-1H 19890512

72 21618 UH-1H 19890528

73 21682 UH-1H 19890528

73 21696 UH-1H 19880626

73 21698 UH-1H 19890512

73 21752 UH-1H 19890827

73 21854 UH-1H 19890528

73 22125 UH-1H 19881019

74 22329 UH-1H 19890512
74 22329 UH-1H 19890528

74 22335 UH-1H 19890827

74 22343 UH-1H 19881019

74 22412 UH-1H 19881019

74 22465 UH-1H 19881019

74 22502 UH-1H 19881019
74 22502 UH-1H 19890108

Stephan

[jreijmer]

Aha, the European AVCRAD ( Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot) as the unit was called in Brussels. The United States Army Aviation Digest of Jul/Aug89 has an article about it (see page 21):
https://www.rucker.army.mil/avjournal/1 ... _07_08.pdf

I've logs from 24jul89:
UH-1H 66-16075,66-16377,66-16870,67-17413 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 67-17428,67-17543,67-17629,67-17670 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 68-16114,68-16436,68-16574,69-15217 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 69-15855,70-16287,71-20130,72-21567 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 72-21585,73-21696,73-22125 US Army with TEAMCO

29May89:
UH-1H ..-16054,(66)-16483,66-16277,66-16560 US Army with European AVCRAD 16054 reported as AH-1F 70-16054 2440689 (BAR0889)
UH-1H 66-17060,66-17066,67-17195,67-17217 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 67-17428,67-17623,67-17756,69-15161 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 69-15217,70-16213,70-16272,71-20298 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 72-21558,72-21605,73-21696 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 73-21854,74-22496 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 72-21618 US Army with European AVCRAD VIP c/s ex USASSB
??-15560,
(66)-16433,
(66)-17115,
(66)-17134,
(67)-17749,
(67)-17752,
(69)-15813, (70)-16384,
(71)-20128,
(72)-21571,
(74)-22329,
(74)-22339 US Army (with Teamco)

12Dec89:
UH-1H 68-15650,74-22330 US Army

12Aug90:
UH-1H 67-17425,68-15637,68-16281,68-16418 US Army European ACRAD/Teamco
UH-1H 69-15152,69-15412,71-20123,73-21661 US Army European ACRAD/Teamco

And then there are the 1988/9/90s BARs which have also lots of information.

Jeroen

[EvD]

The @MAR September 2019 has a rundown of all USAREUR Hueys by unit as of the beginning of 1990.
Maybe that can help in your cross checking efforts?
best regards,
Erwin

[Arjan]

Hi Erwin, where can I find that?

[EvD]

Hi Arjan,
That is not in the public domain but requires a GBP20 annual subscription I'm afraid:
https://militaryaviationreview.com/prod ... scriptions
best regards,
Erwin

[Stephan Lodewijks]

I bought scans of those BARs from Scramble a few years ago, I will check them out, thanks!

And thanks for the replies here, gonna look into all of them!

Steef

[Arjan]

Thanks Erwin, I'll take a look

[AK01]

This one list quite some UH1's as well: http://www.air-passion.be/fas/bmmp/mlog1980s.htm#1988
Not sure how accurate they are with the Fiscal years do.
Pieter,

[Stephan Lodewijks]

Aha, the European AVCRAD ( Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot) as the unit was called in Brussels. The United States Army Aviation Digest of Jul/Aug89 has an article about it (see page 21):
https://www.rucker.army.mil/avjournal/1 ... _07_08.pdf

I've logs from 24jul89:
UH-1H 66-16075,66-16377,66-16870,67-17413 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 67-17428,67-17543,67-17629,67-17670 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 68-16114,68-16436,68-16574,69-15217 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 69-15855,70-16287,71-20130,72-21567 US Army with TEAMCO
UH-1H 72-21585,73-21696,73-22125 US Army with TEAMCO

29May89:
UH-1H ..-16054,(66)-16483,66-16277,66-16560 US Army with European AVCRAD 16054 reported as AH-1F 70-16054 2440689 (BAR0889)
UH-1H 66-17060,66-17066,67-17195,67-17217 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 67-17428,67-17623,67-17756,69-15161 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 69-15217,70-16213,70-16272,71-20298 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 72-21558,72-21605,73-21696 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 73-21854,74-22496 US Army with European AVCRAD
UH-1H 72-21618 US Army with European AVCRAD VIP c/s ex USASSB
??-15560,
(66)-16433,
(66)-17115,
(66)-17134,
(67)-17749,
(67)-17752,
(69)-15813, (70)-16384,
(71)-20128,
(72)-21571,
(74)-22329,
(74)-22339 US Army (with Teamco)

12Dec89:
UH-1H 68-15650,74-22330 US Army

12Aug90:
UH-1H 67-17425,68-15637,68-16281,68-16418 US Army European ACRAD/Teamco
UH-1H 69-15152,69-15412,71-20123,73-21661 US Army European ACRAD/Teamco

And then there are the 1988/9/90s BARs which have also lots of information.

Jeroen

Jeroen, what do the brackets mean on some of the FY's in your log?

Steef

[Starman]

Hi Stephan
I have two undated logs from 1988 and another (undated) from 1990. These may be a load of cobblers but you might find something of use:
BRX 88
64-13751
66-1113, 1177, 16075, 16x77 (where x is 2 in my log but may be 3), 16579, 16980
67-17160, 17212, 17247, 17413, 17428, 17510, 17543, 17623, 17657, 17670,
68-15238, 16114, 16459, 16579
69-15217, 15256, 15258, 15352, 15581, 15846, 15855
70-15806
71-20130
72-21567
73-21673, 21696, 22125
74-22410, 22413, 22464
BRX 90
67-17425
68-15637, 16418
69-15412,
73-21661 - not many this time, must have got asked to leave!

[Ajaxfever]

In the late Eighties and early Nineties the TeaMCo company at Brussels did maintenance on a lot of US Army Europe hardware: Cobras, Kiowas and Iroquois'. Especially the Iroquois' were tricky, because for the 15xxx and 16xxx serial range you needed the Fiscal Year from the data block to actually know which airframe it was, because of double or triple 5-digit numbers. Military aviations books, magazines and other media never really published the complete list of USAREUR UH-1H's. I'm not even sure how 'steady' the airframes were assigned to Europe. There may very well have been regular swaps of helicopters back and forth between the CONUS and Europe. Anyway, here is a list of UH-1H's I still need the Fiscal Years of, plus also the ones that I had complete serials of, grouped together where having the same five digits. The dates I saw them at Brussels are also mentioned, in 'yyyymmdd' format.

Can anyone help me fill in the FY-gaps? Thanks in advance! Here we go:

__ 15166 UH-1H 19890512
__ 15166 UH-1H 19890528
** I've FY 69. read off 19890218 + 19890420

__ 15238 UH-1H 19881019
** I've no FY either. could be 68 or 69. 15166 noted 19890218 and 19890420

__ 15412 UH-1H 19910102
** I've FY 69. read off 19900623

__ 15560 UH-1H 19881019
** I've no FY either. 15560 noted 19890528

68 15609 UH-1H 19890108
__ 15609 UH-1H 19890528
** 15609 noted without FY on 19890121

__ 15650 UH-1H 19890512
** I've no FY either. 15650 noted on 19890420

__ 15813 UH-1H 19890512
__ 15813 UH-1H 19890528
** I've FY 69. read off 19890528

69 15951 UH-1H 19890108
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121

68 16114 UH-1H 19880626
__ 16114 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16114 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911

70 16287 UH-1H 19880626
__ 16287 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16287 UH-1H 19890528
** 16287 noted without FY on 19880715

__ 16312 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16312 UH-1H 19890528
** I've no FY either. 16312 noted on 19890528

66 16377 UH-1H 19880626
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121

__ 16384 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16384 UH-1H 19890528
** I've no FY either. 16384 noted on 19890528

__ 16398 UH-1H 19881019
** I've FY 66. read off 19890121

66 16429 UH-1H 19880626
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121

__ 16433 UH-1H 19881019
__ 16433 UH-1H 19890512
** I've FY 66. read off 19890420 + 19890528

68 16436 UH-1H 19880626
68 16436 UH-1H 19881019
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911

__ 16452 UH-1H 19910102
** I've FY 70. read off 19901121

__ 16483 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16483 UH-1H 19890528
__ 16483 UH-1H 19910102
** I've no FY either. 16483 noted on 19890528

68 16526 UH-1H 19880626
__ 16526 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16526 UH-1H 19890528
** 16526 noted without FY on 19890218 + 19890420

__ 16560 UH-1H 19890512
__ 16560 UH-1H 19890528
** I've FY 66. read off 19880911 + 19890420 + 19890528

68 16579 UH-1H 19880626
68 16579 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121

66 16870 UH-1H 19880626
66 16870 UH-1H 19890512
66 16870 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911

66 17066 UH-1H 19890512
66 17066 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121 + 19890420

66 17135 UH-1H 19890512
66 17135 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890218

66 17139 UH-1H 19881019
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911 + 19890121

67 17195 UH-1H 19890512
67 17195 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890218 + 19890420 + 19890528

67 17217 UH-1H 19890512
67 17217 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121 + 19890420

67 17266 UH-1H 19890512
67 17266 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890420

67 17428 UH-1H 19880626
67 17428 UH-1H 19881019
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911 + 19890121

67 17543 UH-1H 19880626
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911

67 17623 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19880905 + 19890420 + 19890528

67 17629 UH-1H 19880626
** FY check. I noted it on 19890121

67 17670 UH-1H 19880626
67 17670 UH-1H 19881019
67 17670 UH-1H 19890512
** FY check. I noted it on 19880911 + 19890121 + 19890420

67 17749 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890420 + 19890528

67 17756 UH-1H 19890512
67 17756 UH-1H 19890528
** FY check. I noted it on 19890420 + 19890528

71 20255 UH-1H 19881019
71 20255 UH-1H 19890108
** I noted it on 19890121

71 20298 UH-1H 19890512
** I noted it on 19890121

72 21558 UH-1H 19890528
** I noted it on 19890218 + 19890528

72 21567 UH-1H 19880626
** I noted it on 19880911

72 21571 UH-1H 19890528
** I noted it on 19890429 + 19890528

72 21585 UH-1H 19880626
72 21585 UH-1H 19890512
** I noted it on 19880905

72 21618 UH-1H 19890528
** white c/s, I noted it on 19890420 + 19890528

73 21682 UH-1H 19890528
** I noted it on 19890218 + 19890420

73 21696 UH-1H 19880626
** I noted it on 19890420

73 21854 UH-1H 19890528
** I noted it on 19890420

74 22329 UH-1H 19890512
74 22329 UH-1H 19890528
** I noted it on 19890121 + 19890528

74 22335 UH-1H 19890827
** I noted it on 19890218 + 19890420

74 22412 UH-1H 19881019
** I noted it on 19880911 + 19890121 + 19890218

74 22502 UH-1H 19881019
74 22502 UH-1H 19890108
** I noted it on 19890121

Stephan

hi Stephan, see above my remarks after **. been to Teamco several times during 1988/89 and 1990. I'm only replying to the ones I've also recorded compared to yours.

rgds,

peter kesselaar

[Ajaxfever]

Aha, the European AVCRAD ( Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot) as the unit was called in Brussels. The United States Army Aviation Digest of Jul/Aug89 has an article about it (see page 21):
https://www.rucker.army.mil/avjournal/1 ... _07_08.pdf

29May89:
(66)-16433,
** indeed FY 66. read off 20apr89 + 28may89

(66)-17115,
** indeed FY 66. read off 28may89

(66)-17134,
** indeed FY 66. read off 28may89

(67)-17749,
** indeed FY 67. read off 20apr89 + 28may89

(67)-17752,
** indeed FY 67. read off 28may89

(69)-15813,
* indeed FY 69. read off 28may89

Jeroen

Jeroen, see my comments above

rgds,

peter kesselaar

[Ajaxfever]

I too have some gaps in my logs. perhaps someone can tie them up for me please.

??-15238 18feb89 + 20apr88
??-15446. 21jan89
??-15460 11sep88 + 18feb89
??-15533. 11sep88
??-15560. 28may89
??-15566. 20apr89
??-15757 21jan89 + 20apr89
??-16312. 28may89
??-16330 28may89
??-16384 28may89
??-16483. 28may89
??-16580. 21jan89
??-16584. 20apr89
??-17104. 28may89

peter kesselaar