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The T111 was developed and manufactured during World War II as a heavy truck for use by the Wehrmacht. Production started in 1942 and continued for twenty years, ending in 1962 when it was replaced by the Tatra 138 [1]. Despite being built for the Nazi war machine [2], the vehicle ultimately played an important role after the war ended.
World War II was the first war in which jet aircraft participated in combat with examples being used on both sides of the conflict during the latter stages of the war. The first successful jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178 , flew only five days before the war started on 1 September 1939. [ 1 ]
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at war during World War II from the period between when the country joined the war and the time the country withdrew from it, or when the war ended.
The following list of military aircraft of the Czech Republic is a list of military aircraft and civil aircraft for military use currently in service with the Czech Air Force, the Czech Land Forces (unmanned aerial vehicles) and the Flight Training Center as well as retired aircraft.
This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Hungarian Air Force (MKHL) during World War II.During the war, Hungary fought as part of the Axis powers in the Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941), on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union (1941-1944), and in the Battle for Hungary (1944-1945).
Data from Heinkel He 111: A Documentary History General characteristics Crew: 5 (pilot, navigator/bombardier/ nose gunner, ventral gunner, dorsal gunner/radio operator, side gunner) Length: 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 22.6 m (74 ft 2 in) Height: 4 m (13 ft 1 in) Wing area: 87.6 m 2 (943 sq ft) Empty weight: 8,680 kg (19,136 lb) Gross weight: 12,030 kg (26,522 lb) Max takeoff weight: 14,000 ...
On 1 November 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by an Allied aircraft over the Tokyo region of Japan since the Doolittle Raid in April 1942. This photo reconnaissance sortie returned with 7000 photographs which helped with planning air raids on Japan during the last months of World War ...