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Operation Benedict (29 July – 6 December 1941) was the establishment of Force Benedict with units of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS, Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily) in north Russia, during the Second World War. The force comprised 151 Wing Royal Air Force (RAF), with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters. The wing flew against the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and the Suomen Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) from Vaenga airfield in the northern USSR and trained Soviet pilots and ground crews to operate the Hurricanes, when their British pilots and ground crews returned to Britain.

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  • Operation Benedict war ein Unternehmen im Zweiten Weltkrieg, bei dem ein Jagdflugzeug-Verband der britischen Royal Air Force zusammen mit Einheiten der sowjetischen Luftstreitkräfte im Nordmeer gegen die deutsche Luftwaffe sowie die finnische Suomen ilmavoimat zum Einsatz kam. (de)
  • Operation Benedict (29 July – 6 December 1941) was the establishment of Force Benedict with units of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS, Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily) in north Russia, during the Second World War. The force comprised 151 Wing Royal Air Force (RAF), with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters. The wing flew against the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and the Suomen Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) from Vaenga airfield in the northern USSR and trained Soviet pilots and ground crews to operate the Hurricanes, when their British pilots and ground crews returned to Britain. Twenty-four Hurricanes were delivered by Operation Strength, flying direct to Vaenga from the aircraft carrier HMS Argus but Operation Dervish, the first Arctic convoy, was diverted from Murmansk to Archangelsk, another 400 mi (640 km) on. The fifteen Hurricanes for 151 Wing, delivered in crates, had to be assembled at Keg Ostrov airstrip. Despite primitive conditions, the Hurricanes were readied in nine days, with excellent co-operation from the Russian authorities; the aircraft flew to Vaenga on 12 September. In five weeks of operations, 151 Wing claimed 16 victories, four probables and seven aircraft damaged. The winter snows began on 22 September and converting pilots and ground crews of Soviet Naval Aviation (Aviatsiya voyenno-morskogo flota) of the VVS to Hurricanes began in mid-October. The RAF party departed for Britain in late November, less various signals staff, arrived on 7 December and 151 Wing disbanded. The British and Russian governments gave Benedict much publicity and four members of 151 Wing received the Order of Lenin. (en)
  • Operasi Benedict (29 Juli – 6 Desember 1941) adalah pembentukan Force Benedict dengan unit-unit (VVS, Angkatan Udara Uni Soviet) di utara Rusia, pada Perang Dunia Kedua. Pasukan tersebut terdiri dari Royal Air Force (RAF), dengan dua skuadron pesawat tempur Hawker Hurricane. Sayap tersebut diterbangkan untuk melawan Luftwaffe (angkatan udara Jerman) dan (angkatan udara Finlandia) dari Vaenga (sekarang ) di utara USSR (in)
  • Операция «Бенедикт» (англ. Operation Benedict) — базирование осенью 1941 года на территории СССР (пос. Ваенга, ныне — Североморск) 151-го авиакрыла Королевских ВВС Великобритании общей численностью свыше 600 человек с целью обеспечения ПВО советских северных морских портов, в которых должны были разгружаться арктические конвои союзников; демонстрации возможностей английских истребителей, которые англичане планировали поставлять в рамках союзнической помощи СССР; обучение советских лётчиков пилотированию, а советских техников — обслуживанию английских самолётов. (ru)
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  • Hurricanes of 134 Squadron RAF at Vaenga , 1941 (en)
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  • Operation Benedict (en)
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  • Protect Murmansk from Axis air attack (en)
  • convert Soviet personnel to British aircraft and equipment (en)
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  • Allied victory (en)
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  • the Arctic campaign of the Second World War (en)
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  • Reinforcement and joint RAF–VVS operations (en)
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  • Operation Benedict war ein Unternehmen im Zweiten Weltkrieg, bei dem ein Jagdflugzeug-Verband der britischen Royal Air Force zusammen mit Einheiten der sowjetischen Luftstreitkräfte im Nordmeer gegen die deutsche Luftwaffe sowie die finnische Suomen ilmavoimat zum Einsatz kam. (de)
  • Operasi Benedict (29 Juli – 6 Desember 1941) adalah pembentukan Force Benedict dengan unit-unit (VVS, Angkatan Udara Uni Soviet) di utara Rusia, pada Perang Dunia Kedua. Pasukan tersebut terdiri dari Royal Air Force (RAF), dengan dua skuadron pesawat tempur Hawker Hurricane. Sayap tersebut diterbangkan untuk melawan Luftwaffe (angkatan udara Jerman) dan (angkatan udara Finlandia) dari Vaenga (sekarang ) di utara USSR (in)
  • Операция «Бенедикт» (англ. Operation Benedict) — базирование осенью 1941 года на территории СССР (пос. Ваенга, ныне — Североморск) 151-го авиакрыла Королевских ВВС Великобритании общей численностью свыше 600 человек с целью обеспечения ПВО советских северных морских портов, в которых должны были разгружаться арктические конвои союзников; демонстрации возможностей английских истребителей, которые англичане планировали поставлять в рамках союзнической помощи СССР; обучение советских лётчиков пилотированию, а советских техников — обслуживанию английских самолётов. (ru)
  • Operation Benedict (29 July – 6 December 1941) was the establishment of Force Benedict with units of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS, Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily) in north Russia, during the Second World War. The force comprised 151 Wing Royal Air Force (RAF), with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters. The wing flew against the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and the Suomen Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) from Vaenga airfield in the northern USSR and trained Soviet pilots and ground crews to operate the Hurricanes, when their British pilots and ground crews returned to Britain. (en)
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  • Operation Benedict (de)
  • Operasi Benedict (in)
  • Operation Benedict (en)
  • Операция «Бенедикт» (ru)
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