No. 151 Wing RAF
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No 151 Wing Royal Air Force was a British unit which operated with the Soviet forces on the Kola Peninsula in the northern USSR during the first months of Operation Barbarossa, in the Second World War
No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September–November 1941 (CR38)
Preserved Hurricane Mk IIB Z5140
Hurricanes of 134 Squadron RAF at Vaenga, 1941
Operation Benedict
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Operation Benedict was the establishment of Force Benedict with units of the Soviet Air Forces in north Russia, during the Second World War. The force comprised 151 Wing, Royal Air Force, with two squ
No. 151 Wing RAF
…operated with the Soviet forces on the Kola Peninsula in the northern USSR during the first months of Operation Barbarossa, in the Second World War. Operation Benedict, the 1941 expedition to Murmansk, provided air defence for Allied ships as they were discharging at ports within range of Luftwaffe units in Norway and…
HMS Argus (photographed in 1942 during Operation Torch)
Modern example of a Polikarpov I-16