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US Navy receives its first helicopter (Sikorsky XHNS-1)

Saturday, October 16, 1943

This is a Significant Other milestone.

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XHNS-1 was the US Navy designation for the YR-4B.

Source: VFS 2019 VTOL History Calendar

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