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Hace 5 días · General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production models of the F-111 had roles that included attack (e.g. interdiction ), strategic bombing (including nuclear weapons capabilities), reconnaissance and electronic warfare.
Hace 1 día · The 4th Fighter Group comprised the former RAF Eagle Squadrons, which transferred into American service in September 1942, the volunteer pilots bringing their Mark Vb Spitfires with them. The USAAF 14th Photographic Squadron of the 8th Air Force also operated Spitfire Mark XIs from November 1943 to April 1945, flying long-range reconnaissance over Europe.
Hace 4 días · This list is of former air stations of the Royal Navy within the British Isles, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles ( Orkney and Shetland ), and over six thousand smaller islands. [11] The Channel Islands, off the north coast of France, are normally taken to be ...
Hace 5 días · The RAF later operated 308 P-51Bs and 636 P-51Cs, which were known in RAF service as Mustang Mk IIIs; the first units converted to the type in late 1943 and early 1944. Mustang Mk III units were operational until the end of World War II, though many units had already converted to the Mustang Mk IV (P-51D) and Mk IVa (P-51K) (828 in total, comprising 282 Mk IV and 600 Mk IVa). [48]
Hace 1 día · No 243 Squadron RAF, equipped with Buffalo fighters, was disbanded on 21 January and 232 Squadron became operational on 22 January, the same day the Genzan Air Group attacked Kallang Airport. 232 Squadron thus had the first losses and victories for the Hurricane in Southeast Asia that day.
Hace 5 días · Nos 97 and 166 Squadrons’ Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bombers duly replaced the Battles and became known as No 4 Group Pool. Further reorganisation in April 1940 brought the creation of No 10 Operational Training Unit. Abingdon was heavily involved in the Thousand Bomber Raids against Cologne, Essen and Bremen during the spring of 1942.
Hace 3 días · The Parachute Regiment was formed on 22 June 1940 during the Second World War and eventually raised 17 battalions. In Europe, these battalions formed part of the 1st Airborne Division, the 6th Airborne Division and the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group. Another three battalions served with the British Indian Army in India and Burma.
