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140 ai r p o w e r in 20 t H Ce n t u ry do C t r i n e s a n d em p l o y m e n t - nat i o n a l ex p e r i e n C e s Fi g u r e 13: From the parade of the Royal Hellenic Air Force Squadron (Archive of the History Museum, HAF 40080). 19, 1944, orders came in for the Squadron’s movement to Greece 28 . Personnel departed for Piraeus on November 5 th . Aeroplanes arrived at Hassani Air Base 10 days later. From the 21 st to the 24 th of November the Squadron began patrolling over Crete, which was still under German occupation. On September 17, the No.336 Hellenic Fighter Squadron’s airplanes finally reached Biferno and the next day its allocated base in Nuova. No.336 operated over Yugoslavia having joined 281 Wing of the RAF Balkan Air Force. Action began immediately including armed recces and offensive patrols as well as escorts sorties to fighter-bomber Hurricanes. On October 8, a Squadron’s detachment of 3 aircraft was sent to home territory to fly offensive sweeps. On October 9, the detachment’s aircraft got involved in a reconnaissance mission over Cornish in co-operation with 2 Spitfires of No.335. By November 14 th , all remaining aircraft of No.336 had reached Greece. The final chapter of the RHAF participation in the World War II took place on November 20, 1944, when o glorious parade took place in Athens in honour of all those who fought for Freedom 29 (Figure 13). 28 Operations Record Book, No 335 Hellenic Squadron, RHAF, October 1944, Archives of the History Museum, HAF. 29 Hellenic Wings, Ibid, p.154.
o ya l He l l e n i C air fo r C e (rHaf) d u r i n g wo r l d wa r ii. or g a n i z at i o n a n d op e r at i o n s 141 BIBLIOGRAPHY • Hellenic Air Force General Staff, Hellenic Air Support Command, History Museum, HAF, archive of periods 1930-1941 and 1941-1944. • Personnel Records. • Hellenic Wings: An Illustrated History of the HAF and its precursors,1908-1944, Vol. I, published by the History Museum, HAF, Athens, December 1998. • History of the Hellenic Air Force (1930-April 1941), Vol. III, in GK, published by the History Museum, HAF, Athens 1990. • E. Kelaidis, Air Force Memories, in GK, Athens 1972. • C. Shores and B. Cull, Air war for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete, 1940-41, London 1987. • History of the Hellenic Air Force (1941-1944), Vol. IV, in GK, published by the Hellenic Air Force History Museum, 1998. • J.D.R. Rawlings, Fighter of the RAF and their Aircraft, Mac Donald, London 1961. • G. Ioannidis, Revenge raid in Greek heroic airmen (1940-1945), in GK. • E. Kartalamakis, The Air Force during 40s War, in GK, Athens 1990. • E. Kartalamakis, Flying in foreign skies, in GK, Athens 1993 and History of the Hellenic Air Force (1941-1944), Ibid. • GES/ DIS, Abridged History of Greek-Italian and Greek-German War 1940-1941, in GK, Athens 1985. • IPMS – Greece, Hellenic Aircrafts from 1912 until today, by G. Kandylakis, H. Korobilis, E. Daloumis and M. Tsonos, Athens 1992.
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