First medical emergency mission flown by a helicopter (Bell Model 30)
Sunday, August 5, 1945
This is a Notable Operational milestone.
Description:
The first time a helicopter had been used to perform a medical emergency mission.
A doctor was flown to a snowbound New York farm using a Bell Model 30 flown by Bell test pilot Floyd Carlson to assist a pilot who had bailed out of a Bell fighter aircraft.
