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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: No.1 on June 23, 2008, 01:25:58 PM

Title: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: No.1 on June 23, 2008, 01:25:58 PM

Hi friends,

how are you informed about this aviation just before and during WW2? Specially interesting in the Italian types. Any images?

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: mfg495 on June 23, 2008, 01:54:28 PM

Here's a start

The history of the Afghan National Air Corps began on 22 August 1924 as the Afghan Air Force, being founded with a few aircraft obtained from Russia as early as 1921. This small force was destroyed in 1929, and not reconstituted again until 1937. It was renamed the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1947 along with political changes in the country, a title it retained until further political upheaval in 1973.

1919 to 1929: Bristol F.2 Fighter
1921 to ?: Nieuport 24
1921 to 1925: Sopwith 1½ Strutter
 
1924 to 19291924 to ?: de Havilland DH.9
1924 to 1926: de Havilland R-1
1924 to 1928: Junkers F.13fe
1925 to 1929: Junkers A.20
1928 to ?: Bartel BM 4b
1928 to ?: Junkers G.24ge
1928 to 1929: Potez 25
 
1937 to 19671937 to ?: Hawker Hart
1937 to 1941: Breda Ba.25
1937 to 1941: IMAM Ro.37
1937 to 1957: Hawker Hind

Source - Wikipedia

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: No.1 on June 23, 2008, 02:09:55 PM

Problem is to find archive images for this airplanes:

1937 to 19671937 to ?: Hawker Hart
1937 to 1941: Breda Ba.25
1937 to 1941: IMAM Ro.37
1937 to 1957: Hawker Hind

... and I really need it :(

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: mfg495 on June 23, 2008, 02:18:23 PM

find this at the RAF Museum site

http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?view=detail&db=object&pageSize=1&id=1407

and this

http://www.hawkerhind.co.uk/

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: No.1 on June 23, 2008, 02:29:32 PM

Nothing from archive images to regret :( and absolutely nothing about Hart. But even worse with Italian types. Any magazine article or maybe Jane's yearbook from that period?

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: mfg495 on June 24, 2008, 10:22:58 AM

Quote from: No.1 on June 23, 2008, 02:29:32 PM

Nothing from archive images to regret :( and absolutely nothing about Hart. But even worse with Italian types. Any magazine article or maybe Jane's yearbook from that period?

Will keep researching  :-/

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: No.1 on June 24, 2008, 10:43:07 AM

You are best friends- thank you :)

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: mfg495 on June 25, 2008, 09:22:33 AM

Here are a couple of images of the HART and a link to a site will more detailed close-up shots

http://www.detailpics.net/hartgal.htm

Title: Re: Afganistan before WW2
Post by: No.1 on July 05, 2008, 03:35:39 PM

 :-tri