About: General Aircraft Hamilcar     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : umbel-rc:TransportationDevice_Vehicle, within Data Space : dbpedia.org associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.org/c/85keHVYL99

The General Aircraft Limited GAL. 49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mark I was a large British military glider produced during the Second World War, which was designed to carry heavy cargo, such as the Tetrarch or M22 Locust light tank. When the British airborne establishment was formed in 1940 by the order of Prime Minister Winston Churchill it was decided to develop a large glider which would be able to transport heavy equipment in support of airborne troops. General Aircraft Limited were chosen in January 1941 to develop this glider, which they designated the GAL. 49 'Hamilcar'. It was designed to transport a light tank or two Universal Carriers. A number of problems, which included vacillation by the War Office on the number of gliders it wanted and poor management by GAL, led to delays in the p

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar (cs)
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar (de)
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar (en)
  • GAL 49 Hamilcar (fr)
  • ゼネラル・エアクラフト ハミルカー (ja)
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar (pl)
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar (ru)
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar (uk)
rdfs:comment
  • Le General Aircraft GAL 49 Hamilcar est un planeur utilisé par le Royaume-Uni pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour transporter le carburant ou du matériel voire 40 hommes. (fr)
  • ゼネラル・エアクラフト ハミルカー(General Aircraft G.A.L. 49 Hamilcar)又はハミルカー Mk Iは、第二次世界大戦中の英国の軍用グライダーである。本機はテトラークやローカストのような空挺戦車や2両のユニバーサル・キャリアなど、7トンの貨物を運ぶことができた。名称の由来は、古代カルタゴの名将ハンニバル・バルカの父で、やはり名将であったハミルカル・バルカから。 (ja)
  • Дженерал Ейркрафт Гамількар (англ. General Aircraft Hamilcar) — британський вантажний військово-транспортний планер часів Другої світової війни. (uk)
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar byl největší a nejtěžší britský vojenský výsadkový kluzák používaný v druhé světové válce. Jeho nejvýznamnější akcí bylo vylodění spojenců v Normandii. Vzhledem k možnosti nést sedmitunový náklad byl užíván k přepravě těžké techniky včetně lehkých tanků. Kluzáky tahaly zejména čtyřmotorové letouny Handley Page Halifax a Short Stirling. (cs)
  • Die britische General Aircraft GAL 49 Hamilcar war der größte alliierte Lastensegler im Zweiten Weltkrieg und absolvierte ihren Erstflug im Jahre 1942.Mit ihrer Ladekapazität von acht Tonnen konnte die Hamilcar sogar einen leichten Panzer wie den Tetrarch, einen M22 Locust oder aber zwei Bren Carrier transportieren. Der fast komplett aus Holz gebaute Segler wurde von Stirling-, Lancaster- oder Halifax-Bombern mit einer maximalen Geschwindigkeit von 240 km/h geschleppt. (de)
  • The General Aircraft Limited GAL. 49 Hamilcar or Hamilcar Mark I was a large British military glider produced during the Second World War, which was designed to carry heavy cargo, such as the Tetrarch or M22 Locust light tank. When the British airborne establishment was formed in 1940 by the order of Prime Minister Winston Churchill it was decided to develop a large glider which would be able to transport heavy equipment in support of airborne troops. General Aircraft Limited were chosen in January 1941 to develop this glider, which they designated the GAL. 49 'Hamilcar'. It was designed to transport a light tank or two Universal Carriers. A number of problems, which included vacillation by the War Office on the number of gliders it wanted and poor management by GAL, led to delays in the p (en)
  • General Aircraft G.A.L. 49 Hamilcar (Hamilcar Mk I) — brytyjski ciężki szybowiec desantowy z okresu II wojny światowej o nośności 7 ton, zdolny do przeniesienia czołgów lekkich typu M22 Locust czy Tetrarch Mk VII. Największy płatowiec konstrukcji drewnianej produkowany seryjnie przez Aliantów w okresie wojny. (pl)
  • Дженерал Эйркрафт Гамилькар (англ. General Aircraft Hamilcar) — британский грузовой военно-транспортный планёр времён Второй мировой войны. General Aircraft Hamilcar был самым большим и тяжёлым британским военным воздушно-десантным планёром, использованным во Второй мировой войне. Его самым важным событием была высадка союзников в Нормандии. Благодаря возможности перевозить семитонный груз был использован для перевозки тяжёлой техники, в том числе легких танков. Планёры буксировали в основном четырёхмоторные самолёты Handley Page Halifax и Short Stirling с максимальной скоростью 240 км/ч. (ru)
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar_2.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5198.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar_Glider_(4536582498).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hamilcar_glider_on_the_landing_zone_near_Arnhem.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hamilcar_view.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M22_locust_-_Hamilcar_06.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU2617.jpg
dct:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git147 as of Sep 06 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3331 as of Sep 2 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 58 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software