Rotary wings in WW2

[pampa14]

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:

Aviação em Floripa: Asas rotativas na Segunda Guerra Mundial


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[vikingBerserker]

Excellent, thanks for posting this!

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting shots! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

Glad the posted link includes the Kayaba Ka-1 and Ka-2, because these were the first combat rotary-wing aircraft, although they were autogyros rather than true helicopters because they were based on imported Kellett autogyros.