130082 HUP-2 / UH-25B Retriever (C/N 259) – Flight History & Last Known Location

Detailed history and photos of helicopter Piasecki HUP-2 / UH-25B Retriever Serial 259 Register 130082 used by Aviodome (Dutch National Air Museum Foundation) ,Aéronautique Navale (French Navy) ,US Navy USN Track service timeline and current status.

Aircraft History

US Navy
130082
		dd US Navy, to Aeronavale
		Piasecki PV-18 cn 259 ff:? ordered US Navy as HUP-2 130082, unk xfer MDAP to France, 1953
Aéronautique Navale
		ex-USN 130082, marked 82
1964-10-31		soc 31oct64
Aviodome
1982-06	UR-42	A Aviodome Museum	wearing 82, displayed at Aviodome, Schipol by 1978. Coded /UR-42 in US Navy colours by Jun 1982
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2017-02		B KTOA	Feb17 undergoing cosmetic, non-flight restoration, at Zamperini Field, Torrance, CA To be displayed on the fantail of the battleship USS Iowa, in San Pedro, CA upon completion
2024-12	UP-82	C USSPQ	Exhibit by Dec 2024, displayed on aft deck at USS Iowa Museum as UP-82 of HU-1

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