This UH-12B was purchased by the museum in October 1997. The Musée de l'air says it 'wears the colours' of 699, a UH-23B delivered in 1954 to the GH-1 Helicopter Group in Satory. It served there it until 1959 before being transferred to GALAT N°7. According to other sources it is really c/n 699.

Although no markings are visible here, the Musée de l'Air says this Hiller helicopter is painted in its original military colours. It was delivered to the French army's Groupement d'Hélicoptères No 1 at Satory in 1954, and acquired by the museum in 1997 after civilian use as F-BNGM.