Pilots of the… Abyss: The aircraft salvagers of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) Interviews, WW2 in Greece Galilea: The 1942 shipwreck that took the lives of over 1,000 Italians Shipwrecks, WW2, WW2 in Greece Bunker Archaeology: The WW2 underground shelters of the Royal Hellenic Navy in Sa...
While resistance was politically divided and very fragmented, this “armée secrete” was nevertheless organized by the exile Pielot Government, participating notably in a repatriation network for downed RAF and USAAF pilots. HMS Godetia. Commissioned in February 1942 she was transferred immediately to ...
Due to a lack of spare parts and 20 mm ammunition (the Hispano-Suiza did not fire the same 20 mm cartridges produced in Italy), these were rarely used by pilots, except for training to fight against the French aircraft. A Regia Aeronautica D.520. This picture is referred to as having ...
He was in the Comète Line resistance network Franco-Belgian network he was passing pilots who were going back to Britain to take over the fight My research allowed me to find a member of a HALIFAX shot near Bar-le-Duc (Eastern France) its name SPILLER (see document) I am also looking...
August 3, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA, Wilshire Rotary Club— Aquila Polonica co-founder Terry Tegnazian presented “Heroic Stories Make Epic Reads,” focusing on those audacious and charismatic Polish fighter pilots of 303 Squadron whose superb aerial combat skills helped save England during the Bat...
A check-list recovered from one of the aircraft, but that was incomplete and not totally correct, provided some help but still severe difficulties were felt in the adaptation of pilots to the aircraft. The arrival of American mechanics at the Lajes Air Base eased the maintenance problems, but...
pilots are almost invariably depicted either smoking a cigarette, as in the illustration, or chomping on a cigar, as in the TQD figure. I rejected the Airfix and CMK figures because they appear to be wearing the winter B-3 jacket with fur collar. I note, however, that CMK resin figures...