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But that wasn't one of them.Poland's aero industry produced some attractive looking aircraft
Oh, I dunno ... it has a certain businesslike charm to it - a workmanlike craft. A bit like an Ar196 that forgot its floats.......But that wasn't one of them.
(Insert rimshot)
Found this older post, as a note to the previous one:It is a PZL 43A for Romanian AF.
Found this older post, as a note to the previous one:
In fact this is a Bulgarian PZL 43 in early (before 1941) national markings.eBay: PZL.23 Karaś
Flugplatz Warschau Okęcie https://www.ebay.de/itm/204072811514?hash=item2f83affbfa:g:7voAAOSwGt9jAIr2ww2aircraft.net
Below some more photos of the same type during the early period. The "Karas" was called "Sea-gull" in Bulgarian Royal Air Force:
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Thanks Wojtek! I don't know the Polish airplanes very well, but caught the "Bravery Cross" which I know from different Bulgarian a/c.Oh ... certainly it is the Bulgarian national marking. Mea culpa. I thought Bulgarian but wrote Romanian. A good catch.
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Thanks Wojtek! I don't know the Polish airplanes very well, but caught the "Bravery Cross" which I know from different Bulgarian a/c.
Can you please check this post as well:
You wrote it's a PZL.43 in the next post, but isn't it a PZL.46 Sum? I even think this is the same a/c as shown below:eBay: PZL.23 Karaś
Polen 1939 https://www.ebay.de/itm/134553994977?hash=item1f540b06e1:g:9MYAAOSw0vxkT6uTww2aircraft.net
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Thank you for the explanation! Obviously the photo I posted was mislabeled in my "archive" - I'm sure I downloaded it from the internet as the link shows.No, it is one of the PZL 43As captured by German at the Okęcie airfield in 1939. The plane was parked at the PZL factory and was damaged by the Polish 7TP light tank during Polish counterattack. The PZL 46 Sum was of more streamlined shape including the wheel spats without the landing light. What is more, the propeller had the spinner while the PZL 43 didn't. The PZL 46 Sum had also the double rudders at the tail that there aren't seen in the pic above.
The PZL 43A captured atthe Okęcie airfield
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the pic source: Zdjęcie naszego samolotu część 8
The PZL 46 Sum ...
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the pic source: the net.
No, it is one of the PZL 43As captured by German at the Okęcie airfield in 1939. The plane was parked at the PZL factory and was damaged by the Polish 7TP light tank during Polish counterattack. The PZL 46 Sum was of more streamlined shape including the wheel spats without the landing light. What is more, the propeller had the spinner while the PZL 43 didn't. The PZL 46 Sum had also the double rudders at the tail that there aren't seen in the pic above.
The PZL 43A captured atthe Okęcie airfield
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the pic source: Zdjęcie naszego samolotu część 8
The PZL 46 Sum ...
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the pic source: the net.
Thank you for the explanation! Obviously the photo I posted was mislabeled in my "archive" - I'm sure I downloaded it from the internet as the link shows.