Helicopter Operation In World War II

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This video documents the role of the helicopter in WWII. Includes the uses of a helicopter for recovery of documents and instruments of a downed bomber. Helicopter pilot lands, marks downed aircraft with a white X and retrieves the planes instruments. Part II follows an H-6 helicopter pilot on a rescue mission at a mountain outpost in Luzon in the Phillipines were he rescues wounded soldiers. Part III documents a jungle helicopter rescue in Shingbwiyang, Burma. Medic prepare wounded soldier for transport, while other soldiers clear and prepare a mountain top landing pad for the helicopter.

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[Grommo]

The Germans flew practical Helicopters in 1937 and had helicopters flying rescue missions before Sikorsky got his Vs-300 off the ground. The Above video shows the first Allied rescue missions only, not the worlds first rescue missions.

[Cozorax]

the germans had the gyrocopter/helicopter in the 1930's...

USA...again they had to copy someone els..

[binaway]

Auto gyro's had been produced in Spain, Britain and other countries before WW2. The Germans produced the first true helicopter in 1937 but the first practical system occured in WW2 in the USA by two individuals 1. the Russian Sikorsky and 2 Arthur M. Young for Bell. These all used internal combustion engines but the helicopter didn't really come into it's own until the post war development of the turbo prop engine.

[sirthor00]

Ya know, maybe its me showing my age, but after awhile you begin to realize all the posturing and arguing about who did what first or the best etc is just pointless. It doesn't make you any smarter just because your country was first in something now does it. Appreciate things for what they are, technology spies and engineers have been very busy steeling and reverse engineering things from every country, there are no exceptions.

[nardyman8501]

@Cozorax Im not american but why do so many othere countries bag on the U.S.A.? You guys are worse than them.

[Keh0ol]

it's funny how people tend to think the yanks or the ivans invented the first helicopters

it wasn't even the germans

the french actually had the first flyable helicopters

the germans however were the first to industrialize their production

[ozeangruen]

Fl282s spotted the attack of the 1st and 2nd White Russian in far Pomerania but german defenses were too weak to thwart the attack. They were used for artillery fall spotting and 3 Fl 282s stationed at Berlin- Rangsdorf did artillery spotting in defence of Berlin in 1945.The Fa223s at Münsteralso did recovery of airframes and engines. In one case in 1944 one carried the 1.3 ton engine of a downed Fw190 32kms back to a base.

[kristopher081]

@Cozorax Sikorsky was a Russian immigrant. He was designing helos long before this video.

[ozeangruen]

Fa 223A - for anti-submarine warfare, to carry 2 x 250 kg (550 lb) bombs or depth charges.

Fa 223B - for reconnaissance missions; fitted with a jettisonable fuel tank.

Fa 223C - for search and rescue duties, fitted with a steel winch cable.

Fa 223D - freight variant, for resupplying mountain troops.

Fa 223E - dual-control trainer

[ozeangruen]

The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache ("Dragon" in English) was a helicopter

[ozeangruen]

developed by Germany during World War II. Noted for being the first helicopter to attain production status, Allied offensive actions limited production and only approximately 20 were made

[ozeangruen]

It was powered by a 1,000 hp Bramo 323 radial engine which drove two, three-bladed 39 ft (12 m) rotors mounted on twin booms on either side of the 40 ft (12 m) long cylindrical fuselage.

Although the Fa 223 could maintain a top speed of up to 175 km/h (109 mph), speeds as high as 182 km/h (113 mph) were