Aha - en rysk Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 My bad
Varjag
Highjacking - ganska klart. Flyjacking - fiender övertar kommandot & flygplanet - i luften under flygning…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2people ... 0643.shtmlThis seaplane was the protagonist of a dramatic history in the Mediterranean’s sky. On July 29, 1942 an Italian maritime reconnaissance floatplane Cant-Z-506B Airone of 139th Squadriglia after the rescue of the four crewmen of a RAF’s Bristol Beufort shot down on the sea near Corfu, flew to Taranto with the prisoners, one British, one South African and two New Zealander. But during the flight, the prisoners overwhelmed the Italian five crewmen and hijacked the aircraft to Malta where the Italians were declared POW. At Malta the plane was commandeered by RAF, repainted in British colors and markings and registered HK977. Afterwards the floatplane, in this photo still at Malta, moored at Kalafrana, was transferred in Egypt, at Alexandria. Victor Sierra
Tack varjag,hade aldrig hört talas om händelsen innan du tog upp den. Planet hittade jag genom att titta runt på Italienska WW2 plan.varjag skrev: ↑4 februari 2019, 01:59Stighult httade utan svårigheter flygplanet - en italiensk Cant Z 506 ''Airone'' (= Kungsfiskare…)
som fiskade upp en britt, en sydafrikan & ett par ''kiwis'' som plaskat med sin Bristol Beaufort i Medelhavet…
det spännande som följde var.....deras
''Hijacking over the Mediterranean''
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2people ... 0643.shtmlThis seaplane was the protagonist of a dramatic history in the Mediterranean’s sky. On July 29, 1942 an Italian maritime reconnaissance floatplane Cant-Z-506B Airone of 139th Squadriglia after the rescue of the four crewmen of a RAF’s Bristol Beufort shot down on the sea near Corfu, flew to Taranto with the prisoners, one British, one South African and two New Zealander. But during the flight, the prisoners overwhelmed the Italian five crewmen and hijacked the aircraft to Malta where the Italians were declared POW. At Malta the plane was commandeered by RAF, repainted in British colors and markings and registered HK977. Afterwards the floatplane, in this photo still at Malta, moored at Kalafrana, was transferred in Egypt, at Alexandria. Victor Sierra
http://www.ww2incolor.com/italian-force ... FRANA.html
Stighult's fråga, Varjag
sveahk knäcker nöten direkt. Så det är bara att plocka fram en ny.sveahk skrev: ↑4 februari 2019, 14:30På den tiden när man tänkte sig atomdrivna flygmaskiner..."A special shielded cockpit was installed in the NB-36H ".
http://www.aviation-history.com/article ... erican.htm
Hans K