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The Slovak Resistance Air Force (in Slovak: Slovenské povstalecké letectvo) was an Allied air unit which fought against Axis forces in Slovakia and participated in the Slovak National Uprising in August–October 1944.
Roundel of Slovak Insurgent Air ForceAvia B.534.217 of Combined Squadron, on which Frantisek Cyprich shot down a Hungarian Junkers Ju 52/3m
The Slovak National Uprising, organized by Slovak military resistance, began in unfavourable conditions on 29 August 1944. In the first few days the resistance lost major airfields in Piešťany, Spišská Nová Ves, Poprad, Vajnory near Bratislava and Trenčín, but they kept a large area in central Slovakia with Tri Duby airfield (today called Sliač Airport) and a temporary airstrip near Zolná.
All military aircraft of the resistance air force formed a reconnaissance-bomber unit, called the Combined Squadron.[1] It consisted of four Avia B-534 biplane fighters, three older Letov Š-328 light bombers, and two obsolete Bf 109E-4. They were later reinforced by two other Bf 109G-6s and one Focke-Wulf Fw 189, which escaped from eastern Slovakia to the Soviets in Poland, after the resistance army in eastern Slovakia were surrounded and disarmed by Germans. Other aircraft reported to be in resistance hands were two Klemm Kl 35, some Heinkel He 72 Kadett and two Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 medium bombers, captured during combat. The resistance army had trouble supplying their air force, especially ammunition for the German machine-guns of the Bf 109s.
The Soviets provided help for the uprising on 17 September 1944, when they moved the 1st Czechoslovak Fighter Air Regiment under the command of Captain František Fajtl. This unit, flying the Lavochkin La-5FN, consisted of skilled fighter pilots - in particular, Czechoslovak volunteers from the RAF. Resistance pilots flew 923 sorties and destroyed 40 Axis planes. They also flew many reconnaissance flights and attacked ground targets. Air support activity in Slovakia at the end of 1944 was often disrupted by poor weather and low clouds, which made flights in mountainous central Slovakia very risky. Units provided air cover for the uprising from the Zolná and Tri Duby airfields until 25 October 1944. Finally, as the last airfield in insurgent hands, Tri Duby was threatened by artillery fire and the advance of German troops.
As the uprising was overrun by the Germans at the end of October 1944, the commander-in-chief of the resistance army, Rudolf Viest, ordered the Air Force to withdraw from central Slovakia to airfields secured by Red Army in Poland. Most of the pilots joined the 1st Czechoslovak Combined Air Division, which took part in liberating Poland and Czechoslovakia at the beginning of 1945.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Slovak June 2018 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Slovak Wikipedia article at sk Kombinovana letka Slovenske povstalecke letectvo see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated sk Kombinovana letka Slovenske povstalecke letectvo to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Slovak Resistance Air Force news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Slovak Resistance Air Force in Slovak Slovenske povstalecke letectvo was an Allied air unit which fought against Axis forces in Slovakia and participated in the Slovak National Uprising in August October 1944 Roundel of Slovak Insurgent Air Force Avia B 534 217 of Combined Squadron on which Frantisek Cyprich shot down a Hungarian Junkers Ju 52 3mContents 1 History 2 Members of Slovak Resistance Air Force 3 Aircraft related with Slovak Resistance Air Force 4 ReferencesHistory editThe Slovak National Uprising organized by Slovak military resistance began in unfavourable conditions on 29 August 1944 In the first few days the resistance lost major airfields in Piestany Spisska Nova Ves Poprad Vajnory near Bratislava and Trencin but they kept a large area in central Slovakia with Tri Duby airfield today called Sliac Airport and a temporary airstrip near Zolna All military aircraft of the resistance air force formed a reconnaissance bomber unit called the Combined Squadron 1 It consisted of four Avia B 534 biplane fighters three older Letov S 328 light bombers and two obsolete Bf 109E 4 They were later reinforced by two other Bf 109G 6s and one Focke Wulf Fw 189 which escaped from eastern Slovakia to the Soviets in Poland after the resistance army in eastern Slovakia were surrounded and disarmed by Germans Other aircraft reported to be in resistance hands were two Klemm Kl 35 some Heinkel He 72 Kadett and two Savoia Marchetti SM 84 medium bombers captured during combat The resistance army had trouble supplying their air force especially ammunition for the German machine guns of the Bf 109s The Soviets provided help for the uprising on 17 September 1944 when they moved the 1st Czechoslovak Fighter Air Regiment under the command of Captain Frantisek Fajtl This unit flying the Lavochkin La 5FN consisted of skilled fighter pilots in particular Czechoslovak volunteers from the RAF Resistance pilots flew 923 sorties and destroyed 40 Axis planes They also flew many reconnaissance flights and attacked ground targets Air support activity in Slovakia at the end of 1944 was often disrupted by poor weather and low clouds which made flights in mountainous central Slovakia very risky Units provided air cover for the uprising from the Zolna and Tri Duby airfields until 25 October 1944 Finally as the last airfield in insurgent hands Tri Duby was threatened by artillery fire and the advance of German troops As the uprising was overrun by the Germans at the end of October 1944 the commander in chief of the resistance army Rudolf Viest ordered the Air Force to withdraw from central Slovakia to airfields secured by Red Army in Poland Most of the pilots joined the 1st Czechoslovak Combined Air Division which took part in liberating Poland and Czechoslovakia at the beginning of 1945 Members of Slovak Resistance Air Force editRudolf Bozik Frantisek Cyprich 2 Belo Kubica Sava Poljanec Frantisek Hanovec Stefan Ocvirk Frantisek Brezina Imrich Stosel 3 Michal Ilovsky 4 Jozef ModrovichAircraft related with Slovak Resistance Air Force editFocke Wulf Fw 189A 1 1 Messerschmitt Bf 109E 4 2 Messerschmitt Bf 109G 6 2 Avia B 534 IV 4 Letov S 328 3 examples Heinkel He 72B 1 Kadett various Klemm Kl 35D 2 examples Savoia Marchetti SM 84bis 2 Praga E 39References edit Kombinovana letka 1944 1944 Vojskove setniny Povstalecka armada forum valka cz 16 August 2012 Retrieved 9 August 2013 Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej republiky Zomrel plukovnik v v Frantisek Cyprich www mosr sk Retrieved 12 August 2013 Pravda sk Zabudnuty catar navzdy odletel do neba spravy pravda sk 20 May 2008 Retrieved 12 August 2013 SME sk V SNP bojovali aj ľudia zo Strecna zilina sme sk Retrieved 28 October 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Slovak Resistance Air Force amp oldid 1176472537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
