Air Warfare

Kampfgruppe 200 Part I

Air Warfare Aircraft German Units 9 Min Read

Luftwaffe’s Secret KG 200 in World War II The history of the German Luftwaffe in World War II has been examined by scores of authors and eyewitnesses. The case of Kampfgeschwader (Battle Wing) 200, or KG 200, is a different story, however. The real story of this special Luftwaffe unit has remained shrouded in mystery, and most members maintained their…

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KOREA 1950 SOVIET PILOTS ENTER THE FIGHTING III

MiG 15 vs F80 On 11 November 1950, the 64th IAK had only one aerial engagement, but it was sufficiently bitter. At 1400 at a call from the Andong auxiliary command post, four MiGs led by the commander of the 28th GIAP Major Koliadin took off from the Anshan Air…

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South-East Asia Air War Outside of Vietnam

The Air Campaign in Laos The air war transcended the borders of Vietnam into Laos and Cambodia, where similar insurgencies threatened the two royal governments. While each air campaign was considered a sideshow to the war in Vietnam, both provided vital assistance to America’s allies who were each fighting a…

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SD 2 Schmetterling

The air-delivered German SD 2 Schmetterling (butterfly) cluster bomb appears to be the first purpose-built scatterable landmine laying system employed in combat. It was first used against the Poles in September 1939. The Germans used air-burst/impact (SD 2A (41) and SD 2B (41) A), anti-disturbance (SD 2B (70) B, with…

Air Warfare Aircraft Japan 27 Min Read

Last Shout for the Little Warrior I

The new generation of Allied fighter aircraft was bigger, faster, more rugged, better armed and, more importantly, produced in awesome quantities. Skill and expertise were steadily and inevitably being ground down by sheer mass and that was a particularly American phenomenon. Even so, on occasions the A6M was able to…

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Last Shout for the Little Warrior II

Operation Shō-gō (Battle of Leyte Gulf) Sunset of the carrier fleet – Cape Engāno. 25–26 October 1944 At the massive sea/air battle of Leyte Gulf the once proud Japanese carrier fleet was reduced to the status of ‘live bait’ due to the appalling aircraft losses it had taken during the…

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Circus over France

Hurricanes of 312 Squadron escorting Short Stirling bombers on a ‘circus’ operation to Lille, 5 July 1941. The use of heavy bombers instead of the more usual Bristol Blenheims was a further attempt to encourage Luftwaffe fighters into the air. The Mk Vb was the principal Spitfire variant in service…

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Flak towers: then and now

The construction of Flaktürme (Flak towers) in major cities began in response to the first…

American Medium Bombers of WWII Part I

Douglas A-20 Havoc Douglas Aircraft developed the Model 7B twin-engine light attack bomber in the…

SOVIET FIGHTER ACES IN KOREA

Russian MiG-15 Aces in Korea, from left to right: Aleksandr P. Smorchkov (8 kills), Nikolai…

Spitfire XIVs versus Bf 109Ks

Final Encounter (Spitfire v Messerchmitt) by Michael Turner. Wing Commander J E Johnnie Johnson, Spitfire…