Mark Felton Productions did a video on UA-cam about helicopter missions in WWII as well. So yes, they were used in WWII. Operating, operationally by operators operating them in front line operations. Enjoy
Looks like the germans were reallly ahead in designing and making actal working helicopters while the americans were kept struggling on how to pull it off during WWII. I almost feel like it is a pity that it was not the Kolobri design that became the standard of helicopter design because it looked so cool and functional both.
He also designed the world's first practical airliner, and derived from it, the first heavy bomber: the Ilya Muromets. Then Red October happened and he fled to the US.
So if helicopter technology had progressed quicker there could have been troops being dropped in combat via helicopter in ww2 that sounds like something you would expect in a video game campaign.
There is a story that the Fl 282 may have also been the first attack helicopter, with a handful of them being deployed to the Ardennes to provide air support (how this was accomplished, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing they improvised some racks for small bombs or something). The story goes that the Fl 282s managed to destroy two Sherman tanks, but two of their own were shot down in return, one by one of the tanks' roof-mounted .50-cals, and the other by a Spitfire that just happened to be flying around in the area. Note that I can''t verify if this actually happened, but it's an interesting story.
Can you do a video about the 5 best modern-day attack helicopters. It could include any of the following: the AH-64 Apache, the Mi-24 Hind, the Changhe Z-10, the AH-1 Cobra, the Ka-50 Black Shark/Ka-52 Alligator, the Harbin Z-19, or the Mi-28 Havoc.
Nothing the russians made recdntly has proved to be any good, it was sll just hype made before the war in Ukraine for the sake of sales to gullible countries. The current was has been the great test bed for fotmer soviet and current russian military materiel and for the vast majority of it they suck hard. Forget what you read at Jane's.
1. The Drach may have been the nazi's 1st choice for rescuing (?) Mussolini but was not used due to a technical problem (?) But 2. A captured one, flown by a trained Luftwaffe pilot , with RAF "companions" was definitely the first helicopter to fly over the English Channeel (from France to England). It was later crashed and scrapped (pilot at that time unknown)
Funny how much the patheticly crude R-4 was praised, when it immediately followed the vastly superior Kolibri. Note: Flettner ended up relocating to the US as part of Operation Paperclip, and after doing some consulting work for the government, ended up employed by Kaman Aircraft. The renowned K-Max and HH-43 are based on his designs, yet Kaman's official history keeps forgetting to credit him, when he was directly involved in projects like the Army HH-43 Huskie. Also, the predecessor to the Drache, FW-61, was publicly demonstrated by Hanna Reitsch in 1936, well before WW2. (Edit: Someone had ALTERED my comment. I had originally noted the R-4 was PRECEDED by the Kolibri, and somehow it was changed to followed by. The advanced Kolibri preceded the R-4 by about a year.)
Are they "forgetting" or deliberately omitting his contributions due to his prior allegiance? This sort of historical blacklisting has been happening a lot with various scientists and engineers recruited by Operation Paperclip in recent years, among other groups of people.
Mark Felton Productions did a video on UA-cam about helicopter missions in WWII as well. So yes, they were used in WWII. Operating, operationally by operators operating them in front line operations. Enjoy
Great video Darkness, I like the R-4's design. A pity to learn it was hard to fly.
Looks like the germans were reallly ahead in designing and making actal working helicopters while the americans were kept struggling on how to pull it off during WWII. I almost feel like it is a pity that it was not the Kolobri design that became the standard of helicopter design because it looked so cool and functional both.
3:44 Fun Fact: Sikorsky himself was born in Ukraine.
I was gonna say that cant be an american name
@@Foxttellio The USA is a melting pot.
@@Foxttellio Obviously. 'Cause it's Russian🙄………
He also designed the world's first practical airliner, and derived from it, the first heavy bomber: the Ilya Muromets.
Then Red October happened and he fled to the US.
So if helicopter technology had progressed quicker there could have been troops being dropped in combat via helicopter in ww2 that sounds like something you would expect in a video game campaign.
Doblhuff moved to America and shared his date with several companies including McDonall Douglas
I read somewhere that the Drache was used in the rescue of Benito Musolini?
That was a German Fi 156 _Storch_ ("stork"), an exceptional VSTOL airplane.
It was supposed to be used, but it had mechanical problems that prevented it from flying. A Fiesler Storch was used instead.
@@alexhajnal107 STOL, not VTOL. Fi-156 was a highly stol liaison aircraft.
@@MrCateagle V = Very. Didn't mean to imply it could take off vertically (though in a strong headwind it presumably could).
@@alexhajnal107 Heck, I have seen pictures of a Cessna 172 with a hig-lift kit doing that in a high wind.
The first two R4 helicopters given to the British arrived with manuals. Read the manual, then fly. Self taught
Eric Winkle Brown a brilliant pilot who would fly anything by the seat of his pants❤
There is a story that the Fl 282 may have also been the first attack helicopter, with a handful of them being deployed to the Ardennes to provide air support (how this was accomplished, I'm not sure, but I'm guessing they improvised some racks for small bombs or something). The story goes that the Fl 282s managed to destroy two Sherman tanks, but two of their own were shot down in return, one by one of the tanks' roof-mounted .50-cals, and the other by a Spitfire that just happened to be flying around in the area. Note that I can''t verify if this actually happened, but it's an interesting story.
Can you do a video about the 5 best modern-day attack helicopters. It could include any of the following: the AH-64 Apache, the Mi-24 Hind, the Changhe Z-10, the AH-1 Cobra, the Ka-50 Black Shark/Ka-52 Alligator, the Harbin Z-19, or the Mi-28 Havoc.
Im not sure if he does modern history, I think that’s his shtick.
Nothing the russians made recdntly has proved to be any good, it was sll just hype made before the war in Ukraine for the sake of sales to gullible countries. The current was has been the great test bed for fotmer soviet and current russian military materiel and for the vast majority of it they suck hard. Forget what you read at Jane's.
what about the KA-1? technically an autogryo but it was capable of anti sub combat making it sorta the first attack helicopter
The author DELIBERATLY left out autogyro aircrafts because he focused on ACTUAL helicopters. He said so in the opening of the video.
@@carlossaraiva8213 ik Suggesting it tho
Yeah there's a pretty serious problem with people not understanding the value of historical artifacts
The R4 did one of the first medevac misdion in the CBI.😮😅😊
1. The Drach may have been the nazi's 1st choice for rescuing (?) Mussolini but was not used due to a technical problem (?)
But
2. A captured one, flown by a trained Luftwaffe pilot , with RAF "companions" was definitely the first helicopter to fly over the English Channeel (from France to England). It was later crashed and scrapped (pilot at that time unknown)
There's talk of a Call of Duty featuting Cheech and Chong.😮😅😊
Funny how much the patheticly crude R-4 was praised, when it immediately followed the vastly superior Kolibri. Note: Flettner ended up relocating to the US as part of Operation Paperclip, and after doing some consulting work for the government, ended up employed by Kaman Aircraft. The renowned K-Max and HH-43 are based on his designs, yet Kaman's official history keeps forgetting to credit him, when he was directly involved in projects like the Army HH-43 Huskie. Also, the predecessor to the Drache, FW-61, was publicly demonstrated by Hanna Reitsch in 1936, well before WW2. (Edit: Someone had ALTERED my comment. I had originally noted the R-4 was PRECEDED by the Kolibri, and somehow it was changed to followed by. The advanced Kolibri preceded the R-4 by about a year.)
Are they "forgetting" or deliberately omitting his contributions due to his prior allegiance? This sort of historical blacklisting has been happening a lot with various scientists and engineers recruited by Operation Paperclip in recent years, among other groups of people.
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Dear uploader: Helicopters weren't used, in WWII!!!
HELLOOOO…………
no gyros? then thejapaneeses heli carrier get no mention
well yea ig autogyros don't technically count? idk... I consider them choppers but thats just me KA-1 was cool and akitsumaru was a cool concept
@@jacksonclark9826aitogyros and helicopters are two different things despite their superficial similiaritudes.
@@carlossaraiva8213 well aware but I personally group them together since they preform very similar
No allied helicopters were operationals at WW II...
@@kkteutsch6416 You're wrong, yes there were, the 112th Cavalry RCT (Special) used them for MedEvac & resupply in the Pacific.