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MASH stretcher on an OH-13

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  • Member since
    March 2008
  • From: london-uk
MASH stretcher on an OH-13
Posted by ludwig113 on Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:35 AM

i've been trying to find pictures to see how stretchers were mounted onto the bell 47/OH-13 MASH style helicopters but cant find anything.

i'll be using the italieri 1/48 OH-13.

there must be someone on here who knows!Smile [:)]

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  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:33 AM

The stretchers were strapped to the platforms mounted across the skid cross bars.  They were strapped down on the handle ends.  If you look closely at the below pic, you can see the strap hanging off the front of the port side litter handle.

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  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:45 AM

Here's a few images I found on Google:

 

The stretchers actually rested and interlocked onto an assembly tied to the landing skids. The litter was latch the framework and the soldier strapped to the litter to keep them from slipping or falling. The shield was to protect the passengers eyes and allow for "normal" breathing. The downwash of the rotors would otherwise impede someones breathing who was in shock or laboring to do so.

The bellows enclosed litters were useful in the winter time to keep the soldier warm, but were a cumbersome affair. Hence, the switch to using enclosed cargo helos such as the UH-19 and eventually the famous Huey. 

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Posted by Cobrahistorian on Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:05 PM
 HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

The bellows enclosed litters were useful in the winter time to keep the soldier warm, but were a cumbersome affair. Hence, the switch to using enclosed cargo helos such as the UH-19 and eventually the infamous Huey. 

 

INfamous Huey?!?!

The enclosed litters also tended to scare the heck out of anyone that may have been unconscious after being wounded and suddenly regained consciousness in a box! 

Jon

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  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:56 PM

INfamous Huey?!?!

 

Oops My Bad...corrected. TOO MUCH COFFEE!

 

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

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  • From: london-uk
Posted by ludwig113 on Friday, June 13, 2008 8:45 AM

thanks for the info guys

paul

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