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
Hurricanes of 134 Squadron RAF at Vaenga (now Severomorsk-1), 1941
Preserved Hurricane Mk IIB Z5140
HMS Argus (photographed in 1942 during Operation Torch)
Modern example of a Polikarpov I-16
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
Operation Benedict
…Royal Air Force) with units of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS, Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily) in north Russia, during the Second World War. The force comprised 151 Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF), with two squadrons of Hurricane fighters. The wing flew against the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and the Suomen Ilmavoimat…
No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September–November 1941 (CR38)