Aircraft
Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft, also used by the First Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division in the USSR.
- Maximum speed: 648 km/h
- Range: 765 km
- Service ceiling: 11 000 m
- Armament: 2 x 20 mm ShVAK cannons, 8 x RS-82 unguided rockets or 500 kg bombs
Soviet double-engine light bomber with a three-man crew.
- Maximum speed: 560 km/h
- Service ceiling: 9 000 m
- Range: 1200 km
- Armament: Two 12.7 mm machine guns in the nose, 12.7 mm machine gun at the rear, 7.62 mm fixed machine gun
Soviet single-engine attack aircraft known as “Black Death” by German soldiers; it was used to attack ground targets such as tanks and other vehicles. The crew consisted of the pilot and a rear gunner. The Il-2 was also used by Czechoslovak airmen in the Ostrava area.
- Maximum speed: 414 km/h at 3000 m
- Range: 640 to 720 km
- Service ceiling: 5500 to 7800 m
- Armament: 4 x 100 kg bombs in the bomb bay or 250 kg under the wings, UTB 12.7 mm machine gun for the rear gunner, fixed cannons of various calibres
Various versions of the 109 formed the backbone of the German fighter fleet throughout the war.
- Maximum speed: 640 km/h at 6300 m
- Service ceiling: 12 000 m
- Range: 850 km, with auxiliary fuel tanks 1000 km
- Armament: 2 x 13 mm machine guns, 1 x 20 mm or 30 mm cannon in the nose, 2 x 30 mm cannons mounted under the wings
German single-seat single-engine fighter aircraft.
- Maximum speed: 645 km/h
- Service ceiling: for combat: 9900 m, maximum: 10 600 m
- Range: 800 km
- Armament: 2 x 13 mm machine guns and 4 x 20 mm cannons
German single-engine dive bomber. The crew consisted of the pilot and a rear gunner. Although the Stuka was somewhat dated in its design, having a fixed undercarriage, it remained one of the mainstays of the Luftwaffe throughout the war.
- Maximum speed: 390 km/h
- Service ceiling: 8 200 m
- Range: 500 km fully loaded
- Armament: 2 x 7.92 mm machine guns in the nose, 1 x rear 7.92 mm machine gun, 1 x 250 kg bomb under the fuselage, and 4 x 50 kg bombs under the wings
