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Aircraft reference

OE-XHC

205A-1 · Wucher Helicopter

Helicopter bombersAustria
Photograph of OE-XHC

Daniel Schwinn · All rights reserved · Planespotters.net

Identity

Mission
Helicopter bombers
Registration
OE-XHC
Mode-S address
44043F
ICAO type
UH1
Model
205A-1
Manufacturer
Bell
Operator
Wucher Helicopter
Country of registration
Austria
Home base
Ludesch · Austria

About the Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Water-bombing helicopter

It uses a suspended bucket or an installed tank to take water from a nearby source and place short, precise drops, including in steep or confined terrain. Depending on its configuration, it may also move crews, equipment, or rescue teams.

What this type can do

The Huey is a proven medium utility helicopter. It can carry a bucket for repeated water drops, move a small firefighting team and equipment, or perform reconnaissance and evacuation from improvised landing areas.

This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helicopter in service with the United States military.

ICAO type · UH1

Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Flight history

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Photographs

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  • Photograph of the aircraft

    Doronenko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elsewhere

Live tracking & flight history

  • Flightradar24Commercial flight history, airport pairs and scheduled times.
  • ADS-B ExchangeUnfiltered live globe, including aircraft other trackers hide.
  • adsb.lolThe volunteer network this map reads its trajectories from.
  • FlightAwareRegistration record and recent activity.

Photography

  • JetPhotosScreened spotter photography, newest first.
  • Planespotters.netPhotographs alongside the production and delivery record.
  • Airliners.netLong-running photo archive, often the oldest images of a frame.
  • Wikimedia CommonsFreely licensed images — the ones this sheet is allowed to host.

Registries & airframe records

  • Airframes.orgAirframe history: serial number, operators, incidents.
  • adsbdbOpen registration database, in JSON.
  • hexdb.ioMode-S address record used by the tracking community, in JSON.

Type reference

  • ICAO type UH1ICAO Doc 8643 entry: designator, wake category, engines.
Reference data assembled on July 27, 2026 from adsbdb, hexdb.io, Wikimedia Commons, Planespotters. Run pnpm fetch:aircraft --refresh to rebuild it.