The Sikorsky JRS-1, the Forgotten Heroes of Pearl Harbor

So many aircraft were destroyed in the attack on Pearl Harbor that the United States Navy lacked planes to search out the Japanese fleet still lurking nearby. The Sikorsky JRS-1, called the “flying pickup truck,” was pressed into service.

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