Aaron Brooks Wolters
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
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vikingBerserker
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Beautiful, both!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Thank you Dominik. Excellent shots of the Mils and she's gorgeous.
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The Caudron CR-714 "Cyclone" from Finland to Cracow...
French fighter Caudron Renault CR. 714 Cyclone, the icon of Polish armed action during World War II, arrived in Krakow. The aircraft was handed from the Finnish Army Museum (Sotamuso), so that the machine is well-preserved authentic painting from 1940, The period prior to the Battle of France.
The plane was used by the Polish air formation of hunting, Groupe de Chasse Polonaise de Varsovie GC 1/145, in the defense of Paris and the Seine River basin in 1940. Squadron, made up of Pilot- volunteers initially was to be sent along with the aircraft CR.714 with the help of Stalin attacked Finland in winter 1939. The French managed to even send the first batch CR.714 Finns. The second was to be there together with the Polish pilots. Polish formation on their CR.714 but came to share in the defense of France.
For this type of aircraft in the French campaign only Poles flew in combat. Aircraft has been stored for decades in the forest wooden hangar at Lahti. It is in good condition, but incomplete.
Caudron CR 714 was transferred to the Krakow museum in early May, where it will be opened to the public as part of a temporary exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. In future the plane will undergo maintenance and restored to its original splendor in cooperation with the Finnish Aviation Museum (Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo).
French fighter Caudron Renault CR. 714 Cyclone, the icon of Polish armed action during World War II, arrived in Krakow. The aircraft was handed from the Finnish Army Museum (Sotamuso), so that the machine is well-preserved authentic painting from 1940, The period prior to the Battle of France.
The plane was used by the Polish air formation of hunting, Groupe de Chasse Polonaise de Varsovie GC 1/145, in the defense of Paris and the Seine River basin in 1940. Squadron, made up of Pilot- volunteers initially was to be sent along with the aircraft CR.714 with the help of Stalin attacked Finland in winter 1939. The French managed to even send the first batch CR.714 Finns. The second was to be there together with the Polish pilots. Polish formation on their CR.714 but came to share in the defense of France.
For this type of aircraft in the French campaign only Poles flew in combat. Aircraft has been stored for decades in the forest wooden hangar at Lahti. It is in good condition, but incomplete.
Caudron CR 714 was transferred to the Krakow museum in early May, where it will be opened to the public as part of a temporary exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. In future the plane will undergo maintenance and restored to its original splendor in cooperation with the Finnish Aviation Museum (Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo).
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very cool!
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good stuff!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Very interesting sir! Thanks for sharing!
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Thank you Dominik!
Good stuff !
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Awesome! I would love to visit Cracow's Museum of Aviation!
imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Cool stuff Dominik. Thanks for sharing. The Bf 109G spinner doesn't look right though. The shape is wrong I believe. Shame, because otherwise it's an awesome restoration job. Can you tell us more about that particular plane?
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The Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 "Red Three" on display at the Polish Aviation Museum bears the 163306 factory number. It left the Messerschmitt Werke in Regensburg on 11th May 1944 and was assigned to the Jagdgruppe West training unit. On 28th May 1944 Feldwebel Ernst Plein took off early that morning for a training flight. At 8.30, just after one of the training takeoffs, the aircraft crashed into water of the nearby Trzebuń lake. The pilot was killed.
With the efforts of the "Polish Eagles" Foundation, the wreckage of the aircraft was recovered in 2000 and restored. It was temporarily displayed at the Polish Aviation Museum. In October 2014 it was again brought to the PAM as a long-term loan.
