AVIONS N°257

In the summary of this n°257:
- Red stars against Michel's cross: the 67th IAP against the Romanian air force on the first day of "Barbarossa". Full story, by Mikhaïl Timine.
- Jack Delivertoux, “Death for France” in AFN. Complete story, by Emmanuel Coris.
- From the Battle of the Marne to the Rif War: Albert Mézergues, the French bombing ace. Second and final part, by Jean-Jacques Leclercq with the participation of Christophe Cony.
- Tragic blunder or war crime? An Il-76 carrying Ukrainian prisoners has just been shot down. Complete story, by Christophe Cony.
- Seagull ASR.I, Supermarine's latest seaplane. Complete story, by Geoffrey Bussy.

In front page :
Put on alert very early and well led in combat by competent patrol leaders, the Polikarpov I-16s of the 67th IAP wreaked havoc in the Romanian ranks on June 22, 1941, in contrast to the rout suffered by most of the other Soviet regiments on June 22, 1941. first day of the invasion of the USSR by Axis forces. More than two years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, little “Rata” proved that he still had to be reckoned with in air combat!