I photographed these variants of the OH-13 Sioux / Bell 47 helicopter family on display at several museums and air events. The naming system of the Bell Model 47 is pretty complicated as it was used by different branches of the military and changed dramatically through its development.
Bell Sioux OH-13C 48-0845
Fort Novosel 2024
OH-13E Sioux 51-13934
Evergreen Aviation Museum 2015
Evergreen Museum 2018
OH-13E Sioux 51-14175
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
OH-13E Sioux 51-14218
Fort Novosel 2024
OH-13G Sioux 52-7819
Olympic Flight Museum 2016
Olympic Flight Museum 2018
Olympic Flight Museum 2019
Olympia 2022
Olympic Flight Museum 2023
Olympia, Wash. 2022
Olympia, Wash. 2025
Bell H-13 Sioux 56-2217
Castle AFB Restoration Hangar, Atwater CA 2024
UH-13J 57-2728
Only two of these Special USAF versions were built: 57-2728 (this one) and 57-2729 (below)
NMoUSAF 2018
UH-13J 57-2729
This was the first helicopter to ever carry a U.S. President while in office. President Dwight D. Eisenhower flew in this helicopter from the South Lawn of the White House to Camp David on July 12, 1957.
Udvar-Hazy VA 2026
H-13 Sioux 58-1520
South Dakota Air Museum 2021
1966 Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux 66-8080 #3580
Oshkosh 2025
1967 Bell TH-13T Sioux 67-17059 (#3766)
Frontiers of Flight, Dallas 2024
HTL-2 Sioux 122952
Pima Air Museum 2017
This is the Navy version of the H-13B (Model 47 D)
HTL-3 Sioux 124564
Evergreen Museum 2018
Bell HTL-4 128911
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
Bell TH-13M 142377 (#1340)
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
HTL-7 Sioux 145842
This is the Navy version of the Model 47 K
Pima Air Museum 2017
OH-13E #514
CAF Mesa 2017
1952 Bell H-13 Sioux #604
Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021
Brought to the Heritage Flight Museum by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders because NASA used them for capsule descent training
now painted in MASH markings