By 1942, the Fw 189 began gradually replacing the Hs 126 as the main German tactical reconnaissance aircraft. According to German records from September 1942, out of 317 short-range reconnaissance aircraft, 174 were Fw 189A-1 and A-2 models. Their service on the Eastern Front demonstrated tha...
Almost all were destroyed on the ground by the invading German army during the invasion of Poland in 1939. 4. Fairey Battle The statistic that nearly 100 of these British planes were shot down in just one week in 1940 should tell you something about the Fairey Battle's suitability as a ...
and few of those were within range of Normandy. The various German sources on that unit’s strength are extremely contradictory, giving figures ranging from about three hundred to more than eight hundred planes. Col. Josef Priller’s postwar history...
Liu Cuigang engaged in aerial combat over Shanghai, China flying a Hawk III fighter, claiming the downing of a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft. [Liu Cuigang | Shanghai | CPC] Mao Yingchu, flying a Hawk III biplane fighter, claimed a Japanese B2M carrier torpedo bomber over Shanghai, China...
United Kingdom (1941) Mobile Fortress – None Built In 1941, Britain had just dodged the bullet of a German invasion. The fears of an invasion peaked after defeat in France, but gave way in July and August 1940 to a sense of national defiance with air superiority over the UK maintained ...
In service by 1940 it was manufactured to 8,345 vehicles total and served in way more roles as intended, including field reconnaissance. Sd.Kfz. 3 Opel Maultier (1939) The proverbial tracked truck of the German Army, tailored for the astern front and the Russian network made of bad to ...
In 1939 most divisions comprised three regiments, each of three battalions—the ‘‘triangular’’ format adopted by the U.S. Amry in contrast to the previous ‘‘square’’ formations. Additionally German divisions had a reconnaissance squadron, an antitank and engineer battalion, and an artiller...
By the Battle of Britain, less than a year after the outbreak of war, WAAFs were actively employed in plotting aircraft and radar signals, interpreting reconnaissance photographs, debriefing aircrew after raids, packing parachutes and running communications. In fact by 1944 almost all the RAF's me...
Kingdom of Italy (1941-1943) Light Reconnaissance Tank – 432 Built The Carro Armato Leggero L6/40 was a light reconnaissance tank used by the Italian Regio Esercito (English: Royal Army) from May 1941 until the Armistice with the Allied forces in September 1943. It was the only turret-...