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Old 29-01-2008, 12:46 AM   #7 (permalink)
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The Japanese must have used more autogyros than any other nation in WW2, and probably the only nation to use them in combat, (or reconnaissance at least).

AFAIK the RAF only used theirs for radar calibration and similar duties.

The Germans used Flettner Fl282 helicopters (not autogiros) for shipboard reconnaisance, but in much smaller numbers than this.
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