The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2 before 1944, for its initial uchebnyy, 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) was an all-weather multirole Soviet...
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10. Wragg 2003, p. 142. Stott 1971, p. 21. "Soviet Polikarpov U-2 bomber, trainer; Polikarpov Po-2 bomber, trainer." Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback...
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1940s Soviet Ministry of Forestry requirement to replace the smaller Polikarpov Po-2, which was used in large numbers in both agricultural and utility roles...
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used as a nickname for the following: Polikarpov Po-2, a utility aircraft used extensively in agriculture Antonov An-2, a purpose-built agricultural aircraft...
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Polikarpov Po-2 Sukhoi Su-2 Tupolev SB Tupolev TB-3 Tupolev Tu-2 Yakovlev Yak-2 Yakovlev Yak-4 Yermolayev Yer-2 Beriev Be-2 Beriev Be-4 Beriev MBR-2 Consolidated...
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members died during the war. The regiment flew in steel-and-canvas Polikarpov U-2 biplanes, a 1928 design intended for use as training aircraft (hence...
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Polikarpov's death Po-2/U-2 "Mule" general purpose biplane, 1928 P-2 biplane trainer, 1927 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polikarpov. "PM-2 floatplane...
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Lavochkin La-5, Polikarpov I-15 and I-16 fighters, Tupolev TB-3 bombers, Polikarpov R-5 reconnaissance bombers, Polikarpov Po-2, Antonov An-2, Ilyushin Il-14...
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Morane-Saulnier MoS-50 Nuri Demirağ Nu D.36 Parseval PL9 Pfalz D.III Polikarpov Po-2 Polikarpov R-5 Potez 25 PZL P.24 REP Type N Rohrbach Ro III Rumpler B.I Rumpler...
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Mosquito T.Mk.III Avro Lancaster B. Mk.I (nose section) Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 "Rata" Polikarpov U-2/Po-2 Ilyushin II-2M3 Shturmovik Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa...
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1961–1979) Reims-Cessna FTB-337, (Portuguese Air Force, 1974–2007) Polikarpov Po-2 Kukuruznik ("Crop Duster") Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub as Flygplan 51...
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Ермолаевна Аронова; 10 January 1920 – 20 December 1982) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 navigator and pilot of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed...
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Полика́рпов; 9 June [O.S. 28 May] 1892 – 30 July 1944) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer...
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Douglas F3D Skyknight (section Specifications (F3D-2))
contact. They performed the feat by using their radar to lock onto a Polikarpov Po-2 biplane. They were also credited with another probable kill that night...
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p. 30 Angelucci & Matricardi 1977, p. 280. "Soviet Polikarpov U-2 bomber, trainer; Polikarpov Po-2 bomber, trainer". wwiivehicles.com. Archived from the...
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flying night interdiction and fighter missions and shooting down two Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes. This was the only combat use of the aircraft. Most F7F-2Ns...
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Pipistrel Virus SW (2006) Pilatus PC-6 Porter/Turbo Porter (1959) Polikarpov Po-2 (1927) PZL-104 Wilga (1962) Quest Kodiak (2004) Rans S-7 Courier (1985)...
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Polikarpov Po-2 biplane trainer aircraft. Although very slow, poorly armed and virtually defenseless during the day, the nearly all-wood structure Po-2...
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PTAB (bomb) (redirect from PTAB 2.5)
internal weapon bay in the Yak-9B (fighter-bomber) modification. The Polikarpov Po-2 could also carry and deploy PTABs. The number of PTABs dropped in a...
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Douglas A-1 Skyraider (redirect from AD-2 Skyraider)
George H. Linnemeier and CWO Vernon S. Kramer shot down a Soviet-built Polikarpov Po-2 biplane, the only documented Skyraider air victory of the war. AD-3N...
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written in multiple languages Mule, the NATO reporting name of the Polikarpov Po-2 Soviet biplane Mule, a type of locomotive Mule, a light utility vehicle...
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000 combat missions by the end of the war. Their aircraft was the Polikarpov Po-2, an outdated biplane. The Germans were the ones however who gave them...
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Mi-1, Mil Mi-4, Nakajima Ki-43, Nanchang A-5C, Nanchang CJ-6, Polikarpov Po-2, Tupolev Tu-2, Yakovlev Yak-9P, Yakovlev Yak-18 The Korean People's Air Force...
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Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik. The women pilots known as the "Night Witches" utilised an obsolescent, wooden light trainer biplane type, the Polikarpov Po-2 and small...
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tandem mounts known as DA-2. Employed in the early versions of the Tupolev TB-3 bomber and in the Polikarpov R-5 and Polikarpov Po-2 army cooperation aircraft...
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North American P-51 variants Polikarpov Po-2 Republic F-84 Thunderjet Sikorsky H-19 Sikorsky H-5 Supermarine Seafire Tupolev Tu-2 Westland Dragonfly Yakovlev...
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beat him up after it is perceived he gave away their position to a Polikarpov Po-2 "sewing machine" by lighting a cigarette. Friedhelm becomes emotionally...
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Марина Павловна Чечнева; 15 August 1922 – 12 January 1984) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 pilot and squadron commander in the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment...
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"Kraków" (flying Polikarpov Po-2 aircraft – produced in Poland as the CSS-13 from 1949 onwards), and the 3rd Assault Regiment (flying Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft)...
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