Lipetsk fighter-pilot school
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The Lipetsk fighter-pilot school was a secret German-Soviet training facility in the interwar period where German military aviators covertly developed and tested air combat tactics and technology despite the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lipetsk fighter-pilot school canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-Soviet military cooperation project
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secret military training facility ⓘ |
| conflict | interwar period ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
German rearmament
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Soviet air force development ⓘ formation of the Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| cooperationWith |
Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
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Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautical testing
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fighter pilot training ⓘ military aviation ⓘ |
| follows | Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1920s ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
in violation of the spirit of the Treaty of Versailles
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secret ⓘ |
| location |
Lipetsk
NERFINISHED
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Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motivation | bypass disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clandestine German pilot training on Soviet soil
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early testing of German fighter aircraft designs ⓘ example of secret German-Soviet military collaboration ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
German military
NERFINISHED
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Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Reichswehr NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet military NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
German-Soviet military collaboration
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Soviet military modernization ⓘ Weimar Republic foreign policy ⓘ |
| purpose |
circumventing Treaty of Versailles restrictions
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development of air combat tactics ⓘ testing of aviation technology ⓘ training German military aviators ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
covert training of German fighter pilots
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development of Luftwaffe tactics ⓘ testing of experimental German aircraft ⓘ |
| startTime | 1925 ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German pilots
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Soviet pilots ⓘ |
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