I.A.R. 80 (Romania) (1939)

[Oliverlovesplanes]

Does anyone know If these fighters ever faced the axis/allies?....Fighting for Romania, I believe they have served with the russians and french.

 

[cammerjeff]

Yes they only Flew for Romania as far as I know, in its fighter and dive bomber versions, they fought the russians from 1941-44 when Romania switched sides, after that date they flew alongside Russia, and would have faced German and Hungarian forces.

 

[fubar57]

If you find find this book at a decent price, you could pretty much build one

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I didn't realize there were so many variants.....

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.....and with each variant came change. I believe three different instrument panels, markings and camouflage schemes among others.

 

[special ed]

It is my understanding they intercepted B-24s during the Ploesti raids where they were misidentified as Fw 190s by USAAC aircrew.

 

[bf109xxl]

I didn't realize there were so many variants.....

These are, more likely, just production batches - in most cases, the changes were minor.

 

[bf109xxl]

Does anyone know If these fighters ever faced the axis/allies?....Fighting for Romania, I believe they have served with the russians and french.

This book contains information on the combat use of the IAR 80

 

[fubar57]

From the book, more than minor changes.....

 

[bf109xxl]

From the book, more than minor changes.....

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I suppose that the differences between the various production batches of the LaGG-3 were greater.