The Deafet of Gladiators 29 II 1940

Hi

In May 2006 has beed edited in Poland my story about Defeat of Gladiators. This is about air combats over Roukolahti on 29 II 1940. On this day 23 Soviets I-16, I-153 of 1., 2./68 OIAP had attacked FAF air base (Gladiators and Fokkers D.XXI - LLV 26 and LLv 24).

In about 15 minutes Soviets pilots had claimed about 20 victories over FAF. Finn losses were smaller but heavy (6 fighters = 5 Gladiators + 1 D.XXI, 3 KIA, 3 WIA).
Soviets had lost 2 I-16 (1 KIA +1 PoW) + 7 damaged fighters.

The story was edited in Militaria XX wieku 3/2006. Text has 7 pages, 2 colors (Gladiator GL-263, D.XXI) and 13 b&w photos.

Text in Polish and English captions.

Regards,

Mirek Wawrzynski
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Thanks for the info!