By Pierre Kosmidis Source: 211 Squadron RAF Photos: As credited On the afternoon of Easter Sunday, 13 April 1941, six of the Squadron’s seven remaining serviceable Blenheims took off from Paramythia for an unescorted daylight attack on German forces some some 120 miles away to the NNE, advancing South via the Monastir Gap through Florina […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © www.ww2wrecks.com The Bristol Blenheim IVF shot down and ditched off Crete, was salvaged and is now a permanent exhibit at the Here are some photos of the ventral gun tray, featuring four .0303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns in special gun pack under the fuselage.
By Pierre Kosmidis The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from mainland Greece towards Crete and Egypt is in full swing, during the last chaotic days of April 1941. A repetition of the Dunkirk operation on a smaller scale sees thousands of allied soldiers fleeing the nazi advance in mainland Greece, following the capitulation of […]
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from mainland Greece towards Crete and Egypt is in full swing, during the last chaotic days of April 1941. A repetition of the Dunkirk operation on a smaller scale sees thousands of allied soldiers fleeing the nazi advance in mainland Greece, following the capitulation of the Greek Army. […]
Text and research by Alexis Mehtidis Ιταλικές αεροπορικές επιχειρήσεις στην ηπειρωτική Ελλάδα από 11 – 20 Νοεμβρίου 1940. Regia Aeronautica azioni contro la Grecia, 10-20 Novembre 1940. Italian air operations over mainland Greece, October November 11th-20th, 1940. [T-821 R-189 Raccolta di documenti militari italiani 1940-1941]
By Pierre Kosmidis All photos © www.ww2wrecks.com except stated otherwise One of the interesting exhibits on display at the National War Museum, Fort St Elmo, Valletta, Malta, is the fuselage of Gloster Gladiator N5520, popularly known as “Faith”. “Faith” was one of the three Gladiators that are the source of the myth, that only three aircraft, named “Faith”, “Hope”, and […]
By Pierre Kosmidis All photos © www.ww2wrecks.com, shot on Sunday 24 September 2023 The Hellenic Air Force Museum features some unique exhibits, spanning across 8 decades of aviation history. Among them, aircraft salvaged from the depths, such as a Ju52 shot down in Leros island in 1943, a Bristol Blenheim shot down in Crete in 1941, a […]
By Pierre Kosmidis READ IN ENGLISH: The rare warbirds of the Hellenic Air Force Museum Pilots of the… Abyss: The aircraft salvagers of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) WW2 German Stuka Ju87 aircraft shot down in 1943 recovered in Leros Found, salvaged and preserved! A Blenheim shot down in Crete by friendly fire on April […]
By Pierre Kosmidis The Hellenic Air Force Museum, located at Dekelia Air Base (ICAO: LGTT), at the north of Athens, features some unique aircraft, ranging from WW2 to today. The Air Base started operating in 1918 and features a single runway with a length of 1764 metres. The airport is currently used by the […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Nuggets of WW2 history lay hidden for decades in the Greek seas. ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΕΔΩ GREEK VERSION HERE ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΕΔΩ GREEK VERSION HERE Many secrets are revealed thanks to the salvagers of the Hellenic Air Force, the specially trained scuba divers, who salvage World War II aircraft […]