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Oct
8
2012
The One Man Czech Air Force
Posted by HW on 08 Oct 2012 /
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Published on October 8, 2012 For Sgt. Josef František, a Czech fighter pilot, the past two years had been spent in hard combat against the Nazis. He had watched the Wehrmacht occupy Czechoslovakia in 1938. He fought in Poland against the Blitzkrieg in 1939 — even dropping grenades on the enemy when he was temporarily [...]
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Oct
8
2012
A Firecracker with a V-12
Posted by HW on 08 Oct 2012 /
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This Week’s Hints to help you along: Sporting a supercharged V-12 engine imported from Central Europe. One of the few planes to bear a swastika with two air forces. Its fate remains entirely unknown — though it flew for three years. Fast, light and maneuverable — but are those fixed landing gear? So do you [...]
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