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The Free Kuwait Air Force was an air force in exile. During Operation Desert Storm, flying nearly 1,400 sorties for one loss. Most of their missions were over Kuwait itself. A Free Kuwait Air Force A-4KU, armed with 500lb âSnakeyeâ bombs. In the early morning of 2 August 1990 Iraqi forces crossed the Kuwaiti border and headed for Kuwait City…
Spitfire and Hurricane (behind). Shown here is a Hudson Mk.I of an unidentified Sqd off Dunkirk during early June 1940 at the time of Operation Dynamo. A German twin propelled Messerschmidt BF 110 bomber, nicknamed âFliegender Haifischâ (Flying Shark), over the English Channel, in August of 1940. As soon as…
During training at Muroc Dry Lake, later named Edwards AFB, I learned to pre-flight the P-38. With two engines etc. it did take longer than a single engine fighter but it was simple to do so. Also, it was my first fighter and one that I had dreamed of for…
Art by Romain Hugault In service the Curtiss C-46 Commando proved reliable and able to carry much greater loads than the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, and the large-diameter cabin allowed awkward items to be carried. The cabin floor was strengthened to allow the airlift of light vehicles and artillery, The C-46…
At the end of April 1942 the squadron was transferred from Bomber Command to Coastal Command in to undertake maritime patrols. It moved to RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland on 28 April and began maritime patrol training on 1 May. The squadron was made part of No. 19 Group RAF,…
This Rumpler C. IV is a later-production model without propeller spinner. It wears standard factory camou? age enhanced with red/ white/black (German national colors) markings on the fuselage, wheel covers, wing struts, and nose, making it more colorful than most Rumplers. The excellent Rumplers were a common sight in the…
Nearest aircraft is Consolidated B-24L-5-CO (S/N 44-41538) of the 33rd Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group. (U.S. Air Force photo) Aircraft #538 was named âRound Trip Ticketâ and aircraft #366 B-24J S/N 44-40366 was named âGypsyâ and later renamed âSlightly Dangerousâ. LINEAGE. Constituted 33d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 Dec 1939.…
Arguably, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 evolved into wartime Germanyâs most effective fighter, offering the Luftwaffe…
Douglas A-20 Havoc Douglas Aircraft developed the Model 7B twin-engine light attack bomber in the…
Final Encounter (Spitfire v Messerchmitt) by Michael Turner. Wing Commander J E Johnnie Johnson, Spitfire…
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