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August 1, 2014 at 11:08 pm in reply to: One for the Detectives. Baltimore and Wellington, Kalamata Greece #922349

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Hi all, just to revive this thread, I think I have a rough idea on the Baltimores being 459 RAAF Squadron, the 13 RHAF Squadron after repatriation was based in Hassani airport (later Hellenicon- Athens International Airport). The ‘Guerillas’, at least the two of them are Aussies, uniforms being nowhere near Guerilla dress code. Still looking about the Wimpy. Date should be after October 44 (Greece being liberated at that point) to early 45.

March 22, 2007 at 4:07 pm in reply to: Greek Spitfire Restored To Airworthy Condition #1265773

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Hello,

I have seen that it has gone a discussion for a while about our Spitfire Mk. IXc LF with MJ 755 numbers and firewall plate CBAF 4484. Our intentions are to examine the aircraft and decide weather it is feasible to bring it in flying condition or not. Would love to know more things about this aircrafts history before it was being delivered to the Royal Hellenic Air Force in 1947.We know that it served with both 32 and 94 sq of the RAF.

March 22, 2007 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe Questions & Stuka Discussion #1265783

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http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhorta/index.htm

12 o’ clock high thats’ it

March 8, 2007 at 3:41 pm in reply to: lake warbirds #1280428

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The Hellenic Air Force Museum has recovered the remains of a Bristol Blenheim MkI from Lake Prespa back in 1994. It was L1434. Now the engines and the right wing are on display.

March 6, 2007 at 6:10 am in reply to: Greek Civil War air operations query #1282656

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During 1943-44 the EAM/ELAS had created at least two airstrips in the northern part of Greece and some flights took place from and to there. The most important was Neraida airstrip near Karditsa where there is only one recorded flight from a Li-2 carrying Col Popov and his staff who came for negotiations with EAM (the political part of EAM/ELAS) and finaly stayed as the USSR military attache in Athens for many years. These airstrips were straffed by the forces of the Gonverment, but only for psychological reasons. The government forces were equaly reluctant to make any fighting with forces of Albania and Yugoslavia for avoidance of great powers intervention.
The Spitfire incident took place, if I am not mistaken, in 1947 but I have to look up to it. The pilot forced landed and was unhurt and later on was brought back in Greece.

March 5, 2007 at 4:36 pm in reply to: Greek Civil War air operations query #1283133

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Hello,

during the Greek civil war that lasted from 1944 until 1949 there were only the aircraft flown by the Royal Hellenic Air Force. The EAM/ELAS ( the communist partizans who fought against the Germans since 1942) fought against the Royal party and the British expedition force in an attemtp to gain power and bring Greece under the reign of the USSR. After the Yalta treaty between the westerners and the Russians the later lost interest for that part of Europe and stopped providing assistance to EAM.
Now to answer your question, there were no aircraft used by them but there are some registered skirmishes between RHAF Spitfires and Yugoslavian Yak-3s with no losses from both sides.
The majority of the aircraft lost is due to enemy AA fire. Comprised mostly of captured AA light guns.
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