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20101026 Wow WW2 List ELENCO COMPONENTI WINGS OF WAR WORLD WAR II The Dawn of World War II Mazzi manovra : A, B, 2 x C, 2 x D Carte : Bombe, Bersaglio, Truppe Marcatori danno : A, B, C Pilot Officer Crenlin Arthur Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I No. 66 Squadron Royal Air Force Walford Bodie Squadron Leader Henry Unit “B” Flight – No. 19 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Royal Air Force Cozens Squadron Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Pilot Officer Richard Hardy No. 334 Squadron Royal Air Force Messerschmitt BF109 E-1 Unteroffizier Kurt Wolff 3/JG52 Luftwaffe Unteroffizier Hermann Messerschmitt BF109 E-3 7/JG53 Luftwaffe Neuhoff Messerschmitt BF109 E-3 Oberleutnant Hans Ohly 1/JG53 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt BF109 E-4 Oberst Adolf Galland JG26 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt BF109 E-6 Unteroffizier Horst Perez JG26 Luftwaffe Flying Officer Ludwik Hawker Hurricane Mk.I No. 303 Squadron Royal Air Force Paszkiewicz Escadrille 2/1/2 Le Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Sergeant Paul Libert Aeronautique Militaire Belge Chardon Mladshiy Leytenant Aviatsii Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb 78° YAP Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Adonkin Vasiliy Semenovich Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa Daii Iokhei Hinoki 3° Chutai – 64° Sentai Koku Hombu Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa Daisa Sigeo Nango 59° Sentai Koku Hombu Reisen Ch ūsa Tadashi Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Mitsubishi A6M2 6° Kokutai Kaneko Koku Hombu 1° Koku Kantai – 1° Koku Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen Daisa Saburo Shindo Sentai Koku Hombu Lieutenant-Commander R. No. 885 Naval Air Supermarine Seafire Mk.IIc Fleet Air Arm H. P. Carver Squadron Sous Lieutenant Robert Forces Françaises de Dewoitine D.520 Group de Chasse Doret Thollon l’Interieur Sergente Maggiore Virginio Dewoitine D.520 164a Sq., 161° Gruppo Regia Aeronautica Stella Sous Lieutenant Pierre Le Dewoitine D.520 Group de Chasse III/6 Armee de l’Air de l’Armistice Gloan Grummann F4F-3 Wildcat Major Robert Edward Galer VMF-224 United States Marine Corps Lieutenant-Commander Alan No. 805 Naval Air Grummann F4F-3 Martlet III Fleet Air Arm F. Black Squadron Grummann F4F-4 Wildcat Pilot Hamilton Mc Worther VF-29 US Navy Tenente Eolo Morichelli 239a Sq. 102° Gruppo Aeronautica Cobelligerante Reggiane Re. 2002 Ariete D’Altemps Tuffatori Italiana Reggiane Re. 2002 Ariete Colonnello Guido Nobili 5° Gruppo Tuffatori Regia Aeronautica Elenco Componenti Wings Of War World War II Pagina 1 Flying Legend Mazzi manovra : 3 x A Pilot Officer Wallace Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 19 Squadron Royal Air Force Cunningham Flight Sergeant George Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IB 19 Squadron Royal Air Force Unwin Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Sergeant Bernard Jennings 19 Squadron Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Pilot Officer Alan Deere 54 Squadron Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Pilot Officer Alan Wright 92 Squadron Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IB 92 Squadron Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Brian Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IB 92 Squadron Royal Air Force Kingcome Squadron Leader Eric Clive Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1416 Flight Royal Air Force Le Mesurier Pilot Officer Charles Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 140 Squadron Royal Air Force Bertram Barber Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Flugkapitän Fritz Wendel Erprobungsstelle Rechlin Luftwaffe Leutnant Hans-Werner Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Erprobungsstelle Rechlin Luftwaffe Lerche Polskie Lotnictwo Wojskowe Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (Poland) Centre d'essais des Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I matériels aériens Orléans- Armée de l'Air (France) Bricy Arma da Aeronautica Militar Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Furriel Ismael Canavilhas 3. Esquadrilha de Caça (Portugal) Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II Pilot Officer William Dunn 71 Squadron Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant Henryk Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIB 306 Squadron Royal Air Force Pietrzak Flight Lieutenant Adolphe Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II 312 Squadron Royal Air Force Vybral Flying Officer Jan Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II 315 Squadron Royal Air Force Falkowski Elenco Componenti Wings Of War World War II Pagina 2 Eagles of the Reich Mazzi manovra : 3 x B Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 Hauptmann Siebelt Reents 1./J88 Legion Condor Leutnant Karl-Wolfgang Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 2./J88 Legion Condor Redlich Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 Leutnant Werner Ursinus 2./J88 Legion Condor Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 Major Helmut Wick 3./JG2 Luftwaffe Hauptmann Wilhelm Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 JG27 Luftwaffe Balthasar Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4N Hauptmann Gustav Rodel II/JG27 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7N Leutnant Werner Schroer 2./JG27 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 Leutnant Werner Mölders JG53 Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Joachim Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7 7./JG26 Luftwaffe Munchenberg Oberleutnant Helmut Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 2./JG52 Luftwaffe Benneman Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 Leutnant Wolfgang Teumer I/JG51 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 Oberfahnrich Cvitan Galic Kroaten-Staffeln 15./JG52 Luftwaffe Adjutant stagiar aviator Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 Grupul 7 vanatoare Aeronautica Regala Româna Tiberiu Vinca Sublocotenent aviator Ion Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 Grupul 7 vanatoare Aeronautica Regala Româna DiCezare Poruchyk Stoyan Iliev Vazdushni na Negovo Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 682 Yato Stoyanov Velichestvo Voiski (Bulgaria) Nadporucik Frantisek Slovenské Vzdusné Zbrane Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 13 Letka Cyprich (Slovakia) Kapetan I klase Miho Vazduhoplovstva Vojske Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 103. Lovacka eskadrila Klavora Kraljevine Jugoslavije Fliegertruppen Schweizerische Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 Capitaine Jean Roubarty Compagnie d'Aviation 6 Flugwaffe (Switzerland) Elenco Componenti Wings Of War World War II Pagina 3 Fire from the Sky Mazzi manovra : E, F, G, H, 2 x I Marcatori danno : A, B, C, D Carte : Bombe, Bersaglio, Truppe, Artiglieria Antiaerea 2nd Lieutenant Donald C. Bell P-39D Airacobra 36th FS, 8th FG, 5th AF United States Army Air Forces McGee Bell P-400 Airacobra Lieutenant Norbert C. Ruff 80th FPS, 8th FPG United States Army Air Forces Bell P-400 Airacobra Mk.I Major Edward J. Gracie 601 Squadron Royal Air Force Kapitan Ivan Vasilevich 19 Gv.IAP, 1 SAD, 14 A, Bell P-400 Airacobra Mk.I Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Bochkov Karelskii Front 2nd Lieutenant George 47th Pursuit Squadron, Curtiss P-40B Warhawk United States Army Air Corps Welch 15th Pursuit Group American Volunteer Group Flight Leader Robert T. 3rd Pursuit Squadron Curtiss P-40C Warhawk Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung- Smith "Hell's Angels" Chün Mladshyi Leitnant Alexei 20 Gv.IAP, 1 SAD, 14 A, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIb Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Stepanovich Khlobystov Karelskii Front Pilot Officer Neville Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.I 112 Squadron Royal Air Force Frederick Duke Curtiss P-40F Warhawk Captain William Lott 318th FS, 325th FG United States Army Air Forces Groupe de chasse II/5 Forces Aériennes Françaises Curtiss P-40F Warhawk Sergent Chef Jean Gisclon "Lafayette" Libres Mladshyi Leitnant Lydia 296 IAP, 268 IAD, 8 WA, Yakovlev Yak-1 Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Vladimirovna Litvjak Stalingradskii Front Kapitan Sergej Danilovich 270 IAP, 203 IAD, 2-oj Yakovlev Yak-1 Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Luganskij Ukrainskij Front Sous Lieutenant Albert Groupe de chasse 3 Yakovlev Yak-1 Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Durand Normandie, 1 WA Hien Jotohei Matsumi 244 Sentai, Shinten Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kawasaki Ki-61-Ib Nakano Seikutai Koku Hombu Hien Shosa Teruhiko Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kawasaki Ki-61-I-KAIc 244 Sentai Kobayashi Koku Hombu Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kawasaki Ki-61-I-KAId Hien Daii Chuichi Ichikawa 3 Chutai – 244 Sentai Koku Hombu 152a Sq. 2° Gruppo Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II Tenente Giacomo Metellini Regia Aeronautica Autonomo Capitano Umberto 208a Sq. 101° Gruppo Aeronautica Cobelligerante Reggiane Re.2001 CN Falco II Cerretani Tuffatori Italiana Hien Ch ūsa Haruyoshi Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kawasaki Ki-61-II KAIb 1 Chutai – 56 Sentai Furukawa Koku Hombu Goshikisen Daii Yashido Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kawasaki Ki-100-Ib 5 Sentai Baba Koku Hombu Junkers Ju.87B-1 Stuka 5.K/88 Legion Condor Junkers Ju.87B-2 Stuka 1./StG.3 Luftwaffe Junkers Ju.87B-2 Stuka IV(Stuka)./LG 1 Luftwaffe Capitano Raoul Zucconi & 208a Sq. 101° Gruppo Junkers Ju.87R-2 Stuka 1° Aviere Motorista Regia Aeronautica Bombardamento a Tuffo Giovanni Sugaroni Sulejman "Suljo" Avijacija V korpusa - Narodnooslobodila čka Vojska Junkers Ju.87B-2 Stuka Selimbegovi ć & Daut Partizanska Eskadrila Jugoslavije Še ćerbegovi ć Lieutenant John Leppla & VS-2 Squadron USS Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless Aviation Radioman 3rd United States Navy Lexington (CV-2) Class John Liska Elenco Componenti Wings Of War World War II Pagina 4 Dauntless Lieutenant Cook Cleland & Aviation VB-16 USS Lexington Douglas SBD-3 United States Navy Radioman 2nd Class William (CV-16) J. Hisler Forces Aériennes Françaises Douglas A-24B Banshee Lieutenant Hubert Daupret GCB 1/18 Vendée Libres Itto Hei Shinsaku Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Aichi D3A1 Val Yamakawa & Itto Hei Nakata Kaga Koku Hombu Katuzo Daii Saburo Makino & Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Aichi D3A1 Val Sukida Kaga Heicho Sueo Koku Hombu Elenco Componenti Wings Of War World War II Pagina 5 Revolution in the sky Mazzi manovra : 2 x J, K Comandante de Aviácion Fuerza Aérea de la República Polikarpov I-16 typ 6 1 Escuadrilla de Moscas Frank Glasgow Tinker Española Capitán José Maria Bravo Fuerza Aérea de la República Polikarpov I-16 typ 10 3 Escuadrilla Fernandez Española Fuerza Aérea de la República Polikarpov I-16 typ 10 Teniente Antonio Arias 4 Escuadrilla Española Comandante de Aviácion Polikarpov I-16 typ 10 Ala 11 Fuerza Aérea Nacionales Joaquin Garcia Morato 21st Chungtui, IVth Polikarpov I-16 typ 5 Zhong Wei Liu Chi-Sheng Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung-Chün Tatui Zhong Xiao Yang Meng- 24th Chungtui, IVth Polikarpov I-16 typ 10 Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung-Chün ch’ing Tatui Polikarpov I-16 typ 18 - Russian Volunteers Unit Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung-Chün Mayór aviátsii Fiodor Polikarpov I-16 typ 5 21 IAP Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Zakharowitch Kalugin Leytenánt aviátsii Gennadii Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily - Polikarpov I-16 typ 10 4 GvIAP DmitriyevichTosokolayev Karsnoznamenniy Baltijski Flot Stárshiy leytenánt aviátsii Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily - Polikarpov I-16 typ 17 4 GvIAP Mikhail YakovlevichVasiliev Karsnoznamenniy Baltijski Flot Leytenánt aviátsii G.
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