PZL P.23B „Karaš" – the reconnaissance plane - bomber

Light single-engine all-metal bomber with non-retractable landing gear. The crew consisted of 3 people. Constructed in the constructors office of Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (PZL) under the direction of S. Praus, later - F. Misztal. The test plane PZL p.23/I took to the air for the first time in August 1934. Serial production at the new PZL factory WP-1 (Wytwornia Platowcow - 1) started in December 1935. A total of 307 units of PZL P.23 and similar export PZL-43 were produced. In the Air Force of Poland since June 1936, in Bulgaria since December 1937, in Romania since October 1939. Modification of PZL P.23B with a more powerful engine Bristol "Pegasus" Mk. The VIIIA and the modified horizontal tail plates formed the basis of the light bomber units of the Polish Air Force and were widely used in the September 1939 company. Romanian planes took part in battles against the USSR, Bulgarian PZL-43s were used in battles against the Germans in 1944-1945. Aircraft production was stopped in September 1939, when the factory was seized by the Germans. The aircraft was removed from the armament of the Bulgarian AF at the end of 1945, the Romanian AF - in 1946.

A complex, well-designed and well-detailed model suitable for intermediate to advanced modellers. Even the simplified version will be too difficult for beginners and modelers with little experience due to the complicated shapes of the prototype. Antiquarian edition.