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Old August 24th, 2020, 12:44 PM
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RWD-8

Most numerous of polish small aircraft's, build in 600 number for civilian areo-clubs and for army as trainer, liaison and many other duties. Was also last aircraft's on polish sky used in October 1939 by unit SGO Polesie in their fights against German and Soviets. In this last battles used not only as observation but also as ersatz support with hand-grenades throw by second pilot like in early days of WWI.




Here are

- Latvian - 40 of them escape in 1939 were used there and then captured by soviets
-Czechoslovakian small number sold in 1937 there
- Polish gray trainer used as ersatz spotter in 1939
- SP-BHX typical polish civilian
- Nationalist Spain small number sold to gen. Franco army
- SP-BLL polish civilian from areoclub mobilised in 1939
- Soviet small number captured in Poland 1939 then in 1940 captured from
Latvia
- VQ-PAK two used by Hagana as liaison in fight with Palestinians since 1938 destroyed before creation of IAF
- captured German probably used as trainers they have small number of them
- Romanians escaped from Poland 1939 also with roundels before April 1941 used as a trainers and probably liaisons. They have 57 pieces
- Hungarians have 2 pieces which escaped in 1939 used as a liaisons.
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