Air operations during the Greek Civil War, the Glossary

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1. 68 relations: Adriatic Sea, Airspeed Oxford, Albania, Alimos, Araxos, Athens, Auster Aircraft, Avro Anson, Balkan Air Force, Bristol Beaufighter, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, De Havilland Mosquito, Dekemvriana, Democratic Army of Greece, Douglas A-20 Havoc, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, ELAS, Florina, Gramos, Greece, Greek Civil War, Hawker Hurricane, Hellenic Air Force, Hellenic Army, Hellenikon Air Base, Ioannina, Kifissia, Kozani, Martin Baltimore, Megara, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Napalm, No. 108 Squadron RAF, No. 13 Squadron RAF, No. 18 Squadron RAF, No. 216 Squadron RAF, No. 221 Squadron RAF, No. 252 Squadron RAF, No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron, No. 32 Squadron RAF, No. 38 Squadron RAF, No. 39 Squadron RAF, No. 55 Squadron RAF, No. 6 Squadron RAF, No. 624 Squadron RAF, No. 680 Squadron RAF, No. 73 Squadron RAF, No. 94 Squadron RAF, North American T-6 Texan, Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom), ... Expand index (18 more) »

2. 20th-century military operations
3. Aerial operations and battles involving Greece
4. Air campaigns
5. Airstrikes conducted by the United Kingdom
6. Greek Civil War
7. Military operations involving South Africa

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.

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Airspeed Oxford

The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford is a twin-engine monoplane aircraft developed and manufactured by Airspeed.

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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Alimos

Alimos (Άλιμος) is a town on the Saronic Gulf coast, a suburb of the Athens agglomeration, and a municipality in South Athens regional unit, Greece.

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Araxos

Araxos (Άραξος, Araxus) is a village and community in the municipal unit of Larissos, within the municipality of West Achaea, in the northwestern part of Achaea, Greece.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Auster Aircraft

Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.

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Avro Anson

The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro.

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Balkan Air Force

The Balkan Air Force (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II.

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Bristol Beaufighter

The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

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Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II.

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De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.

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Dekemvriana

The Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December 1944 to 11 January 1945. Air operations during the Greek Civil War and Dekemvriana are Greek Civil War.

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Democratic Army of Greece

The Democratic Army of Greece (DAG; Dimokratikós Stratós Elládas - DSE) was the army founded by the Communist Party of Greece during the Greek Civil War (1946–1949). Air operations during the Greek Civil War and Democratic Army of Greece are Greek Civil War.

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Douglas A-20 Havoc

The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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ELAS

The Greek People's Liberation Army (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós; ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM) during the period of the Greek resistance until February 1945, when, following the Dekemvriana clashes and the Varkiza Agreement, it was disarmed and disbanded.

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Florina

Florina (Φλώρινα, Flórina; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece.

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Gramos

Gramos (Γράμος or Γράμμος; Gramoz, Mali i Gramozit; Gramosta, Gramusta, Yramos or Yramustea) is a mountain chain situated on the border of Albania and Greece.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War (translit) took place from 1946 to 1949.

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Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

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Hellenic Air Force

The Hellenic Air Force (HAF;, sometimes abbreviated as ΠΑ) is the air force of Greece (Hellenic being the endonym for Greek in the Greek language).

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Hellenic Army

The Hellenic Army (Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece.

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Hellenikon Air Base

Hellenikon Air Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base located in Athens, Greece.

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Ioannina

Ioannina (Ιωάννινα), often called Yannena (Γιάννενα) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in northwestern Greece.

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Kifissia

Kifisia or Kifissia (also Kephisia or Cephissia; Κηφισιά) is a municipality and one of the most affluent northern suburbs in the Athens agglomeration, Attica, Greece, mainly accessed via Kifissias Avenue, running all the way from central Athens up to Theseos Avenue in the suburb of Nea Erythraia.

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Kozani

Kozani (Κοζάνη) is a town in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia.

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Martin Baltimore

The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30.

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Megara

Megara (Μέγαρα) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

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Napalm

Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline or diesel fuel).

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No. 108 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 13 Squadron RAF

Number 13 Squadron, also written as XIII Squadron, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force which operate the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle from RAF Waddington since reforming on 26 October 2012.

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No. 18 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 216 Squadron RAF

Number 216 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, since reforming on 1 April 2020 and is tasked with testing future drone swarm technology.

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No. 221 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 252 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron

No.

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No. 32 Squadron RAF

Number 32 (The Royal) Squadron Royal Air Force, also written XXXII Squadron Royal Air Force, sometimes abbreviated as No.

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No. 38 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 39 Squadron RAF

Number 39 Squadron is an inactive squadron of the Royal Air Force.

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No. 55 Squadron RAF

Number 55 Squadron was a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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No. 6 Squadron RAF

Number 6 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 at RAF Lossiemouth.

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No. 624 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 680 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 73 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 94 Squadron RAF

No.

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North American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.

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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army.

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RAF Coastal Command

RAF Coastal Command was a formation within the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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RP-3

The RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch) was a British air-to-ground rocket projectile introduced during the Second World War.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Air Force

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air warfare branch of South African National Defence Force, with its headquarters in Pretoria.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Supermarine Walrus

The Supermarine Walrus (or the Supermarine Seagull V, its original name) is a British single-engine amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine's R. J. Mitchell at their works at Woolston, Southampton.

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Taylorcraft Auster

The Taylorcraft Auster was a British military liaison and observation aircraft produced by the Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited company during the Second World War.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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Zakynthos

Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; Zákynthos; Zacinto) or Zante (Tzánte; from the Venetian form, traditionally Latinized as Zacynthus) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

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335th Squadron (HAF)

The 335th Squadron (335 Μοίρα, 335 M), callsign "Tigers", is the oldest squadron in service with the Hellenic Air Force formed on the 10th of October 1941 at Aqir airfield in Palestine as a unit in exile.

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336th Bomber Squadron

The 336th Bomber Squadron (336 Μοίρα Βομβαρδισμού, 336 MB), callsign "Olympus", is the second oldest squadron in service with the Hellenic Air Force, forming part of the 116th Combat Wing.

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40 Squadron SAAF

40 Squadron SAAF existed as a combat unit from early 1940 through to late 1945.

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44 Squadron SAAF

44 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force.

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See also

20th-century military operations

• 1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh
• Air operations during the Greek Civil War
• Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• Beirut Air Bridge
• Gukurahundi
• Kou Kiet
• Operation Abanadela
• Operation Atilla (Turkish Invasion of Cyprus)
• Operation Cyclone
• Operation Distant Runner
• Operation Gordian Knot
• Operation Infinite Reach
• Operation Thao La
• United Kingdom in the Soviet–Afghan War

Aerial operations and battles involving Greece

• Air operations during the Greek Civil War

Air campaigns

• Aerial warfare in the Winter War
• Air campaign of the Heglig Crisis
• Air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War
• Air operations during the Greek Civil War
• Air raids on Japan
• Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)
• Gulf War air campaign
• Indo-Pakistani air war of 1965
• Kargil Air War
• NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
• Operation Deliberate Force
• Operation Rolling Thunder
• Operation Southern Watch

Airstrikes conducted by the United Kingdom

• 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
• 30 May 2024 Yemen strikes
• Air operations during the Greek Civil War
• Airstrike on Udbina Air Base
• April 2018 missile strikes against Syria
• Battle of Suq al Ghazi
• February 2001 airstrike in Iraq
• January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq
• Pink's War
• Second Battle of Tikrit
• September 2016 Deir ez-Zor air raid

Greek Civil War

• 1946 Greek legislative election
• 1946 Greek referendum
• Air operations during the Greek Civil War
• Charles Fernley Fawcett
• Dekemvriana
• Democratic Army of Greece
• Greek Civil War
• Internal exile in Greece
• League for Democracy in Greece
• Massacre of the First Sapper Battalion
• National Liberation Front (Macedonia)
• Organization for the Protection of the People's Struggle
• People's Civil Guard
• Provisional Democratic Government
• RMS Mataroa
• Red Terror (Greece)
• Refugees of the Greek Civil War
• Treaty of Varkiza
• White Terror (Greece)

Military operations involving South Africa

• African-led International Support Mission to Mali
• Air operations during the Greek Civil War
• List of operations of the South African Border War
• Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
• Operation Marion
• Rand Rebellion
• SADC Mission in Mozambique
• SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_operations_during_the_Greek_Civil_War

Also known as Air operations of the Greek Civil War.

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