| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | "81-123" |
| Other Marks: | P.W.S.26 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Podlaska Wytwornia Samolotov PWS-26 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Podlaska Wytwornia Samolotov PWS-26 |
| Aircraft Version: | Podlaska Wytwornia Samolotov P.W.S.26 |
| C/n (msn): | 1172 |
| Operator Titles: | Poland - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kraków - Rakowice-Czyzyny (closed)Map |
| Country: | Poland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EPKC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego |
| Photo Date: | 18 April 2005 |
| Photo by: | Peter de Jong |
| Photo ID: | 105550 |
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First flown in 1935, the PWS-26 was a succesful advanced trainer built in fairly large numbers for the Polish air force. Upon the invasion of Poland a dozen or so were evacuated to Romania and others to Latvia; 28 of the latter were later sold to Romania by the Germans, and the type was used in Romania into the 1950s. This airframe was tested by the Luftwaffe as 'VG-AS' and it flew as SP-AJB after the war as a glider tug. This photo is copyright © Peter de Jong, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 November 2018, and has since been viewed 198 times. |