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Brequet 19 Yugoslavian airforce

Bréguet 19 - Wikipedia Yugoslav Royal Air Force bought 100 Br.19 A2s in 1924, and in 1927 acquired a license to manufacture them in a new factory in Kraljevo. The first batch of 85 aircraft were assembled from French parts, and a further 215 were built from scratch. The first 150 aircraft in Yugoslavian service had Lorraine-Dietrich engines, the next 150 – 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb engines, and the last 100 – 310 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhone Jupiter 9Ab radial engines. From 1932, the Br.19.7 variant was manufactured – the first five were built in France, the next 75 in Kraljevo (51 according to other publications), and a further 48 aircraft, lacking engines, were completed in 1935–1937 as Br.19.8's, with 580 kW (780 hp) Wright Cyclone radial engines. (Some publications give different numbers of Yugoslavian Bre.19s). Some of these Yugoslavian aircraft were used in combat after the German attack on Yugoslavia in 194



 
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Yes.. that's the PZL P-7a "Blue 1", serial number 6.120. She belonged to the 151st Fighter Squadron and was flown by its commander Lt. J.Brzeziński. The kite was captured at Brześć-Adamkowo airfield in September 1939.
What happened to the pilot?
 
What happened to the pilot?

Lt. Józef Brzeziński ( later major ) got the France via the Romania. He was a commander of the flight "Montpellier Group" assigned to the I/2 French Groupe de Chasse. He came to the Great Britain on 12th November 1941 and was the commander of the 317th Polish Fighter Squadron stationed in the Exeter. On the 15th March 1942 flown Spitfire s/n BL805 coded JH-N over the France. During the way back because of the fog at the airfield area the squadron was sent to the Bold Head airfield. However there were two pilots only who managed to land there. The rest of squadron pilots had to make the emergency landings in field because of no fuel. Major Brzezinski crashed into the coastal rock dying on the spot. He was buried in the Higher Cementery , Exeter
 

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