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1941. First flight. 3 August 1940. The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (English: Dragon[1]) was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single 750-kilowatt (1,010 hp) Bramo 323 radial engine powered two three-bladed 11.9-metre (39 ft) rotors mounted on twin booms on either side of the 12.2-metre-long (40 ft) cylindrical fuselage.
Nazi Germany. Number built. 2 [1] History. Introduction date. 1936. First flight. 26 June 1936. The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter, first flown in 1936. [2][3][4] It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company— Focke-Achgelis —in 1937.
Avro 671 "Rota" Mk.1 (licence-built Cierva C.30 A) (general purpose autogyro - used for radar station testing) Bristol "Heliogyro" RI/II (experimental helicopter) Cierva W.5 - 2-seater twin outrigger rotor helicopter, first flight 1938. Cierva W.6 - twin rotor helicopter, flown in 1939.
3,500 captured [2] Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it is the largest airborne operation ever conducted on a single day and in one location.
Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot. Along with Melitta von Stauffenberg, she flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II and received many honors. Reitsch was among the very last people to meet Adolf Hitler alive in the Führerbunker in late April 1945.
6 November 1942. Developed into. Hütter Hü 211. The Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It primarily served with the Luftwaffe in the later stages of the Second World War. Work on the He 219 begun in mid 1940 as a multi-purpose aircraft designated P.1055.
During World War II, aviation firmly established itself as a critical component of modern warfare from the Battle of Britain in the early stages to the great aircraft carrier battles between American and Japanese Pacific fleets and the final delivery of nuclear weapons. The major belligerents, Germany and Japan on the one side and Britain, the ...
Retired. May 1945. The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter") is a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe late in World War II. Developed under the Emergency Fighter Program, it was designed and built quickly and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritised for ...