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IS-1?
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Riiiiight....the IS-1, was KV or something of some sort or similar? 
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The IS stands for Iosif Stalin. The tank was designed in 1943 in the Chelyabinsk factory. The first was marked as IS-1 ( IS-85 ) with the same cannon like the T-34/85. Therefore it was re-designed for the D-25T 122mm cannon and called IS-2. The KV tank series was much earlier design started by the Leningrad factory in 1939. The KV stands for Kliment Voroshilov. So.. the KV tank and the IS one were two different projects but both of them were a heavy tank class.. The KV series was assmebled in 1940-1943 while the IS series 1943-1945.
The IS stands for Iosif Stalin. The tank was designed in 1943 in the Chelyabinsk factory. The first was marked as IS-1 ( IS-85 ) with the same cannon like the T-34/85. Therefore it was re-designed for the D-25T 122mm cannon and called IS-2. The KV tank series was much earlier design started by the Leningrad factory in 1939. The KV stands for Kliment Voroshilov. So.. the KV tank and the IS one were two different projects but both of them were a heavy tank class.. The KV series was assmebled in 1940-1943 while the IS series 1943-1945.
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Need to get a Tamiya IS-2 then, since they've got the decals for this one and another one....one Czech and Russian '13'....
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Status: MIA
Date: Sunday 11 July 1943
Type:
Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3)
Operator: United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-23513
C/n / msn: 9375
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Airplane damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location: Sicily (
Italy)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Military
Departure airport: ?
Destination airport: ?
Narrative:
The Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy, codenamed Operation Husky, began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, when 2,200 paratroopers were dropped into Gela. Amphibious landings started in the morning with German aircraft attacking the invasion fleet. A second drop started on the night of July 11 with USAAF C-47s and C-53s departing from runways around Kairouan, Tunisia. They flew in V formations of nine planes each at low altitude and lights out.
The first two formations of transport planes followed their prescribed course and discharged their paratroopers squarely on target. When the next formations appeared over the shoreline, fire was opened from the ground by Allied forces on naval vessels and shore troops. The 52nd Troop Carrier Wing lost 23 of 144 USAAF C-47s to friendly fire; 83 airmen were killed. The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment suffered 81 dead.
Douglas C-47 42-23513 was one of the transport aircraft lost.
Date: Sunday 11 July 1943
Type:
Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3)
Operator: United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-23513
C/n / msn: 9375
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Airplane damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location: Sicily (
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Military
Departure airport: ?
Destination airport: ?
Narrative:
The Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy, codenamed Operation Husky, began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, when 2,200 paratroopers were dropped into Gela. Amphibious landings started in the morning with German aircraft attacking the invasion fleet. A second drop started on the night of July 11 with USAAF C-47s and C-53s departing from runways around Kairouan, Tunisia. They flew in V formations of nine planes each at low altitude and lights out.
The first two formations of transport planes followed their prescribed course and discharged their paratroopers squarely on target. When the next formations appeared over the shoreline, fire was opened from the ground by Allied forces on naval vessels and shore troops. The 52nd Troop Carrier Wing lost 23 of 144 USAAF C-47s to friendly fire; 83 airmen were killed. The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment suffered 81 dead.
Douglas C-47 42-23513 was one of the transport aircraft lost.
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What is that?
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Aaaahh....thanks my friend!
Nice pics!
Nice pics!
