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FS2004 Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya Bell H-13G BR-001. Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya Bell H-13G "Sioux" BR-001 with floats (pontoons). The H-13G was the first helicopter operated by the FAU. From 1955, two Bell H-13G helicopters, BR-001 and BR-002, were deployed at Boiso Lanza airfield with the Agrupamiento Provisorio de Busqueda y Rescate, later renamed as Grupo de Aviacion No. 5 de Busqueda y Rescate. BR-001 was loss in a rescue mission the 15th November 1963. Crew members Maj. Juan Dobrich and Capt. Luis Duarte drowned in very bad sea after ditching. Original by Jean-Marie Mermaz. Repainted and panel reworked by Daniel Nole.