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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Heinkel He 162 A-2 Volksjäger

28th November 2023 Milan Doležal

Heinkel He 162 A-2 Volksjäger (c/n 120227, formerly VN679 of the RAF), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2018. By early 1944, the German aviation authorities slowly began realising that […]

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Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA

24th October 2023 Milan Doležal

Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA (c/n 7446, formerly G-ABBB), exhibited at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, London, July 2018. At the beginning of the 1920s, the Royal Air Force fighter tactics were focused on […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

19 May 1891 – Oswald Boelcke is born

18th May 2023 Jacek Domański

On 19th May 1891, Oswald Boelcke, pioneer aviator, World War I air ace and godfather of the German fighter aviation, was born in Giebichenstein, Saxony (now a district of Halle). Oswald Boelcke was the fourth […]

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12 May 1940 – the first operational sortie by Defiant interceptor

11th May 2023 Jacek Domański

On 12th May 1940, Boulton Paul Defiant fighter performed its first operational sortie. On that day, six aircraft of that type, together with six Spitfires, executed a combat patrol over the English Channel and coastal […]

AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY

21 April 1942 – Edward O´Hare becomes the first US Navy aviator to receive the Medal of Honor

20th April 2023 Jacek Domański

On 21st April 1942, Edward Henry O´Hare received the Medal of Honor – the highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces – for his actions on 20th February 1942. On that day, O´Hare […]

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North American P-51D-25NT Mustang

21st February 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

North American P-51D-25NT Mustang (c/n 124-48293, N151W ´Excalibur´) taxiing for take-off to perform flying display during Aerofestival 2015 at Poznań-Ławica airport, Poznań (June 2015). The example of the most iconic US fighter of World War […]

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Messerschmitt Me 163B Komet

14th February 2023 Jacek Domański

Messerschmitt Me 163B-1 Komet (c/n 191316?, formerly JG 400 of the Luftwaffe), exhibited in Deutsches Museum, Munich, October 2013. The Me 163 Komet is commonly associated with German anti-aircraft defence in the final years of […]

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27 January 1939 – first flight of Lockheed P-38 Lightning

26th January 2023 Jacek Domański

On 27th January 1939, prototype of twin piston-engine fighter aircraft XP-38 performed its maiden flight, by test pilot Benjamin S. Kelsey. The P-38 fighter was created in response to the United States Army Air Corps […]

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McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II

17th January 2023 Milan Doležal

McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II (c/n 4330, 37+01, Luftwaffe), flying display at Phantom Pharewell retirement event, Wittmundhafen, June 2013. Exactly fifty-two years ago, in January of 1971, the book with a story of German Phantom […]

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6 January – the day the Great War air aces were born

6th January 2023 Jacek Domański

Coincidentally, on the sixth day of January (in various years), several flying aces of the First World War were born. They came from different countries and served on different fronts, but they shared the same […]

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