The Czechoslovak Air Force or the Czechoslovak Army Air Force was the air force branch of the Czechoslovak Army formed in October 1918. The armed forces of Czechoslovakia ceased to exist on 31 Decembe
Avia B-534 fighter
Letov Š-328 biplane, a derivative of the Š-28
Pilots of 310 Squadron at RAF Duxford in front of a Hawker Hurricane Mk I, September 1940
The Avia S-199 is a propeller-driven Messerschmitt Bf 109G-based fighter aircraft built after World War II using the Bf 109G airframe and a Junkers Jumo 211F engine in place of the original and unavai
Czechoslovak Air Force
…DB 605 aircraft engines, so Avia substituted the Junkers Jumo 211 engine and associated propeller. The resulting hybrid aircraft was called the Avia S-199. The Jumo engine and propeller had been made for medium bombers and had the wrong performance characteristics for a fighter aircraft. This gave the…
Avia S-199 Sakeen at the Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim, Israel
Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine
Avia CS-199; Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely