Dark Alley Dan
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Mi-24 Hind repainted in the colors of B-24 Liberator EV953 flown by Czech 311 Squadron.More pictures http://www.aviastore.it/?p=7001&lang=en
Very cool tribute. Bless the Czechs.
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Very cool tribute. Bless the Czechs.
Very cool tribute. Bless the Czechs.
What is this Lib? No guns. Strange belly turret.
Anti-sub version?
Dark Alley Dan
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ASW version, I guess, and postwar. The belly turret's been replaced with radar. This from Wikipedia:
Here's some ex-310 (or 312 or 313, who knows) squadron Spits in postwar Czech service:
And some representative art:
Here's some ex-310 (or 312 or 313, who knows) squadron Spits in postwar Czech service:
And some representative art:
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Czech-Brit movie about the squadron made in 1968. Full movie so copy and paste the link to see the 90 minute movie.
No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. It was the RAF's only Czechoslovak-manned medium and heavy bomber squadron. It suffered the heaviest losses of any Czechoslovak formation in the RAF. In the Second World War 511 Czechoslovaks serving in Allied air forces were killed. Of these 273 (53%) died while serving with 311 Squadron.
NEBEŠTÍ JEZDCI (1968)
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajcu8zwZ5o
I like the way the tail gunner recycles his beer bottles at about 35:30
No 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. It was the RAF's only Czechoslovak-manned medium and heavy bomber squadron. It suffered the heaviest losses of any Czechoslovak formation in the RAF. In the Second World War 511 Czechoslovaks serving in Allied air forces were killed. Of these 273 (53%) died while serving with 311 Squadron.
NEBEŠTÍ JEZDCI (1968)
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajcu8zwZ5o
I like the way the tail gunner recycles his beer bottles at about 35:30
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Dark Alley Dan
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Good find, Diopter. Wellingtons, and a Beaufighter/Hurricane combo, and in the first three minutes. 
How they got all that together in 1968 is a matter of some amazement. Thanks very much for that.
How they got all that together in 1968 is a matter of some amazement. Thanks very much for that.
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Those wily Czechs used a lot of old kit after the war. Here's a funny lookin' Mig:
Those wily Czechs used a lot of old kit after the war. Here's a funny lookin' Mig:
A MiG 262??
Yes, a French 25mm cannon.
From the internet: http://weaponsman.com/?p=35291
French WWII 25mm SA.L Mle 1937 anti-tank gun, serial number 566. This anti-tank gun was built in 1939 by the French design & manufacturing company, Atelier Puteaux, and is marked accordingly: “A.PX 1939”. These guns were manufactured and used by the French, but they were also captured and used by the Nazis, who gave them the designation: 2,5cm PaK 113(f). A quantity of the captured guns were sold by the Germans to Finland, who gave them the designation: 25 PstK/37. The gun has a muzzle velocity of 3150 feet per second, and is a very accurate weapon.
Yes, a French 25mm cannon.
From the internet: http://weaponsman.com/?p=35291
French WWII 25mm SA.L Mle 1937 anti-tank gun, serial number 566. This anti-tank gun was built in 1939 by the French design & manufacturing company, Atelier Puteaux, and is marked accordingly: “A.PX 1939”. These guns were manufactured and used by the French, but they were also captured and used by the Nazis, who gave them the designation: 2,5cm PaK 113(f). A quantity of the captured guns were sold by the Germans to Finland, who gave them the designation: 25 PstK/37. The gun has a muzzle velocity of 3150 feet per second, and is a very accurate weapon.
I recall seeing one for sale in the EE a while ago.
The British Expeditionary Force which landed in France in 1939, was issued 300 of these 25 mm anti tank guns, due to the shortage of the British 2 pounder anti tank guns , they were known in Brit service as “ Anti Tank Gun 25 mm. Hotchkiss, MK 1”
