Tag: WWII
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Henschel Hs 126 Captured by Australia
Henschel Hs 126 Captured by Australia In November 1942, personnel from No. 450 Squadron RAAF captured a serviceable Henschel Hs 126 in the Libyan desert during the Allied advance following the Second Battle of El Alamein. The aircraft had apparently been abandoned by its Luftwaffe crew near Sollum after mechanical trouble or fuel problems. It… Read more
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Henschel Hs 126 Royal Hellenic Air Force
Henschel Hs 126 in Royal Hellenic Air Force Service The German-built Henschel Hs 126 served with distinction in the Royal Hellenic Air Force during the early stages of the Second World War. Greece acquired 16 of these two-seat reconnaissance and observation aircraft before the German invasion of 1941. Designed as a short-range army cooperation aircraft,… Read more
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HMS Eagle (1918) Aircraft Carrier
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924.… Read more