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Of the 27 transports, 16 or 17 were shot down. Three or four P-40s were shot down by the escorts. [5] [6] A total of 198 Me 323s were built before production ceased in April 1944. [7] [8] Several production versions were built, beginning with the D-1. Later D- and E- versions differed in the choice of power plant and in defensive armament, with ...
Three R.XIVs were built, serialed R 43/16 to R 45/16. R 43/16 was shot down by Captain Yaille of No. 151 Squadron RAF [2] [page needed] in July 1918. Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV The R.XV also carried on the five engine layout of the R.XIV but introduced a large central fin in the tail unit.
The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI was a four-engined German biplane strategic bomber of World War I, and the only Riesenflugzeug ("giant aircraft") design built in any quantity. [2]The R.VI was the most numerous of the R-Bombers built by Germany, and also among the earliest closed-cockpit military aircraft (the first being the Russian Sikorsky Ilya Muromets).
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Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII (1918). A Riesenflugzeug (plural Riesenflugzeuge, German for "giant aircraft"), sometimes colloquially referred to in English as an R-plane, was any member of a class of large World War I German bombers, possessing at least three aircraft engines, although usually four or more engines.
The Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant was a large German cargo glider developed and used during World War II.Intended to support large-scale invasions, the Me 321 had very limited use due to the low availability of suitable tug aircraft, high vulnerability whilst in flight, and its difficult ground handling, both at base and at destination landing sites.
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
Gracie Bon has decided she’s done with the discomfort of her commercial travel.The 27-year-old plus-size model said she was banned from some airlines after campaigning for bigger seats on aircrafts.