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tail. I did little twists and turns, not allowing the enemy to get me squarely in his sights. All the time we were getting closer and closer to the ground. I brought him to about 50 feet off the ground and in the last second, dived again, then immediately pulled into a left turn. I missed the ground by a scat 10 feet, I figured. The German wasn't so lucky." (account of Jan
Falkowski causing the Bf 109 to crash, taken from his auto biography "With The Wind In My Face"). According however to
322:. This latter group were captured by the Germans - in 1941. After repairing, 50 or so were sold to Romania, and in 1943 Romanian Air Force had 56 of them. In 1944 some of them, fitted with bomblets, were used for night attacks. Some were used in civilian aviation, and were used in Romania until the 1950s. Two were tested in Germany. A dozen or so were captured by the Soviets in Poland and also used by them for testing.
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October 2, 1939. Some Czech pilots flew these aircraft during the campaign on the Polish side. Account of Jan Falkowski of the above kill. "I was only 200 feet from the ground when I tried a trick. I put my plane into a dive, all the time watching one of the Germans who was trying to get on my
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Germans, at least one was shot down by the Soviets on September 19. A large number of PWS-26s were destroyed on the ground by the Germans or burned by the withdrawing Poles. At least two were evacuated to
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Only one PWS-26 (Nr. 81-123) has survived. Captured by the
Germans in September 1939, it was part of the German aviation museum, displayed with the Luftwaffe markings VG+AS. The aircraft was found in Poland after the war and used until
247:'s. They carried numbers starting with "81-". The PWS-26 was regarded as a successful aircraft, with good flight characteristics. During its Polish service, there were 10 fatal crashes, which was not a high number.
282:). They were also used in improvised liaison units. At least 45 were used in combat units during the campaign in total. The PWS-26 was mostly used as a replacement aircraft.
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Fledglings 1935-1945: Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft
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702:(Aldershot, GB: Hikoki Publications, 1996), p.11.
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259:Soviet sentry guarding a crashed PWS-26 near
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560:201 km/h (125 mph, 109 kn)
572:78 km/h (48 mph, 42 kn) ~
566:172 km/h (107 mph, 93 kn)
517:IAW-109 (PWS-B6, Goettingen 655) (14.2%)
740:"The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage"
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578:460 km (290 mi, 250 nmi)
1039:1930s Polish military trainer aircraft
764:Polish aviation construction 1893-1939
776:Military aircraft in Poland 1924–1939
299:Independent Operational Group Polesie
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778:] (in Polish). Warsaw: Bellona.
772:Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1924–1939
825:Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS)
490:7.03 m (23 ft 1 in)
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698:Ketley, Barry, and Rolfe, Mark.
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545:2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
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529:1,170 kg (2,579 lb)
1059:Aircraft first flown in 1935
271:, some PWS-26s were used in
167:Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów
523:885 kg (1,951 lb)
212:The prototype was flown in
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537:Avia-Wright J-5B Whirlwind
770:Morgała, Andrzej (2003).
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744:m-selig.ae.illinois.edu
475:General characteristics
464:Specifications(PWS-26)
458:Polish Aviation Museum
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228:, 310 had been built.
181:Design and development
145:was a Polish advanced
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220:. By the outbreak of
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615:Related development
347:Bulgarian Air Force
303:Franciszek Kleeberg
251:Operational history
199:Augustyn Zdaniewski
39:General information
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94:Manufactured
81:Number built
55:Manufacturer
719:(in Polish)
551:Performance
543:Propellers:
533:Powerplant:
460:in Kraków.
293:crash near
1033:Categories
991:Avia BH-33
639:References
506:Wing area:
241:Avro Tutor
203:aerobatics
494:Wingspan:
469:Data from
369:Luftwaffe
326:Operators
97:1936-1939
1054:Biplanes
993:as PWS-A
833:Aircraft
827:aircraft
749:16 April
610:See also
602:Armament
340:Bulgaria
171:Podlasie
1018:PWS-103
1013:PWS-102
1008:PWS-101
1001:Gliders
513:Airfoil
500:Height:
488:Length:
407:Romania
362:Germany
316:Romania
276:flights
273:liaison
237:PWS-18s
157:by the
120:Retired
89:History
975:PWS-54
970:PWS-52
965:PWS-51
960:PWS-50
955:PWS-40
950:PWS-35
945:PWS-33
940:PWS-26
935:PWS-24
930:PWS-23
925:PWS-22
920:PWS-21
915:PWS-20
910:PWS-19
905:PWS-18
900:PWS-16
895:PWS-15
890:PWS-14
885:PWS-12
880:PWS-11
875:PWS-10
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723:6 June
631:PWS-16
626:PWS-14
621:PWS-12
576:Range:
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291:Bf 109
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191:PWS-14
187:PWS-12
143:PWS-26
134:PWS-16
19:PWS-26
870:PWS-8
865:PWS-7
860:PWS-6
855:PWS-5
850:PWS-4
845:PWS 3
840:PWS-1
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644:Notes
482:Crew:
280:RWD-8
261:Rivne
175:RWD-8
780:ISBN
751:2019
725:2022
535:1 ×
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226:1939
218:1936
214:1935
193:and
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