Polish Wings

[eswube]

Hi, welcome to Shipbucket.
My source regarding liveries of the L-10, L-14 and DC-2 was: Adam Jońca; Barwa w Lotnictwie Polskim 3, Samoloty linii lotniczych 1931-1939, Warszawa 1985.
Of course color plates there show other (left) sides of the planes.

[TomekCz]

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As a new member I can't send any PM or mails here.

[ZoeB]

Messrs. Rhade and Eswube gladly introduce the "Polish Wings" thread.

I joined just to say congrats, and to thank you for your Magnum Opus.

While I'm at it, and since you are obviously the experts - do you have any profiles of the Ukrainian and Byelorussian ally squadrons effectively integrated into Polish service in 1920?

1st zaporozhski air regiment of Army of UNR got 2 Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin, 4 Albatros (J.I or J.II) and 1 LVG C.V.

The Albatros and Sopwiths at least were Polish planes.

[eswube]

@ZoeB
Thank You for appreciation. "Experts" would be too proud word though.

I have to admit certain "overlooking" of the issue of Ukrainian and Belarussian units in the context of this thread.
Can't say about Rhade (and he's absent from this Forum for 4 months already), but I don't think I have much materials about these formations, especially in form of colour plates.
Most easily found materials are here:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/cat/opers/exussr/18

[ZoeB]

@ZoeB
Thank You for appreciation. "Experts" would be too proud word though.

Permit me to disagree.

Most easily found materials are here:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/cat/opers/exussr/18

A very good site, one I've used many times in the past.



Included in that picture are a Kosciusko Squadron Oeffag 253, the single defected Nieuport 27, and a Polish-lent Sopwith Dolphin in Ukrainian markings. Plus the usual Don Cossacks, Knights of Malta, Lithuanians, Reds, Whites, Georgians, Freikorps, Ukrainians etc.

Here's a 253 in the original Austrian markings and sworl cammo. Not fine-scale, these are all 1/144 so only 5cm long,

[eswube]

Wow! Great work for that scale!

[Hood]

I disagree too.
There is probably more info and historical data and accurate profiles here than in any one book or website out there.

[eswube]

Nah, Mates, You just haven't seen the right websites or (most importantly) books.
(Which isn't surprising, since they are mostly in Polish)

[eswube]

While I know You're expecting more (and You'll get it, in due time ), right now I added only DC-8 chartered by LOT Polish Airlines in 1987-1988 when flights of Il-62M were suspended after crash of one of these.

http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 410#p86410

[eswube]

Added Gabriel Śląsk amateur plane here:
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 234#p88234