First Helicopter Combat Rescue Mission: From the Archive

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

History

4.7 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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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 Sikorsky supplied the first primitive choppers to the US Army and four pilots were trained to fly the untested aircraft in the jungles of Burma. Carter Harman was one of those first courageous pilots and he performed the world's first helicopter combat rescue mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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