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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 0455.PDF
April FLIG HOVERFLY THE grimly militant atmosphere conveyed by these studies of a SikorskyHoverfly II, co-operating with the army at Larkhill, is offset by the pictorialcharm and quality of the photographs. A " military adviser " who served with the 7th Armoured Division, vehicles of which are seen, points out that, in the view below, self-propelled guns (25-pounders) are in the foreground and that the half-tracked vehicle behind them would carry the Gun Position Officer. In the background is a Comet tank, carrying a "Forward Observation Officer, a Troop Commander, or a Battery Commander. The Hoverfly would carry a Gunner Officer.
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