Tag: World War Two
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HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Glorious was paid off after the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. After the start of the Second World War, Glorious spent the rest of 1939 unsuccessfully hunting for Read more
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PZL P.24 Fighter
PZL P.24 Fighter PZL P.24 Overview The PZL P.24 was a Polish-designed monoplane fighter developed in the mid-1930s by Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze (PZL). It was a further development of the successful PZL P.11, fitted with the more powerful Gnome-Rhône radial engine. Unlike the P.11, which was primarily for Polish service, the P.24 was specifically intended Read more
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Mitsubishi Ki-15
Mitsubishi Ki-15 The Mitsubishi Ki-15 was a Japanese reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft developed in the mid-1930s. It originated from a Japanese Army requirement for a fast, long-range reconnaissance machine that could outrun contemporary fighters. Mitsubishi began work in 1935, with the prototype flying in May 1936. The aircraft was a low-wing monoplane of all-metal Read more