The Greek "wings", the Greek fighters, were the fear and terror of the Turkish Army in 1922. History has recorded air battles, shooting down and aerial photography of the Turkish lines.
One such happened on July 22, 1922, that is, 96 years ago today. It was preceded by the downing of an enemy Breguet, which was spying on the Greek positions by Sergeant Christoforos Stavropoulos with No. 4466 Spad VII/XIII . The incident took place on July 12, 1922.
Stavropoulos attacked and gassed the Breguet from a distance of 50 meters, which caught fire and crashed, killing its Lieutenant pilot and the Major observer, who was the Commander of Tsai Airport.
On July 18, 1922 by decision of the Greek Government, the autonomy of Asia Minor is declared , after the collapse of negotiations for the signing of an armistice agreement between Greece and Turkey.
On July 22, 1922, aviators of the 3rd Airplane Squadron of the Military Air Force carried out a reconnaissance mission... READ THE DETAILS OF THE MISSION AT ARMYVOICE.GR