Category: Military
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Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In Croatian Service
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In Croatian Service The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was one of France’s principal fighter aircraft at the outbreak of the Second World War. Though quickly rendered obsolete by rapid wartime advances, the aircraft found a second life in several air forces across occupied Europe. Among the lesser-known operators was the air arm of the Independent… Read more
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Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In Polish Service
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In Polish Service When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, many experienced Polish airmen escaped through Romania to France, determined to continue the fight against the Axis powers. These men formed the nucleus of the Polish Air Force in exile, which came under French command in 1939–1940. Among the aircraft types they flew… Read more
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Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel
Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel Nestled beneath Mount Gibraltar near Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is a Victorian-era single-track railway tunnel that today houses racks of cultivated exotic fungi. The Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel (sometimes called the Mount Gibraltar tunnel) is a surviving piece of 19th-century railway engineering that has had at least three… Read more