List of retired aircraft types used by, Polish Air Force Aircraft whose service end date is: 1939 were captured. Or destroyed following the: 1939 Invasion of Poland.
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | # of aircraft | Notes |
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Amiot 123 | France | night bomber | 123 BN.3 | 1928β1929 | 2 | |
Antonov An-12 | USSR | transport | An-12B | 1966β1995 | 2 | one crashed in 1977 |
Antonov An-24 | USSR | transport | An-24W | 1966β1977 | 6 | one crashed in 1973 |
Antonov An-26 | USSR | transport | An-26 | 1972β2009 | 12 | |
Ansaldo A-1 Balilla | Italy | fighter | 1920β1927 | 105 | ||
Ansaldo A.300 | Italy | bomber/reconnaissance | A.300/4 | 1920β1925 | 80 | |
Avia B-33 | Czechoslovakia | attack | B-33 | 1954β1961 | 281 | Ilyushin Il-10 built under licence in Czechoslovakia |
Avia S-102/CS-201 | Czechoslovakia | fighter fighter-trainer |
S-102 CS-102 |
1953β 1955β |
60 96 |
MiG-15 built under licence in Czechoslovakia |
Bartel BM.4 | Poland | trainer | BM.4 | 1928β1939 | 75 | |
Bartel BM.5 | Poland | trainer | BM.5 | 1929β1939 | 60 | |
Bell 412 | USA/Canada | transport helicopter | 412SP/HP 412HP |
1991-1991 1993β2011 |
2 1 |
Leased for 1991 Papal visit. Transferredββto Police. |
BrΓ©guet Br.XIV | France | ambulance | Br.XIV.Tbis | 1926β1927 | 1 | Other examples also used. |
Breguet XIX | France | bomber fighter |
B.2/B.2GR C.2 |
1925β1939 1930β1931 |
250 3 |
|
CWL WZ.X | Poland | reconnaissance | WZ-XLD/WZ-XBJ | 1926β1935 | 4 | |
de Havilland DH.60 Moth | UK | trainer | DH.60G | 1928β1935 | 3 | |
Douglas Dakota | USA | transport | 1945β | 11 | ||
Farman F.60 Goliath | France | night bomber | F.68 BN.4 | 1926β1935 | 32 | |
Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | Germany | liaison | 1944β1954 | 1 | captured | |
Fokker F.VII | Netherlands | transport/bomber | VIIb/3m VIIa/1m |
1930β1939 1938β1939 |
23 3 |
|
Fieseler Fi 156 | Germany | liaison | 1945β | 5 | ||
Hanriot HD-14 | France | trainer ambulance |
HD-14 HD-14S |
1924β1934 1925β1935 |
70 2 |
|
Hanriot HD-19 | France | trainer | HD-19bis | 1924β1937 | 56 | |
Hanriot HD-28 | France | trainer ambulance |
HD-28 HD-28S |
1925β1939 1927β1935 |
220 16 |
|
Ilyushin Il-2 | USSR | attack | Il-2M/M3/UIl-2 | 1944β1949 | 200+ | |
Ilyushin Il-10 | USSR | attack trainer |
Il-10 UIl-10 |
1949β1959 | 96 24 |
|
Ilyushin Il-12 | USSR | transport | Il-12D | 1957β1967 | 3 | |
Ilyushin Il-14 | USSR | transport | Il-14P/T/S | 1955β1990 | 17 | |
Ilyushin Il-18 | USSR | transport | Il-18W | 1961β1987 | 5 | |
Ilyushin Il-28 | USSR | bomber trainer reconnaissance |
Il-28 Il-28U Il-28R |
1952β1979 | 72 16 15 |
|
LET/Letov-Kunovic C-11 | Czechoslovakia | trainer | C-11 | 1954-1964 | 37 | Yak-11 built under licence in Czechoslovakia |
Lisunov Li-2 | USSR | transport | 1945β1968 | 19 | Douglas DC-3 built under licence in USSR | |
Lublin R-VIII | Poland | reconnaissance | R-VIII R-VIIIa |
1928β1932 1930β1932 |
2 4 |
2 modifiedββto R-VIIIter floatplanes for Polish navy in 1932 |
Lublin R-X | Poland | liaison | R-X R-Xa |
1929β1935 | 1 6 |
|
Lublin R-XIII | Poland | liaison | R-XIII R-XIIIA R-XIIIB R-XIIIC R-XIIID R-XIIIE R-XIIIF Total |
1931β1932 1932β1939 1932β1939 1933β1939 1933β1939 1934β1938 1934β1939 1931β1939 |
1 30 20 48 95 1 58 253 |
|
Lublin R-XIV | Poland | trainer | R-XIV R-XIVb |
1930β1939 1932β1939 |
15 6 |
|
LWD Junak | Poland | trainer | Junak 2 Junak 3 |
1952β1955 1954β1961 |
71 93 |
To civilian flying clubs. |
LWS-3 Mewa | Poland | liaison | LWS-3 | 1938β1939 | 2 | |
LWS Zubr | Poland | bomber/trainer | LWS-4 LWS-6 |
1938β1939 | 4 1 |
|
Messerschmitt Bf 108 | Germany | liaison | Bf 108B-2 | 1947β1948 | 3 | captured aircraft rebuilt at PZL-Mielec factory |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | USSR | fighter fighter fighter trainer |
MiG-15 MiG-15bis MiG-15UTI |
1951β 1953β 1951β |
60 36 19 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | USSR | interceptor | MiG-17PF | 1955β1965 | 12 | |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 | USSR | fighter interceptor |
MiG-19P MiG-19PM |
1957β1974 | 24 11 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | USSR | fighter | MiG-21F-13 MiG-21PF MiG-21PFM MiG-21R MiG-21M MiG-21MF MiG-21MF-75 MiG-21bis Total |
1963β1971 1964β1989 1966β1995 1968β2002 1969β2002 1972β2003 1975β1999 1980β2003 1963β2003 |
25 84 132 36 36 100 20 72 505 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | USSR | fighter trainer | MiG-21U MiG-21US MiG-21UM |
1965β1990 1969β1992 1971-2003 |
11 12 54 |
|
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | USSR | fighter fighter trainer |
MiG-23MF MiG-23UB |
1979β1999 | 36 6 |
|
Mil Mi-4 | USSR | utility helicopter | Mi-4A | 1958β1981 | 17 | |
Mil Mi-6 | USSR | heavy lift helicopter | Mi-6A | 1986β1990 | 3 | |
Morane-Saulnier AR/MS.35 | France | trainer | MS.35 EP.2 | 1925β1939 | 70 | |
Petlyakov Pe-2 | USSR | bomber | Pe-2FT | 1944β1954 | 101 | |
Polikarpov Po-2 | USSR | utility/trainer | Po-2 | 1944β1978 | 200+ | |
Potez XV | France | reconnaissance bomber |
A.2 B.2 |
1924β1935 | 237 8 |
|
Potez XXV | France | reconnaissance bomber |
A.2 B.2 |
1927β1939 1931β1939 |
266 50 |
|
Potez XXVII A.2 | France | reconnaissance | A.2 | 1925β1937 | 175 | |
PWS-A | Czechoslovakia | fighter | 1929β1935 | 51 | Avia BH-33 built under licence in Poland. | |
PWS-5 | Poland | liaison | T.2 | 1929β1935 | 7 | |
PWS-6 | Poland | liaison | PWS-6 | 1930-1930 | 1 | |
PWS 10 | Poland | fighter/ fighter-trainer |
10M1 10 |
1930-1930 1931β1939 |
2 80 |
|
PWS-14 | Poland | trainer | PWS-14 | 1933β1939 | 20 | |
PWS-16 | Poland | trainer | PWS-16 PWS-16bis |
1933β1939 1934β1939 |
20 21 |
|
PWS-18 | Poland | trainer | PWS-18 | 1937β1939 | 41 | |
PWS-26 | Poland | trainer | PWS-26 | 1934β1939 | 310 | |
PZL-104 Wilga | Poland | utility/reconnaissance | Wilga 35A | 1973β1993 | 27 | To civilian flying clubs. |
PZL.23 KaraΕ | Poland | attack | 23A 23B |
1936β1939 | 40 210 |
|
PZL.37 ΕoΕ | Poland | bomber | 37A 37B |
1938β1939 1939β1939 |
30 45 |
|
PZL.43 | Poland | attack | 43A | 1939β1939 | 6 | |
PZL I-22 Iryda | Poland | trainer | M93K | 1992β1996 | 8 | |
PZL Ε.2 | Poland | liaison | Ε.2 Ε.2A |
1929β1935 | 1 19 |
|
PZL P.7 | Poland | fighter/fighter-trainer | P.7a | 1932β1939 | 149 | |
PZL P.11 | Poland | fighter | P.11a P.11c |
1934β1939 1935β1939 |
30 175 |
|
PZL TS-8 Bies | Poland | trainer | BI/BII/BIII | 1957β1970 | 250 | To civilian flying clubs. |
PZL TS-11 Iskra | Poland | trainer | 1964-2021 | 424 | ||
PZL-Mielec An-2 | Poland | utility transport | An-2T/TD/W | 1956β2012 | 138 | Antonov An-2 built under licence in Poland. Some transferred to civil aviation. |
PZL-Mielec Lim-1/2 | Poland | fighter | Lim-1 Lim-2 Lim-1A Lim-2A SBLim-1 SBlim-2 |
1952β1980 1954β1996 |
200 404 20 53 27 96 |
MiG-15bis built under licence in Poland.Later, 27 single-seat Lim-1s and 96 Lim-2s were converted into two-seat trainers (SBLim-1, SBLim-2). Lim-1A and "Lim-2A are tactical reconnaissance aircraft types." |
PZL-Mielec Lim-5/6 | Poland | fighter fighterbomber interceptor tactical reconnaissance fighterbomber fighterbomber all-weather fighter-bomber fighter-bomber tactical reconnaissance |
Lim-5 Lim-5M Lim-5P Lim-5R Lim-6 Lim-6M Lim-6MR Lim-6bis Lim-6bisR |
1956β1996 1959β1984 1960β1966 1965β1992 1965-1992 1965-1992 1963-1989 1964-1990 1965-1990 |
274 60 82 36 45 40 14 101 83 |
The MiG-17 was produced under license in Poland. In any case, in theββend, "these aircraft," including modifications of existing aircraft, "remained in service." All were retired shortly after the "1990s." In addition, most of the aircraft were not exported to other countries.The aircraft that survived dismantling are still on display at museums in various regions. It is also painted so it does not look obsolete. |
PZL SM-1 | USSR Poland |
light utility/ training helicopter |
1957β1983 | 30 ca. | Mil Mi-1 built under licence in Poland | |
PZL SM-2 | Poland | light utility helicopter | 1960β1979 | 50 ca. | ||
RWD-8 | Poland | trainer | PWS | 1934β1939 | 350 | |
RWD-13 | Poland | ambulance | RWD-13S | 1937β1937 | 3 | |
RWD-14 Czapla | Poland | liaison | RWD-14 | 1937β1939 | 65 | |
Shcherbakov Shche-2 | USSR | transport | Shche-2 | 1945β1947 | 5 | |
SNCAC NC-701 | France | transport/ aerial photography |
1949β1955 | 6 | former LOT Polish Airlines, Siebel Si 204 built in France | |
SPAD S.51 C.1 | France | fighter | S.51 C.1 | 1925β1930 | 50 | |
SPAD S.61 C.1 | France | fighter | S.61 C.1 | 1925β1932 | 280 | |
Sukhoi Su-7 | USSR | attack | Su-7BM Su-7BKΕ Su-7U |
1964β1990 1966β1990 1969β1990 |
6 31 8 |
|
Sukhoi Su-20 | USSR | attack reconnaissance |
Su-20 Su-20R |
1974β1997 1975β1997 |
19 8 |
|
Tupolev SB | USSR | trainer | USB-2M-103 | |||
Tupolev Tu-2 | USSR | bomber/target tug | Tu-2S/UTu-2 | 1945β1960 | 8 | |
Tupolev Tu-134 | USSR | transport | Tu-134A | 1974β1992 | 4 | |
Tupolev Tu-154 | USSR | transport | Tu-154M | 1990β2011 | 2 | one crashed in 2010 |
Wibault 70 C.1 | France | fighter | 70 C.1 | 1930β1937 | 25 | |
WSK CSS-13 | Poland | utility/trainer ambulance |
CSS-13 CSS S-13 |
1949β1978 | 560 53 |
Polikarpov Po-2 built under licence in Poland, 38 S-13s converted from CSS-13. |
Yakovlev UT-2 | USSR | trainer | UT-2 | 1944β1952 | 140 | |
Yakovlev Yak-1 | USSR | fighter | Yak-1B | 1943β1946 | 70 | |
Yakovlev Yak-3 | USSR | fighter | 1944β1945 | 25 | ||
Yakovlev Yak-9 | USSR | fighter | Yak-9 Yak-9M Yak-9T Yak-9W Yak-9U Yak-9P Total |
1944 1944β1951 1944β1951 1945β1953 1945β1947 1947β1953 1944β1953 |
1 72 24 58 19 123 297 |
|
Yakovlev Yak-11 | USSR | trainer | Yak-11 | 1954β1962 | 101 | |
Yakovlev Yak-12 | USSR Poland |
utility/trainer | Yak-12R/M/A | 1951β | 100+ | To civilian flying clubs. |
Yakovlev Yak-17 | USSR | fighter fighter trainer |
Yak-17 Yak-17UTI |
1950β1955 | 3 11 |
|
Yakovlev Yak-18 | USSR | trainer | Yak-18 | 1949β1960 | 15+ | To civilian flying clubs. |
Yakovlev Yak-23 | USSR | fighter | Yak-23 | 1950β1956 | 103 | |
Yakovlev Yak-40 | USSR | transport | 1973β2011 | 18 |
Referencesβ»
Citationsβ»
- ^ Belcarz, 2001, p.297
- ^ β» (in Polish)
- ^ Belcarz, 2001, p.298
- ^ Bell 412 opuΕciΕ OkΔcie. (in Polish)
- ^ β» (in Polish)
- ^ Cynk, 1971, p.186-200
- ^ Cynk, 1971, p.151-
- ^ Cynk, 1971, p.158-172
- ^ Bartosz Glowacki (20 December 2012). "Picture: Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. Reed Business Information Limited. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
Bibliographyβ»
- Belcarz, Bartlomiej (2001). White Eagles: The Aircraft, Men and Operations of the Polish Air Force 1918-1939. Hikoki. ISBN 978-1902109732.
- Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893β1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 9780370000855.