Cessna CH-41 – official or fictional designation?

[boxkite]

A while ago I’ve bought Walt Shiel’s Cessna Warbirds book (ISBN 1-879825-25-2). On pages 289/290 he presents two photographs of the CH-41 mock-up, a version of the YH-41 with gas-turbine installation (see pic_1 and pic_2).
Steve Remington counters on http://www.collectair.com/cessna.html : "Although a turbine-powered CH-1 was envisioned and proposed, I am not aware that any designation of CH-41 ever existed. In any case, the photos and captions relating to the the "jet-engined CH-41" (page 289 and 290) are in reality pictures of the mockup for the LOH proposal, the CH-4, and did not "..retain the general arrangement, size and layout of the original YH-41..." as the engine was located behind the rear seats."
Comparing the pictures of the LOH proposal (see pic_3 and pic_4), you can find differences in the position of the exhaust nozzle and the grids behind the cabin. So I ask if the mock-up in pic_1 and pic_2 is the YH-41 after all (which is denied by Remington) or the LOH proposal CH-4 after modification?

 

[Stargazer]

To the best of my knowledge the "CH-41" designation is a typo.

Only version I know are as follows:

• H-41 (Model CH-1-1 Skyhook) (may have been just a paper designation)
• YH-41A Seneca (US Army Model CH-1B Skyhook)
  [10 built, 56-4236/4245]
• NH-41A Seneca (US Army, same aircraft used as test aircraft)
• UH-41A Seneca (export Model CH-1C Skyhook)
  [5 for Iran as 63-8067/8071, 6 for Guatemala as 62-5845/5848,-12350, 63-9793, and 4 for Equator, unknown]

To me, "CH-41" is a mix-up between the Army and company designations. Besides, the "C" letter would indicate a transport version, which is totally irrealistic given the configuration of the Seneca.

 

[fightingirish]

A Cessna YH-41A Seneca shown during the open day at Edwards AFB in 1958.
Source (Italian): http://sobchak.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/cessna-yh-41a-seneca-edwards-afb-1958/

 

[Stargazer]

A magnificent picture and the Skyrocket to boot! Thanks, Sobchak's blog always has interesting material...