Interception of the Rex
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The interception of the Italian liner SS Rex was a training exercise and military aviation achievement of the United States Army Air Corps prior to World War II. The tracking and location of an ocean-
Three B-17 bombers intercepted the Italian liner SS Rex 620 nm from New York (1938)
Keystone B-3A
A Boeing YB-17. By the time of the interception, the bombers were redesignated B-17s.
Ira C. Eaker
SS Rex
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SS Rex was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1931. She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935, for a passenger liner in regular service crossing the Atlantic Ocean with the record highe
Interception of the Rex
…The interception of the Italian liner SS Rex was a training exercise and military aviation achievement of the United States Army Air Corps prior to World War II. The tracking and location of an…
SS Rex in 1933
First class grand staircase
Welcome Flier for Tourist Class of Conte di Savoia and Rex, 1932
A 272 Squadron Beaufighter climbs away after attacking Rex, (8 September 1944)