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During the return, extreme icing of the tow cables resulted in both gliders becoming detached from their tow-planes and they crashed in the mountains of SE Norway. In addition, one of the Halifax bombers also crashed, instantly killing all 7 crew members onboard, including Sergeant George ...
crash-landed in the English Channel and was saved by a Canadian soldier who swam over to his aircraft, pulled him unconscious from the cockpit, and swam him back to the landing craft that had just left the beach at the end of theDieppe Raid. Fred Jr.’s fractured skull eventually ...
Toronto-based de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, builder of 1,133 of the plywood-skinned Mosquito bomber-reconnaissance planes during the Second World War, ... Mollins,Carl - 《Canadian Business》 被引量: 0发表: 2003年 The Mosquito Bomber Toronto-based de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, builder ...
5as in March 1918, and served in France until February 1919, during this time it gained a fearsome reputation and was credited with 140 enemy planes destroyed and 85 driven down out of control, for 225 victories. No fewer than Seventeen aces had served in the squadron, including one ...
where Trinidad had paid for those planes. I was the only West Indian on my squadron. I was lucky to have served at fixed pre war bases such as Marham, Wyton and Upwood. The fixed bases were more comfortable. There were many other temporary bases which had been scattered across the Unite...
these aircraft were retired, there were no obvioussuccessors, and during theFalkland Islands Warthe British military was forced to rely on civilian aircraft for its transport needs. In time this shortfall was addressed with the addition of such planes as the C-17 Globemaster and the C-130 ...