Helicopters in M*A*S*H

[Mr. Blue Sky]

What type of helicopters are those seen in the beginning of M*A*S*H? Some people say Bell and others say Huey.

[DW3]

They are the Bell H-13. Their nickname is "Angel of Mercy". The Huey's were used in the Vietnam war not the Korean war.

[tomndebb]

The H-13 was the military designation for Bell Helicopter's model 47. For more than you ever needed to know about that bird, check out:
cellmath.med.utoronto.ca/B47/Bell_47.html (http://cellmath.med.utoronto.ca/B47/Bell_47.html)

The "Huey" got its nickname from its (pre-1963) designation HU-1 (hu-i ==> huey). From 1963, its designation was UH-1. (The AH-1 Cobra was the later attack variant.) The UH-1's Army name was Iroquois. The Huey was also built by Bell, (Model 204, I believe).

The formal Army name for the H-13 was the Sioux.

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Tom~