Tag: aviation
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Fiat G.55 Centauro in Egyptian Service
Fiat G.55 Centauro in Egyptian Service The Royal Egyptian Air Force (REAF) operated a small number of Fiat G.55 Centauro fighters in the immediate post-Second World War period, primarily during and shortly after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Although the type had been one of Italy’s most capable wartime fighters, its Egyptian career was brief and limited in… Read more
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Fiat G.55 Centauro in ANR Service
Fiat G.55 Centauro in Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR) Service The Fiat G.55 Centauro was one of the most capable Italian fighter aircraft to see operational service in the final phase of the Second World War, and it became particularly associated with the fighter units of the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR), the air arm of the… Read more
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Page 4
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Art Page 4 Tiger Girl Boeing B-17F-75-DL s/n 42-3555 Tiger Girl of the 8th Air Force, 388th Bomb Group, 560th BS, England, 1944 Toots Boeing B-17F s/n 42-29606 Toots Two Beauts Two Beauts Boeing B-17F-60-BO 42-29573 was delivered at Denver on 6/1/43. It was assigned to the 358 Bomber Squadron… Read more