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The Slovak Air Force (Slovak: Slovenské vzdušné zbrane, or SVZ), between 1939 and 1945, was the air force of the short-lived World War II Slovak Republic. Its mission was to provide air support at fronts, and to protect Bratislava and metropolitan areas against enemy air attack.
The Slovak Resistance Air Force (in Slovak: Slovenské povstalecké letectvo) was an Allied air unit which fought against Axis forces in Slovakia and participated in the Slovak National Uprising in August–October 1944. Avia B.534.217 of Combined Squadron, on which Frantisek Cyprich shot down a Hungarian Junkers Ju 52/3m
This force defended Slovakia against Hungary in 1939, and took part in the invasion of Poland in support of Germany. During the World War II, the Slovak Air force was charged with the defense of Slovak airspace, and, after the invasion of Russia, provided air cover for Slovak forces fighting against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.
Staffel (slowakisches) Jagdgeschwader 52 (13.(slovak)/ JG 52) was a front-line unit of the Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe made up of Slovak personnel during World War II. They operated on the Eastern Front using Messerschmitt Bf 109s (E,F and G), between 1941 and 1943.
During World War II, Slovakia was a client state of Nazi Germany and a member of the ... 1944 by American B-24 bombers of the Fifteenth Air Force with 181 victims ...
Ján Režňák (14 April 1919 in Jablonica, Czechoslovakia – 19 September 2007 in Martin, Slovakia) was the top Slovak fighter ace in the Slovak Air Force during the Second World War. [1] He accumulated 32 kills on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. [2] [3]
World War II sites in Slovakia (2 P) Pages in category "Military history of Slovakia during World War II" ... Slovak National Uprising; Slovak Air Force (1939–1945) W.
Two or three Slovak air squadrons (codenamed Ľalia, Lily) were used for reconnaissance, bombing and close support for German fighters. Two Slovak planes were lost (one to anti-aircraft fire, another to an accidental crash), and one Polish plane was shot down. The total Slovak losses during the campaign were 37 dead, 114 wounded and 11 missing.