Sergei I. Sikorsky, the son of famous aviator Igor Sikorsky, has died, according to the Connecticut based company bearing that family name.

Sergei I. Sikorsky was 100.

“A proud military veteran, Sergei served our country during World War II, in the United States Coast Guard, assigned to the Helicopter Development Unit,” Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company , said in a statement Saturday.

Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s Stratford headquarters.

Those at the company are “saddened to learn of the passing,” the statement said.

Born in Ukraine in 1889, Igor Sikorsky settled in Stratford and revolutionized aviation by developing the first successful helicopter in the U.S. He also founded Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, the prominent business in Connecticut.

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