Bell Model 47 Sioux (multiple)

I photographed these variants of the Bell Model 47 Sioux helicopter family on display at Pima, McMinnville, Yanks/Chino and the NMoUSAF. 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. Here is a website that explains the differences in the Bell Model 47 family of helicopters.


OH-13E Sioux 51-14175

The military version of the Model 47 D-1

Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018


OH-13G Sioux 52-7819

Olympic Flight Museum 2016

Olympic Flight Museum 2018

Olympic Flight Museum 2019

Olympia 2022

Olympic Flight Museum 2023


OH-13E Sioux 5113934

Military version of the Model 47 D-1

Evergreen Aviation Museum 2015

Evergreen Museum 2018


HTL-2 Sioux 122952

Pima Air Museum 2017

This is the Navy version of the H-13B (Model 47 D)


HTL-7 Sioux 145842

Pima Air Museum 2017

This is the Navy version of the Model 47 K


UH-13J 57-2728

Special USAF version of the Model 47 J Ranger for use by US Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. Only two were built.

NMoUSAF 2018


Bell 47G-3B-1 #6664

Missoula, Mont. 2022


Bell 47D

unidentified aircraft in MASH markings

Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021


OH-13E 514

CAF Mesa 2017


H-13 Sioux 58-1520

South Dakota Air Museum 2021


HTL-3 Sioux 124564

Evergreen Museum 2018


1952 Bell 47G #604

Heritage Flight Museum 2023