List of rotorcraft used in World War II

Germany
Some types in use of Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine
 * Baumgartl Heliofly I (backpack Autogyro-glider)
 * Baumgartl Heliofly III-57 (two contra-rotating helicopter)
 * Baumgartl Heliofly III-59 (little and light disarmable helicopter)
 * Doblhoff WNF 342 (Tip-jet helicopter)
 * Flettner Fl 265 (twin rotor liaison-observation helicopter, pioneer of synchropter configuration)
 * Flettner Fl 282A/B "Kolibri" (reconnaissance synchropter)
 * Flettner Fl 339 (reconnaissance helicopter / artillery spotter)
 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 "Drache" - military transport helicopter, saw limited use for rescue
 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 225 - single-seat rotary wing glider, one built
 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 "Bachstelze" (Autogyro-glider/observation vehicle)
 * Focke-Wulf Fw 61 - World's first practical helicopter, first flown in 1936.
 * Focke-Wulf Fw C.30A - licence-built Cierva C.30A (general purpose autogyro)
 * Nagler-Rolz NR 54 (one-man portable helicopter)
 * Nagler-Rolz Nr 55 (one-man portable helicopter)

United States
In use by USAAF, US Navy and US Coast Guard
 * Kellett KD-1 (La Cierva C.30A) (general use Autogyro)
 * Platt-LePage XR-1 (experimental helicopter)
 * Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general helicopter)
 * Sikorsky YR-4B "Hoverfly", version of R-4, known as HNS-1 in Navy service (ambulance/sea patrol helicopter)
 * Sikorsky R-6 (rescue/reconnaissance helicopter)
 * Sikorsky R-5A (rescue/reconnaissance helicopter)
 * Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (experimental helicopter)

United Kingdom
In use by RAF and FAA
 * Avro 671 "Rota" Mk.1 (licence-built Cierva C.30A) (general purpose autogyro - used for radar station testing)
 * Bristol "Heliogyro" RI/II (experimental helicopter)
 * Cierva W.5 - 2-seater twin outrigger rotor helicopter, first flight 1938.
 * Cierva W.6 - twin rotor helicopter, flown in 1939
 * Cierva W.9 - jet efflux torque compensation design. Built in 1944 and flown in 1945.
 * Hafner Rotabuggy (also known as "Malcolm Rotaplane" and "M.L. 10/42 Flying Jeep") - rotary wing glider attachment for landing jeeps. Tested in 1944 but introduction of vehicle-carrying gliders led to cancellation of project.
 * Hafner Rotachute - one-man rotor-kite for landing assault troops. Not adopted but used instead for testing in support of Rotabuggy project
 * Sikorsky "Hoverfly" I - service name for Sikorsky R-4 used at RAF Helicopter Training School from 1945

Canada
In use for RCAF
 * Avro 671 "Rota" Mk.1 (La Cierva C.30A) (general purpose Autogyro)
 * Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general purpose helicopter)

Soviet Union
In use for Red Army and Soviet Air Forces (VVS)
 * TsAGI (Kamov) A-7/7bis (Liaison and Observation Autogyro)

Japan
In use by Japanese Army/Navy Air Service


 * Kayaba Ka-1 (autogyro, developed from Kellett KD-1)
 * Kayaba Ka-2 (autogyro, different engine to Ka-1)

France
In use for French Army
 * Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane Laboratoire
 * Dorand G.20