Gotha Go 145
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The Gotha Go 145 is a German World War II-era biplane of wood and fabric construction used by Luftwaffe training units. Although obsolete by the start of World War II, the Go 145 remained in operation
Gotha Go 145 Biplane
Gotha Go.145 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile August 1937
Polikarpov Po-2
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The Polikarpov Po-2 is an all-weather multirole Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik. The reliable, uncomplicated design of the Po-2 made it an ideal trainer aircraft, as well as doubling as a low-cos
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…flight controls. The Go 145D was fitted with a 240 hp (180 kW) Argus As 410 engine. By 1942, the Soviet Union began using obsolete aircraft such as the Polikarpov Po-2 to conduct night harassment missions against the Germans. Noting the success of the raids, the Germans began conducting their own night harassment…
1944 Polikarpov Po-2 of The Shuttleworth Collection, United Kingdom
A Po-2 at a museum in Dresden, Germany
Damaged and abandoned Po-2 forced to land in Ukraine, and subsequently captured by German troops, 1941.
A wounded soldier being loaded onto a U-2 for evacuation to a hospital in the rear, 1941