I see a lot of backward projection in these arguments, where talk of gunships makes people think of fleets of thousands of sophisticated tank busters of the 80s and onwards. Similarly modern ideas about the expendability of aircrew and machines are being projected back onto the conditions of WW2.
Personally I think that with a few different decisions the Nazis could have come up with the worlds most advanced 1943 helicopter in 1943, probably at the expense of something else of course. And if they did and it showed promise they`d mount weapons on it and have a crack at using it in the fighting. And if a couple of dozen or even a hundred helos and pilots were shot down, then hey, add them to the list of tens of thousands of fliers and planes that were shot down in WW2, then add them to the millions of combat deaths suffered by Germany in WW2.
Personally I think that with a few different decisions the Nazis could have come up with the worlds most advanced 1943 helicopter in 1943, probably at the expense of something else of course. And if they did and it showed promise they`d mount weapons on it and have a crack at using it in the fighting. And if a couple of dozen or even a hundred helos and pilots were shot down, then hey, add them to the list of tens of thousands of fliers and planes that were shot down in WW2, then add them to the millions of combat deaths suffered by Germany in WW2.