# Helicopters in M\*A\*S\*H **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 7, 1999, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopters-in-m-a-s-h/3067 "1999-09-07T21:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopters-in-m-a-s-h/3067/1 "1999-09-07T21:31:00Z")
What type of helicopters are those seen in the beginning of M_A_S\*H? Some people say Bell and others say Huey. ---
**Author:** ![DW3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@DW3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DW3)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopters-in-m-a-s-h/3067/2 "1999-09-07T21:39:00Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopters-in-m-a-s-h/3067/3 "1999-09-08T02:40:00Z")
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. * * * Tom~