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Rotary wings in WW2

The Second World War saw the first steps of the helicopter as a weapon of war. The following link provides a report on this topic and a lot of photos of different models operated by the countries involved in the conflict:

http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/asas-rotativas-na-segunda-guerra-mundial.html

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By: PeterVerney - 17th May 2015 at 16:51

I can just remember the Cierva Rota autogyros flapping about circa1940. We were told they delivered the RAF mail to Hawkinge which was nearby. I learnt many years later that they were in fact being used to calibrate the radars which saved our bacon in the BoB

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