"Tex Houston" wrote in message
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"John Mullen" wrote in message
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Hi!

I scanned these pics from 'Fighting Jets of WW2' by Jeffrey Ethell and
Albert Price (which I thoroughly recommend btw)

http://www.johnmullen.org.uk/temp/262.jpg

The picture caption mentions that German helicopters were carried aboard
HMS
Reaper and the photo credits the Smithsonian, whose site mentions that
most
of the a/c ended up in their collection after evaluation in the USA.

What I have been totally unable to find is any other reference to the
helicopters found. Pictures or any other info would be very greatly
appreciated.

Thanks for any help you can give.

John



Probably these were Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri, three of which survived VE
day,
the remainder destroyed to avoid capture. About 24 were built, 20 of
which
did actual trials in naval service. 1,000 were ordered built but Allied
bombing prevented construction.

Tex Houston

That's interesting. I was wondering if there might have been any tip-driven
rotor craft among them. Obviously the Fl 282 would not fit into that
category.

Thanks

John