In theme of AOP aircraft's
RWD-13
Probably most successfully polish small aircraft. I add also medical evacuation version RWD-13S.
- Polish military army has no RWD-13 in inventory but mobilised them from areoclubs in September 1939
- Polish ambulance version RWD-13S as was used in 1939 such icon
can be usefully in scenario building representing airfields 1939 together with civilian red rwd-13
Then most of this aircraft's escapes to Romania and Latvia. In 1940 Latvia ocupied by USSR so the were captured by soviets. Romania has around 30 RWD-13 and use them on eastern front in
Escadrila albă
rest is the history described in books and even movie from 1944
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Squadron_(Romania)
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escadrila_Alb%C4%83
Here great documentary movie with English subtitles
https://armed.mapn.ro/escadrila-alba-2625-25
and here link to IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035373/
Yugoslavia buy license and produced their own version Rogozarski RVD-13 also in Medical evacuation variant icon already there. Only one survived invasion on Yugoslavia and was letter used by Croatians,
One aircraft escaped from Hel Peninsula to Sweden and were used in army until 1953 and one to Estonia probably letter in Soviet hands.
20 sold to Gen. Franco and used there in Civil war on Nationalist side as AOP aircraft. There was still used even after 1945.
Germans captured some small number intact and used them as liaisons aircraft.
One was a wedding gift from Poland to Shah of Persia and were used by Iranian air force until 1945
Eight were sold to Brazilian army in 1937 and one is still there in museum.
Hagana buy 2 of them in 1937 and used together with RWD-8 as patrol and liaison aircraft they survived until 1947 and were used in Israel war of independence. Probably first aircraft's of IAF.
Soviets have some number of this aircraft's captured in Poland, Latvia and Estonia but is unknown how they used them.
