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Nice to see new things here.

Avia B-534



From http://greek-war-equipment.blogspot.gr/ ... -b534.html : a wealthy businessman, G. Koutarellis bought two B.534 Series II aircraft (534.1001 and 534.1002) directly from Avia and donated them to the Hellenic Airforce in a consecration ceremony on 18 August 1936. The two aircraft are often listed simply as Avias, together with the four older Avia BH-33s that were supplied from Yugoslavia a year earlier. They received the serials ΔΚ1 and ΔΚ2 (in Greek: "Donation of Koutarellis"). In the same source there is also a profile with camo, but as photos do not survive, this profile is not reliable. Other sources do not even give the B-534 serials.

Nice to see these in Greek markings.

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Fairey IIIF was also is service by Royal Hellenic Air Force. In my library I have somewhere a magazine with several information about it in Hellenic service, but i have to search first! So, watch out for editing in this post!

A notable incident is during the 1935 Coup which led to restoration of monarchy, some Fairey IIIF spotted the positions of several ships of Navy, which belong to "democratic" forces, but fortunately did not proceed to any action against them. Later in 1941, during German Invasion, at least one Fairey got down from Luftwaffe aircraft.

Great. Keep it up.

Great work
By the the way you wrote Fairey IIIF in the credit line, but Fairey IIF above the aircraft.

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"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Fixed.

The Avro 621 Tutor in Hellas

The Hellenic Air Force chose the Avro 621 Tutor as basic education initial training under the Aviation reorganization program for the period 1936 to 1940, beating in a competition proclamation had the Air Ministry in 1935 with a second promoter the de Havilland Tiger Moth. But the Tiger Moth did served after the war.

The Tutor purchased in large numbers and was the main aircraft which supported the training of first rows Aviation School. In December 1939 there were 59 Avro 621 in Hellenic service while in the same month, were under construction at SHAF further 30 aircraft, with production rate of seven aircraft per month. Several aircraft were modified to be able reverse flight while others had night illumination instruments or dragged windsocks. With the outbreak of war a small number of Avro Tutor allocated martial degrees where aircraft took liaison tasks. At least 4 Avro Tutor fled to Egypt.

Nice.

Potez 25TOE

Originally designed for a different type of engine, the Hellenic Po 25 A2 was a 2-seater army cooperation/observation airplane.

Twenty four were purchased in 1931 from France, and 500hp Hispano-Suiza engines from the Air Force warehouses were installed on them. The engines were originally intended to be installed on the Bre XIX, but this did not happen due to large cost. The Po 25 was designed to bear different types of engines, but not the specific H.S model that was installed. The fitting was combined with the placement of a 25kg balast in the tail, which according to the opponents of this choice caused many accidents.

It is mentioned that in 1940, only 17 Po 25 A2 were left. It was used in the early stages of WWII, as it was too old. From the construction company it was given the name "Greek Plane", as it is referred to the airplane's technical notes, published specifically for Hellas.

Note that the only reference found the aircraft seem to have wire wheels (includes "Σ14" with other 2 in formation), but is possible some where fitted with fixed wheels or these came with spares.