X-Nico

unusual facts about ground attack aircraft



402 Squadron RCAF

A move to RAF Digby in March 1943, brought a return to Spitfire Mk Vs, which were flown from a variety of airfields right up to and during the Battle of Normandy, when it operated from Horne, Westhampnett (now Chichester/Goodwood Airport) and Merston, mainly in a fighter-bomber role.

Battle of Königsberg

Although another attack was prepared, the Germans' lack of air defenses allowed Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft to destroy a large number of troops.

Mikoyan Project 1.44

Because the LFI was shelved, 1.42 had by then assumed the multi-role approach, meaning that it had to fulfill both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

PZL TS-16 Grot

The TS-16 Grot (Arrowhead) was a supersonic Striker and military jet trainer designed in Poland by Tadeusz Sołtyk.


see also

A67

US Aircraft A-67 Dragon, an American single-engine, propeller-driven, ground attack aircraft

AGO S.I

The AGO S.I was a German prototype ground-attack aircraft built in October 1918 but possibly never flown before the end of World War I.

Jagdgruppe 88

Armed with a single 20mm cannon firing through the airscrew hub, the Kanonenvogel (cannon bird) was to be evaluated as a ground attack aircraft and assigned to Jagdgruppe 88 at Almorox in March.

Kliment Voroshilov tank

The KV-1's side, top, and turret armor could also be penetrated by the high-velocity MK 101 carried by German ground attack aircraft such as the Henschel Hs 129, requiring the installation of additional field-expedient appliqué armour.

Operation Safed Sagar

Flying from the Indian airfields of Srinagar, Avantipur and Adampur, ground attack aircraft MiG-21s, MiG-23s, MiG-27s, Jaguars and the Mirage 2000 struck insurgent positions.Of note, although the MiG-21 is built mainly for air interception with a secondary role of ground attack, it is capable of operating in restricted spaces which was of importance in the Kargil terrain.

Panzerknacker

The Henschel Hs 129, a World War II ground attack aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe

SU-8 photoresist

For the Soviet ground attack aircraft, see Sukhoi Su-8; for the Soviet self-propelled artillery project, see T-28#Experimental models