Polish Wings

Breguet 19
Farman F68 Goliath
Amiot 123

La collection Polish Wings continue à s’agrandir et nous propose dans ce 18e volume trois avions français utilisés par les forces aériennes polonaises de l’entre-deux guerres, le Breguet 19, le Farman F.68 Goliath et l’Amiot 123. Seul le Breguet 19, commandé en grand nombre par les Polonais (plus de 250), peut être vu comme un…
PZL.23 Karaś
PZL.42/PZL.43
PZL.46 Sum

Dans la « famille PZL », on connaît essentiellement en France le fameux P.11c avec son aile si caractéristique, mais bien moins le Karaś, bombardier léger et avion d’attaque au sol qui connut pourtant une carrière intéressante, en Pologne au début des hostilités, mais également en Bulgarie et en Roumanie par la suite. Même s’il a disparu…
Supermarine Spitfire XVI

– Lire l’article en français A new pictorial issue of the great Polish Wings series is now available. Over 200 photos are here published, many for the first time. They are accompanied by around thirty colour profiles of very good quality drawned by Robert Grundzen, who is among the best artist able to make such…
Supermarine Spitfire IX [2] 1944-1946

– Lire l’article en français Part two of the Spitfire Mk.IX (1944-1946) used by the Polish squadrons is now available, thus completing the story started with the Polish Wings 13. Written by Wojtek Matusiak like Polish Wings 13, it is reasonable to say that what I had said in rewiewing the book ‘Polish Wings 13’,…
Mi-14PL, Mi-14PS, Mi-14PL/R

– Lire l’article en français Polish Wings series continues with a helicopter whose career has been rather forgotten by the spotlights, the Mi-14, derived from the famous Mi-8. In the sixties, the Soviet Navy was looking for a chopper capable of performing ASR and antisubmarine roles falling into the category of the Sikorsky SH-3. The…
Supermarine Spitfire IX [1] 1942-1943

– Lire l’article en français After the saga of the MiG-29, the collection ‘Polish Wings‘ continues with another myth but from WW2 this time, the Spitfire! Wojtek Matusiask, a Polish historian whose reputation is well known, decided to relate the history of the Spitfire Mk.IXs flown by the RAF Polish units in 1942-1943. This is…
MiG-29 [2]

– Lire l’article en français After the release in Autumn 2010 of the first volume devoted to the MiG-29 in Poland (Polish Wings 11), anyone interested in this fighter was waiting impatiently the second voume. Now with this second volume, one can have access to the entire history of this legendary fighter in Poland. This…
MiG-29 [1]

– Lire l’article en français Expected with great impatience and with curiosity as well since the release of the previous ‘Polish Wings’ titles dedicated to the jets of the Polish Air Force, I must say that I was not disappointed with this first volume which deals with the single-seat MiG-29 in Poland. The book (96…
MiG-23MF & MiG-23UB

Out of print / Épuisé – Lire l’article en français For anyone who has read my review on the previous volume on the Su7/Su20 (Polish Wings No.9), everyone could have noticed that I was expecting with great impatience the next one, the MiG-23… and to be true I was not disappointed, not at all. This…
Sukhoi Su-7 & Su-20

– Lire l’article en français After a couple of titles regarding pre-war Polish Air Force fighters, Polish Wings series makes a big step forward and offers now Cold War aircraft types, the Su7 and 20. Each type is described, variant by variant (Su7BM, BKL, U and Su20), which flew under Polish markings during more than…
Poland’s captured Luftwaffe war prizes

Livre épuisé – Lire l’article en français By the end of war, many European Air Forces were using former German aircraft, which were found by hundred on the former occupied countries territory or in Germany. It was then not unusual to see German aircraft flying again with new roundels but surprisingly not many if none…
PWS 14/16/16bis/26 – PWS 18 (Avro 621)

– Lire l’article en français With this 7th issue of Mushroon’s series, “ Polish Wings ”, Mushroom is offering an unknown aspect of the aviation, the training aircraft of the Polish Air Force between the wars. Generally speaking, this part of the aviation is often forgotten, even if it is a step every pilot, from…