Mire Dioxes
Under Lt. Col E. Kelaides, Commanding Officer Greek
Fighter Command.
21st Mira (Kalampaka)
28 October 1940 Commanded by Captain J. Kellas, with 12 PZL-24 Fighters, and based at Kalampaka. Three Aircraft were detached under 1st Lt. J. Sakellariou and based at Yanina. Only about 8 of the squadron's aircraft were actually operational (There were 24 Operational PZL-24's out of a total of 36 in three squadrons).
02 December 1940 Squadron was withdrawn from frontline to re-equip, its remaining PZL-24's being handed over to 22 and 23 Mire. The Squadron received 14 Gloster Gladiator Biplane Fighters from Britain, 8 arrived on 02 December from No.112 Squadron, RAF, based in Egypt, and were followed shortly after by 5 from No.80 Squadron, RAF (in Greece), and finally by 1 more from No.112 Squadron in Egypt.
22nd Mira (Salonika/Sedes)
28 October 1940 Commanded by Captain A. Andoniou, with 12 PZL-24 Fighters, and based at Salonika & Sedes. Only about 8 of the squadron's aircraft were actually operational (There were 24 Operational PZL-24's out of a total of 36 in three squadrons).
02 December 1940 The Squadron received some of 21st Mira's remaining aircraft as replacements - by this time the Squadron was deployed in the Northern Sector operating against the Italians in Albania.
23rd Mira (Larissa)
28 October 1940 Commanded by Major G. Theodoropoulos, with 12 PZL-24 Fighters, and based at Larissa. Only about 8 of the squadron's aircraft were actually operational (There were 24 Operational PZL-24's out of a total of 36 in three squadrons).
02 December 1940 The Squadron received some of 21st Mira's remaining aircraft as replacements - by this time the Squadron was deployed in the Northern Sector operating against the Italians in Albania.
24th Mira (Eleusis)
28 October 1940 Commanded by Captain A. Anagnostopoulos, with 9 Bloch MB-151 Fighters, and based at Eleusis. Only 6 of the aircraft were actually operational. The Squadron was under the command of the Greek Anti-Aircraft Command and was assigned to the defence of Athens.
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