Bulgaria - Aircraft 1918 - 45 |
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Aircraft by TypeFighter Aircraft
Avia B-135 "Swallow"(Czech) - 12 Avia B-534 "Dogan"(Czech) - 78 Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 11 Dewoitine D.520 -100 Heinkel He-51B "Falcon"- 12 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter - 19 E-3s and 145 G-2/6/10s Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze PZL P.24B "Hawk" - 14 Arado Ar 65 " Eagle"(German) - 12 Messerschmidt Bf-109 E-4"Arrow"(German) - ? Messerschmidt Bf-109 G-series(German) - 145 delivered(G-2 and G-6 , the G-4s were very few from Romania Bombers and Ground Attack Aircraft includes torpedo bombers and light tactical attack aircraft Aero A.304 Avia B-71 bombers (Czech-built Tupolev SB-2s) - 32 Bloch MB.200 - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939 Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 10 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft (prototypes only) Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 10A Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa DAR 10F Focke-Wulf FW 58 Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft - after 9 September 1944 Junkers Ju 87 D-4 "Stuka" - 12 Ju 87 R-2 and R-4s and 40 Ju 87 D-5 Kaproni Bulgarski KB.6 Papagal bomber Kaproni Bulgarski KB-11 Fazan army liaison monoplane Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze PZL.43 light bombers Aero MB-200 "Owl" (French Marsel-Bloch MB-200 En-4 produced in Czechoslovakia) - ? Bloch MB.200 - 12 purchased from Germany in 1939 Dornier Do-11 "Bat"(Bulgarians called it "Flying coffin") (german)- ? Dornier Do-17 Ka "Hurricane" (German) - ? (found in Yugoslavia and brought to Plovdiv) Dornier do-17 M/P-2 "Hurricane" (Gernman) - ? Dornier Do 17 bombers - 35 (11 Do 17P + 11 Do-17Kb1 + several Do-17 and Do-17M) Letow-Schmolik 328(Czech) - ? Tupolev Tu-2 - after 9 September 1944 Communications and Reconnaissance Aircraft DAR 3 Letov S 328 Messerschmitt Bf 108 "Swan"communications aircraft Aero A-304 Nardi F.N.305 (Italian) - 1 (In 1943 the Italian attache tried to escape with that plane3 in Turkey but he and his aircraft were captured) Potez-XVIII(French) Fieseler-Storch Fi-156 (german) Focke-Wulf FW-189 A-2 "Cyclop" (German) Heinkel He-45A "Stork" Junkers A-20 SFKB KB-4 SFKB KB-5 Kaproni Bulgarski KB3/KB4 Chuchuliga II reconnaissance aircraft Kaproni Bulgarski KB5 Chuchuliga III reconnaissance aircraft Training Aircraft Avia B-122(Czech) Henrio de Ash-XIV(French) Bristol 83A (British) Bristol 88A(British) Buker Bu-131(Geraman) Buker Bu-181(German) Codron S-59 (French) DAR 6 Letow Sh-18(Czech) PWS-26 "Hero" (Polish) - 2(two polish pilots flew to Bulgaria in 1939 to avoid German captivity) Potez VIII(French) Focke-Wulf FW-43(German) - 1 (a gift from the German Ministero of the Aviation Gen. Milch) Focke-Wulf FW-44 "Sparow"(German) Focke-Wulf FW-56 "Mosquito" Heinkel He-72 "Canary" Transport Aircraft Albatros L-73 (German)- 2(gift from Lufthansa) Codron-440 (French)- 1(later given back ) Junkers W-34 (German) (captured after Sept. 1944) Junkers F-13 (German) Junkers Ju-52/3m "Barn-owl" (German) Focke-Wulf A-20"Roselius" (German) (gift from Dr. Roselius, the German trade representative in Bulgaria) Heinkel He-111 (German) Float Planes Avro-522 (British) Arado Ar-196A-3 (German) -12 Macci Che-18 (Italian) Heinkel He-42"Duck" (German) Heinkel He-60 E-2 "Seal" |
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