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    The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2 before 1944, for its initial uchebnyy, 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) was an all-weather multirole Soviet...
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  • used as a nickname for the following: Polikarpov Po-2, a utility aircraft used extensively in agriculture Antonov An-2, a purpose-built agricultural aircraft...
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    10. Wragg 2003, p. 142. Stott 1971, p. 21. "Soviet Polikarpov U-2 bomber, trainer; Polikarpov Po-2 bomber, trainer." Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback...
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    decades-long run of the much lighter, late-1920s origin Polikarpov Po-2 biplane it was intended to replace. The An-2's record was exceeded by the four-turboprop,...
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  • Po2 (redirect from Po-2)
    military Petty Officer Second Class in the United States military Polikarpov Po-2 or U-2, a Soviet aeroplane Partial pressure of Oxygen, that is, amount...
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  • Polikarpov Po-2 Sukhoi Su-2 Tupolev SB Tupolev TB-3 Tupolev Tu-2 Yakovlev Yak-2 Yakovlev Yak-4 Yermolayev Yer-2 Beriev Be-2 Beriev Be-4 Beriev MBR-2 Consolidated...
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    members died during the war. The regiment flew in steel-and-canvas Polikarpov U-2 biplanes, a 1928 design intended for use as training aircraft (hence...
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  • North American P-51 variants Polikarpov Po-2 Republic F-84 Thunderjet Sikorsky H-19 Sikorsky H-5 Supermarine Seafire Tupolev Tu-2 Westland Dragonfly Yakovlev...
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    Polikarpov's death Po-2/U-2 "Mule" general purpose biplane, 1928 P-2 biplane trainer, 1927 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polikarpov. "PM-2 floatplane...
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    Bershanskaya was chosen to lead the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, which flew Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes. In 1943, the regiment received the Guards designations and...
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    Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Полика́рпов; 9 June [O.S. 28 May] 1892 – 30 July 1944) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer...
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  • p. 30 Angelucci & Matricardi 1977, p. 280. "Soviet Polikarpov U-2 bomber, trainer; Polikarpov Po-2 bomber, trainer". wwiivehicles.com. Archived from the...
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  • written in multiple languages Mule, the NATO reporting name of the Polikarpov Po-2 Soviet biplane Mule, a type of locomotive Mule, a light utility vehicle...
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    PTAB (bomb) (redirect from PTAB 2.5)
    internal weapon bay in the Yak-9B (fighter-bomber) modification. The Polikarpov Po-2 could also carry and deploy PTABs. The number of PTABs dropped in a...
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    War II. Republic P-47D Thunderbolt with Yugoslav Air Force markings. Polikarpov Po-2 Fizir FN Soko J-20 Kraguj Utva 213 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk VC used...
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  • 156 Storch Westland Lysander Junkers Ju 52 Douglas DC-2 Douglas C-47 Skytrain Polikarpov Po-2 De Havilland Tiger Moth Avro Anson VL Humu VL Pyörremyrsky...
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    Pipistrel Virus SW (2006) Pilatus PC-6 Porter/Turbo Porter (1959) Polikarpov Po-2 (1927) PZL-104 Wilga (1962) Quest Kodiak (2004) Rans S-7 Courier (1985)...
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    1961–1979) Reims-Cessna FTB-337, (Portuguese Air Force, 1974–2007) Polikarpov Po-2 Kukuruznik ("Crop Duster") Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub as Flygplan 51...
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    Mosquito T.Mk.III Avro Lancaster B. Mk.I (nose section) Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 "Rata" Polikarpov U-2/Po-2 Ilyushin II-2M3 Shturmovik Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa...
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    tandem mounts known as DA-2. Employed in the early versions of the Tupolev TB-3 bomber and in the Polikarpov R-5 and Polikarpov Po-2 army cooperation aircraft...
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  • against the Wehrmacht Heer's frontline encampments while flying their Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes on nocturnal harassment raids, surviving He 50s were rounded...
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    Polikarpov Po-2 biplane trainer aircraft. Although very slow, poorly armed and virtually defenseless during the day, the nearly all-wood structure Po-2...
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  • Ермолаевна Аронова; 10 January 1920 – 20 December 1982) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 navigator and pilot of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later renamed...
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  • hospital, before returning to active service. Flying the Polikarpov Po-2, and later the Ilyushin Il-2, Karpeyev rose to the rank of guards lieutenant while...
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    000 combat missions by the end of the war. Their aircraft was the Polikarpov Po-2, an outdated biplane. The Germans were the ones however who gave them...
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    "Kraków" (flying Polikarpov Po-2 aircraft – produced in Poland as the CSS-13 from 1949 onwards), and the 3rd Assault Regiment (flying Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft)...
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    formed in 1947 with a gift of twelve Yakovlev Yak-3 fighters and a few Polikarpov Po-2 biplane trainers from the Soviet Union, with Soviet personnel seconded...
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    place. On 17 June 1951, at 01:30, Suwon Air Base was bombed by two Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes, who each dropped a pair of fragmentation bombs. One scored...
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    The Polikarpov I-15 (Russian: И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed Chaika (Russian: Чайка, "Seagull") because of its gulled...
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    flying night interdiction and fighter missions and shooting down two Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes. This was the only combat use of the aircraft. Most F7F-2Ns...
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