First Helicopter Combat Rescue Mission: From the Archive

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories by Robert Kirk

May 7, 202655:25Society & Culture

Today helicopters carry the firepower of an artillery battery and can strike deep behind every lines, flying day or night in any weather. But back in 1944 helicopters were a brand new technology. Aviation pioneer Igor Si...

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