List of rotorcraft used in World War II
Autogyros and helicopters were used during World War II. List includes prototypes.
Germany
Some types in use of Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine
- Focke-Wulf Fw C.30A - licence-built Cierva C.30A (general purpose autogyro)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 186 (liaison autogyro, single example built before cancelled
- Focke-Wulf Autogyro-helicopter (experimental prototype)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 61 - experimental helicopter, first flew 1936
- Focke Achgelis Fa 330 "Bachstelze" (Autogyro-glider/observation vehicle)
- Focke Achgelis Fa 266 "Hornisse" (civil transport helicopter), re-designated Fa 223 in 1939 before the first prototype flew.
- Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 "Drache" - military transport helicopter, saw limited use for rescue
- Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 - single-seat rotary wing glider, one built
- Focke Achgelis Fa 284 (flying crane/heavy transport helicopter) prototype designed but not completed
- Flettner Fl 184 (two-seat reconnaissance/ anti-submarine autogyro) One built and crashed in 1936 before project cancelled.
- Flettner Fl 185 Heligyro (helicopter-autogyro)
- Flettner Fl 265 (twin rotor liaison-observation helicopter, pioneer of synchropter configuration)
- Flettner Fl 282A/B "Kolibri" (reconnaissance synchropter)
- Flettner Fl 339 (reconnaissance helicopter)
- Nagler-Hafner RI Revoplane (experimental helicopter)
- Nagler-Hafner RII Revoplane (single-place helicopter)
- Nagler-Hafner Heliogyro (Autogyro-helicopter)
- Nagler-Rolz RI (single-place helicopter)
- Nagler-Rolz RII (single-place helicopter)
- Nagler-Rolz NR 54 (one-man portable helicopter)
- Nagler-Rolz Nr 55 (one-man portable helicopter)
- Baumgartl "Heliofly" I (light Autogyro-glider)
- Baumgartl "Heliofly" III-57 (two contra-rotating helicopter)
- Baumgartl "Heliofly" III-59 (little and light disarmable helicopter)
- Wiener Neustadter (Doblohff) WNF 342 (Tip-jet helicopter)
- Weserflug P.1003/1 VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft project
- AEG (Schimdt) Electric-Tethered Helicopter (unmanned vehicle for raising radio antenna or manned aerial observation platform)
United States
In use by USAAF, US Navy and USCG
- Kellet KD-1A (La Cierva C.30A) (general use Autogyro)
- Sikorsky VS-300 (experimental helicopter)
- Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general helicopter)
- Sikorsky YR-4B "Hoverfly" (ambulance/sea patrol helicopter)
- Sikorsky R-5A (rescue/reconnaissance helicopter)
- Platt-LePage XR-1 (experimental helicopter)
Great Britain
In use by RAF and FAA
- Avro 671 "Rota" Mk.1 (licence-built Cierva C.30A) (general purpose autogyro - used for radar station testing)
- Cierva W.5 - 2-seater twin outrigger rotor helicopter, first flight 1938.
- Cierva W.6 - twin rotor helicopter, flown in 1939
- Cierva W.9 - jet efflux torque compensation design. Built in 1944 and flown in 1945.
- Bristol "Heliogyro" RI/II (experimental helicopter)
- Sikorsky "Hoverfly" I - service name for Sikorsky R-4 used at RAF Helicopter Training School from 1945
- Hafner Rotabuggy (also known as "Malcolm Rotaplane" and "M.L. 10/42 Flying Jeep") - rotary wing glider attachment for landing jeeps. Tested in 1944 but introduction of vehicle-carrying gliders led to cancellation of project.
- Hafner Rotachute - one-man rotor-kite for landing assault troops. Not adopted but used instead for testing in support of Rotabuggy project
Canada
In use for RCAF
- Avro 671 "Rota" Mk.1 (La Cierva C.30A) (general purpose Autogyro)
- Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general purpose helicopter)
Soviet Union
In use for Red Army and V-VS
- TsAGI (Kamov) A-7/7bis (Liaison and Observation Autogyro)
Japan
In use by Japanese Army/Navy Air Service
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