Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. John Kelvin Koelsch (Navy) First used by the 1st Air Commando in World War II, the Sikorsky R-4 often fell short of its role ...
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The Nazi helicopter the Allies raced to capture
During the final years of World War II, Germany introduced one of the most advanced rotorcraft of its time: the Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache, or “Dragon.” It became the first helicopter in aviation ...
82 years ago today, a U.S. Coast Guard pilot flew history’s first helicopter rescue mission. On January 3, 1944, Coast Guard Pilot Frank Erickson flew straight into the teeth of a raging storm to ...
First used by the 1st Air Commando in World War II, the Sikorsky R-4 often fell short of its role in rescuing airmen downed in the mountains and rainforests of the China-Burma-India front but as the ...
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