Abstract
On January 3, 1944, a request was made of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Aviation Training and Development facility in Brooklyn to fly plasma from the Battery in New York City to a hospital in Sandy Hook, Alaska. Snow squalls and sleet had grounded all fixed-winged aircraft, and the plasma was badly needed for sailors injured in an explosion aboard the USS Turner. Commander Frank Erickson, in the first operational model of the Sikorsky R-4 helicopter, made this initial flight for mankind. On January 3, 1944, a request was made of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Aviation Training and Development facility in Brooklyn to fly plasma from the Battery in New York City to a hospital in Sandy Hook, Alaska. Snow squalls and sleet had grounded all fixed-winged aircraft, and the plasma was badly needed for sailors injured in an explosion aboard the USS Turner. Commander Frank Erickson, in the first operational model of the Sikorsky R-4 helicopter, made this initial flight for mankind.
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