By Pierre Kosmidis A frontpage of the “Daily Mirror” newspaper, dated November 4, 1940, features the story of Greek fighter pilot “Captain Demetriou, who, when his ammunition was exhausted, rammed a huge three-engined Italian plane in mid-air yesterday”. This “kamikaze” attack was not the first during WW2 and certainly not the last. The first ramming […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos: www.aegeantec.gr © Marinos Giourgas and Dimitris Haliasos published under license A Greek scuba diving team visited recently one of the known wrecks off Kerkyra island in Greece. The Algerine class minesweeper HMS Regulus was sunk by a mine on 12 January 1945, with one casualty. According to the Naval History website, HMS Regulus, while on a […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and videos: © Marinos Giourgas, published under license Mr. Marinos Giourgas is a technical diving instructor and together with his colleagues, they found off Rhodes a Luftwaffe Junkers 52 in very good condition, at a depth of approximately 80 meters. The discovery of the Ju 52 in almost intact condition is in itself an […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Φωτογραφίες και video: © Μαρίνος Γιούργας, παραχωρήθηκαν στο www.ww2wrecks.com και δημοσιεύονται κατόπιν αδείας. Ο κ. Μαρίνος Γιούργας είναι εκπαιδευτής τεχνικών καταδύσεων και μαζί με συνεργάτες του, εντόπισε στη θαλάσσια περιοχή της Ρόδου ένα γερμανικό μεταγωγικό αεροπλάνο Junkers 52 σε πάρα πολύ καλή κατάσταση, το οποίο χρονολογείται από την περίοδο του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Κάθε φορά που […]
By Pierre Kosmidis During the Second World War, although being severely outnumbered, counting only 79 aircraft against the 380 fighters and bombers available to the Italian Regia Aeronautica, the Royal Hellenic Air Force managed to successfully resist the Italian invasion in 1940. On November 2, 1940, a Breguet 19 intercepted the 3 Alpine Division Julia […]