Helikopter ini banyak terlibat di misi-misi SAR (search and rescue) di kawasan Asia semasaPerang Dunia II. Sikorsky R-4 terlibat dalam misi CSAR (combat SAR) pertama yang dilakukan menggunakan helikopter pada April 1944 di teater China-India-Burma.
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