AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1956

Aircraft hub · 1956 · Cold War

Bell UH-1 Huey

The rotor-slap soundtrack of the sixties. More built than any other Western helicopter. The gazetteer currently lists it at 5 UK museums.

1956
First flight
~16,000
Built
135 mph
Top speed
5
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Bell UH-1 Huey in the UK

The gazetteer records 5 Bell UH-1 Huey airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 5 UK collections, in 4 regions: East of England, South West England, South East England, Northern England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Army Flying MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Stockbridge South East England Bell UH-1H Iroquois AE-409
Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Yeovil South West England Bell UH-1H Iroquois AE-422
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Bell UH-1H Huey 72-21605
South Yorkshire Aircraft MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Doncaster Northern England Bell UH-1H Iroquois AE-406
The Helicopter MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Weston-super-Mare South West England Bell UH-1H Iroquois 66-16579

3D model

The UH-1H in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as 72-21605, a Bell UH-1H Iroquois of the United States Army: the stretched, Lycoming T53-L-13 powered utility version of the ‘Huey’, a single-engined helicopter with a two-blade teetering main rotor and stabiliser bar, a two-blade tail rotor on the left of the fin, a synchronised elevator on the tail boom, large sliding cabin doors and skid landing gear; ordered in the Army's 1972 fiscal year and displayed in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford; painted as it is shown there: faded olive drab overall with ‘UNITED STATES ARMY’ along the tail boom and the serial ‘0-21605’ on the fin in faded blue-grey, green-tinted roof windows, dark grey main rotor blades and light grey tail-rotor blades, with empty door-gun mounts at both cabin doors; no national star is painted because none shows in any photograph, the main rotor is parked as photographed from 2017, and the starboard fin serial is assumed to match the port. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (762 KB) · Plate 169 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Westland Lynx, Westland Scout & Wasp, Aérospatiale Gazelle & Alouette, Agusta A109 & the civil twin helicopters, Bell 47 / Sioux.

Where the type is thickest

South West England has 2 collections recording the type.

Type notes

The Bell UH-1 Huey in brief

TypeBell UH-1 Huey
UK museums holding one5
Airframes recorded in this survey5

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Bell UH-1 Huey airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 5 Bell UH-1 Huey airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Bell UH-1 Huey airframes?

Army Flying Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.