07/31/2019. Remarks by Jeroen Visschedijk: "On the evening of June 30, 2018, a fire broke out in a large garbage-heap at a garbage processing facility near Hengelo. Unable to put the fire out, the fire department requested assistance from the RNethAF. The next day two Chinooks were assigned to help, using 2,642 gal (10,000 l) water buckets filled from an old dredging lake nearby. The Chinooks were flown to Deelen AFB for refueling every 1.5 hours. The fire was extinguished two days later, on July 2."

07/31/2019. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This helicopter was originally built in 1978 as a Model 234 CH-47C under the USAF serial 74-22066 (c/n 6009/G-009).

Boeing Vertol 234 CH-147 Chinook (147002) (Johan Visschedijk Collection)

Designated CH-147 and serialed 147009, it was delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces on March 3, 1978. It was struck off charge on February 11, 1992 and returned to the USA.

In March 1993 the RNethAF signed an agreement with Boeing Vertol for the delivery of seven former Canadian CH-147s that would be converted to Model 414 CH-47Ds. Former CAF 147009 was converted under a new c/n M.3667/NL007, and was delivered to the RNethAF on March 2, 1996. Serialed D-667 and named Rodney it is operated since by 298 Squadron."