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
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
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
Polikarpov Po-2
…similar Störkampfstaffel "harassment combat squadrons" on the Eastern Front using their own obsolete 1930s-era, open cockpit biplanes (most often the Gotha Go 145 and Arado Ar 66 biplanes) and parasol monoplane aircraft, eventually building up to larger Nachtschlachtgruppe (night attack group) units of a few…
Gotha Go 145 Biplane
Gotha Go.145 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile August 1937