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By ANDREW THOMAS 1st February 2017

… 85 SQUADRON WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOSQUITO NIGHT-FIGHTER UNITS, AS ANDREW THOMAS DESCRIBES DE HAVILLAND … the fray. The heaviest raid came on the night of the 7th/8th when 85’s ‘A’ Flight mounted eight defensive sorties. Sqn … British as the ‘Baby Blitz’. With its distinctive extended wing tips, high altitude Mosquito XV DZ385 was one of a few …

By PETE LONDON 12th January 2017

… up-todate. In the East African theatre the leading Italian fighter was the Fiat CR42 biplane. Operated there by the … No-one was injured, though the Wellesley’s starboard wing was riddled with holes from the Gladiators’ bullets. The … Squadriglia CR42 strafed the capital’s airfield on the 8th, destroying 94’s Gladiators N2284 and N5778, and damaging …

29th December 2016

… which suggests the weather was bad. On July 11 the fighter arrived at its new base after another stop at … a Rodeo with 82, 122 and 154 Squadrons of the Hornchurch Wing. MK. IX DEBUT At midnight that day, 64 Squadron … it was ready for collection on June 5, 1944, and on the 8th flew to 8 MU at Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, where …

By report: Rich Cooper/Centre of Aviation Photography photos: Rich Cooper/COAP and Bartek Bera 5th January 2017

… expansive base: 8. Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego (8. elt, 8th Tactical Air Squadron) and 40. elt. The first ‘Fitter’ … the 31. BLT at Poznań-Krzesiny, the US Air Force’s 31st Fighter Wing (FW) and the US Air National Guard’s 138th FW. The …

By Andreas Rupprecht 8th December 2016

… Chinese Internet Alongside the J-20A, the J-10 multirole fighter was shown for the first time as an operational type. … attack helicopter. New UAVs In 2014 Zhuhai hosted the AVIC Wing Loong I (Pterodactyl I), a medium-altitude … status or unit. Serial 11098 belongs to the PLAAF’s 8th Bomber Division and carries dummy KD-63 cruise missiles. …