G-36, Royal Greek Air Force, 1941 2024-06-21

[Pat Pattle]

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G-36, Royal Greek Air Force, 1941 - G-36, Royal Greek Air Force, 1941

Grumman G-36 BuNo 3875, D-224, Royal Greek Air Force May 1941

Greece ordered 30 G-36 aircraft equivalent to the USN F4F-3A, and these aircraft arrived in the Mediterranean just some days too late to be taken on strength with the Greek Air Force; instead, they were delivered to the Royal Navy on 30th April 1941 and served as Martlet MkIII from land bases in Egypt. As they were not expected to be used from carriers - the Greeks had no carriers - they had fixed wings and no naval equipment...

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