Just come across this piece in Burma: The forgotten war
"Back in the States, Cochran secured not only 100 short take-off and landing (STOL) L-1 Vigilant and L-5 Sentinel aircraft for casualty evacuation, but also 30 Mustang fighters, 20 Mitchell bombers, 20 C-47 and 12 UC-64 Norseman transports, with 150 Waco cargo- and troop-carrying gliders with 50 more to come (‘I don’t want those guys to walk’, Arnold had said), and 6 new fangled Sikorski YR-4 helicopters – the first ever used in operations"
I had never heard of helicopters being used in Burma or anywhere else in WWII, especially by the allies. Anybody able to expand on it?
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"Back in the States, Cochran secured not only 100 short take-off and landing (STOL) L-1 Vigilant and L-5 Sentinel aircraft for casualty evacuation, but also 30 Mustang fighters, 20 Mitchell bombers, 20 C-47 and 12 UC-64 Norseman transports, with 150 Waco cargo- and troop-carrying gliders with 50 more to come (‘I don’t want those guys to walk’, Arnold had said), and 6 new fangled Sikorski YR-4 helicopters – the first ever used in operations"
I had never heard of helicopters being used in Burma or anywhere else in WWII, especially by the allies. Anybody able to expand on it?
Wiki says it's true.