+Gepard Posted September 17, 2023 Posted September 17, 2023 The Battle of the Bzura (or the Battle of Kutno) was the largest Polish counter-attack of the German invasion of Poland and was fought from 9 to 19 September 1939. The battle took place west of Warsaw, near the Bzura River. It began as a Polish counter-offensive, which gained initial success, but the Germans outflanked the Polish forces with a concentrated counter-attack. Finally the Polish forces were completly destroyed. 5 Quote
Spinners Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 September 23rd, 1947 - The prototype Hawker P.1040 departs Boscombe Down for Farnborough for further testing 7 Quote
Spinners Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 October 6th, 1942 - No ops for No.402 RCAF but the squadron logbook shows several training and meteorological flights from RAF Kenley 2 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted May 10, 2024 Author Posted May 10, 2024 10 May 1972, one of the busiest of the air war over North Vietnam with the commencement of Operation Linebacker 11 VPAF fighters would be shot down that day (including 3 by Showtime 100 crew of Cunningham and Driscoll, becoming the only USN aces of the war) vs 2 Phantoms each from the Navy and USAF (including Showtime 100, downed by a SAM after its third kill) 5 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 May 10th 1972: first flight of the Fairchild Republic YA-10A Thunderbolt II. the YA-10A would go on to better fame during Desert Storm, when it was better known as ... the Warthog 2 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted May 15 Author Posted May 15 15 May 1975: Jolly Green 44 approaches USS Holt off of Koh Tang Island while extracting Marines after the recovery of the SS Mayaguez. Jolly Green 44, a HH-53, was able to expedite the withdrawal of Marines on the beach by offloading on Holt, with only the nose wheel touching down the landing pad. All in complete darkness. To go all the way to the carrier Coral Sea would have taken 30 minutes and the Marines remaining on the beach were in danger of being overrun. Once the 34 Marines on this trip were onboard Holt, Jolly Green 44 was on the beach for another pick up in 5 minutes 38 US service members were lost during what became known as the Mayaguez Incident, also generally considered the final US battle of the Vietnam War 4 Quote
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