The Deafet of Gladiators 29 II 1940

[mirekw]

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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[Kasatka]

Thanks for the info!