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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: April 7th, 2021, 4:01 am 

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Decapitazione Before dawn Italy’s heavy bomber force in southern Italy became airborne, entered formations and started tracking northeast over the Adriatic. At the same time at airfields in western Bulgaria the bombers and fighters of the Bulgarian Air Force were warming their engines in the pre-da...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: April 5th, 2021, 11:20 pm 

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Invasion of Yugoslavia The Italian demand was patently unacceptable to Yugoslavia, with the city now an integral part of Yugoslavia and a major naval base. The Yugoslav general staff were hurriedly called in for crisis meetings as Italy had now dropped the façade and announced its intention to take...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 18

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 18 Posted: April 4th, 2021, 4:45 am 

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Potez XXV A2 "Jupiter" Prewar French light bomber that was one of the most successful French aircraft ever produced. https://i.imgur.com/37t97xU.png Yugoslavia acquired a production licence for the Jupiter-engined export variant, and 200 aircraft were built by Ikarus for Yugoslav service, configure...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: April 3rd, 2021, 3:47 am 

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Prelude To Invasion Italian agents and Ustaše agitators had infiltrated into Yugoslavia, and from the beginning of March commenced a programme of acts of civil disorder and attacks on police and border posts. With the warming weather of spring, actions culminated in an aggressive demonstration in Š...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 31st, 2021, 12:44 am 

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Yugoslavia In Early 1941 Although in late 1939 Croatia had been given control of the Yugoslav littoral and granted autonomy within Yugoslavia this had not soothed ethnic tensions, rather it had fuelled calls for full Croatian independence from Croat leaders, and increased Serb influence in Bosnia a...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 31st, 2021, 12:36 am 

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Yugoslavia In Early 1941 Although in late 1939 Croatia had been given control of the Yugoslav littoral and granted autonomy within Yugoslavia this had not soothed ethnic tensions, rather it had fuelled calls for full Croatian independence from Croat leaders, and increased Serb influence in Bosnia a...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 28th, 2021, 3:16 am 

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Italian Support For Hungary, Bulgaria And Croatia Both Hungary and Bulgaria had strong irredentist claims against Yugoslavia, and with the awarding of Romanian territories in 1940 both were buoyed with nationalistic fervour and keen to regain more of their former glories. Privately, Italy used acce...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 26th, 2021, 5:54 am 

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United States Presidential Election, 1940 In November 1939, against much opposition from the isolationist faction in Congress, the Fourth Neutrality Act was passed, allowing now for arms sales to belligerent nations on a “cash and carry” basis, effectively ending the American arms embargo which had...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 18

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 18 Posted: March 25th, 2021, 7:21 am 

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Rogožarski R-313 One of the casualties of Yugoslavia's invasion in April 1941. https://i.imgur.com/LH1w1Nv.png The successful Rogožarski SIM-XIV floatplane was developed into a landplane as the SIM-XV and windtunnel tested with twin tails. The design was further expanded and beefed up to become the...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD Aircraft 18

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD Aircraft 18 Posted: March 23rd, 2021, 4:09 am 

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Zhuchenko Aerostatoplan Potentially this machine never flew, but with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia records were lost ... and I'd like to hope that further work was done that allowed the aircraft to lift it's own weight. https://i.imgur.com/87Nx1oi.png Russian refugee Nikolai Zuchenko initially d...
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