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).