aircraft of British and, mainly, French manufacture were delivered. At 1925, in co-operation with the British Company Blackburn Aircraft, the State Aircraft Factory (KEA) was set up in Phaleron, near Athens. The factory developed a number of aircraft that were designed by Blackburn Aircraft and built under license, like the two-seat torpedo carrier, T3A Velos and the KEA Chelidon, as well as the Armstrong Whitworth Atlas and the Avro 504. On the other hand, a new Naval Aviation school was established at Tatoi, Attica, in 1926. In 1930 the Air Ministry was founded and the Hellenic Air Force was established as a unified independent branch of the Hellenic Armed Forces. Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos was sworn in as the first Air Minister and assigned the reorganisation of the branch to the veteran aviator Alexandros Zannas. Notable personnel Aristeidis Moraitinis, commander of the Hellenic Naval Air Service (1917–1918) and World War I ace. Konstantinos Panagiotou, commander (1918). Pantelis Psychas, World War I aviator, awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross. Spyridon Hambas, World War I aviator. Dimitrios Argyropoulos, World War I aviator and the first casualty of the Hellenic Naval Air Service (1917). Thanos Veloudios, distinguished during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). Aircraft of the Hellenic Naval Air Service 1912–1922 Airco DH.4 Airco DH.6 Airco DH.9 Ansaldo A.1 Balilla Astra Hydroplane Bristol Scout C Fairey Hamble Baby Henry Farman H.F.20 Henry Farman H.F.22 Henry Farman H.F.27 Maurice Farman Hydravion Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e Short Type 184 Shopwith Greek Seaplane (Gunbus) Sopwith 1½ Strutter Type 9400 Sopwith 1½ Strutter Type 9700 Sopwith Baby Sopwith Bat Boat Sopwith Camel F.1 Sopwith Pup 1923–1930 Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Avro 504N/O Blackburn Velos T.3A Bristol F.2b Fighter Mk IV Hanriot H.41 Hawker Horsley MkII KEA Chelidon See also History of the Hellenic Air Force Notes References Thomas, Andrew. "In the Footsteps of Daedulus: Early Greek Naval Aviation". Air Enthusiast, No. 94, July–August 2001, pp. 8–9. History of the Hellenic Air Force History of the Hellenic Navy Naval units and formations of Greece Naval aviation services 1915 establishments in Greece Military units and formations disestablished in 1930 Military units and formations of Greece in World War I Military units and formations established in 1915 Military aviation units and formations in World War I