Lithuanian Air Force

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  1. spidge

    spidge Active Member

    This is a start: Read more at the link.

    Lithuanian Air Force
    [SIZE=-1]Lithuania[/SIZE]

    [SIZE=-1]Air Force[/SIZE]

    [SIZE=-1]Title:[/SIZE]

    [SIZE=-1]Karinés Oro Pajégos (Lithuanian Air Force) [/SIZE]

    [SIZE=-1]Brief History:[/SIZE]

    [SIZE=-1]The Lithuanian Army was first established in early 1918, but was initially poorly trained and ill-equipped. It was unable to resist the Bolshevik invasion of early 1919 with resulted in the loss of Vilnius to the Soviets. On 1 January 1919 an Aviation Unit was officially formed at Kaunas within the Engineers Company of the Lithuanian Army. The unit received it's first aircraft on 5 February 1919 - a captured Soviet Sopwith.[/SIZE]
     

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