[magot]

i hope that someday we will get a chance to fly this baby

I agree it was one of the main Bulgarian planes i definetly want to fly it :wink:

~S!~ =TTU=Tomcat

avia b534 was czechoslovak aircraft,and after occupation czech republic avia was used only in slovakia
army on axis side ...

[Guest]

and after occupation czech republic avia was used only in slovakia
army on axis side ...

...Or maybe not,






..So you need more info?
It served in great numbers in Bulgaria in WWII,and did it's job well,as a submarine buster-mainly.
As we like to say in Bulgaria: "Don't talk if you're not prepared,and keep your opinion for yourself" .Nothing personal .
BTW,what is this Spitfire that you're showing us???Please don't try to convince us that this is a B.534 :lol: .

[magot]

I am Czech, I know where is place Avia manufacturer and museum of this aircrafts.
Avia is only czech concern on car and airplanes.
If you know czech language,read :
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_B-534
and english :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_B-534

only 78 czech aircrafts captured by germans Avia b534 was delivered in bulgaria ...

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Bulgaria bought 78 B.534s in 1939, well after the partition. The last batch of these aircraft arrived in March 1942. On 1 August 1943, seven of these aircraft were able to make two passes at American B-24 Liberator bombers returning from the raid on Ploieşti

used state in WWII

* Československo (original pre-war WWII)
* German (captured for flight school WWII)
* Slovensko (original axis version in WWII)
* Bulgaria (only 78 captured from germans)

in russia was only some pieces from slovakia pilots escape to allies side before year 1938 ...

[Radoye]

Avia is only czech concern on car and airplanes.

I thought Letov, Benes, Praga, Zlin, Tatra and Skoda tool used to build planes/cars in the interwar years...

[Tigershark]

Now that mesh importing is going on, perhaps we will see it??

TS

[Willy]

Now that mesh importing is going on, perhaps we will see it??

TS

There is every possibility

[={TTU}=Tomcat]

Well yeah it IS czech aircraft but it one of the main aircraft used by the Bulgarians :wink:

[Guest]

only 78 czech aircrafts captured by germans Avia b534 was delivered in bulgaria ...

Which made us the 2nd or 3rd main user of this A/C.With only 2 more,used by Slovakia,and the main customer which was using this plane is of course Czechoslovakian Air Force.

[Radoye]

Germans also used it operationally, albeit briefly. At the time of invasion of Poland they had 2 night fighter squadrons operating B.534's. Soon these were replaced so the Avia ended up being used as a glider and target tug.

A few were navalized (arrestor hooks fitted as well as other modifications) as an experiment for use on the Graf Zeppelin but this didn't prove as a good solution.

Other operators - Hungary used one captured example as a tug, Greece had two (private venture - bought by some rich industrialist, both destroyed in 1941 probably never flew in combat) and Romania received a few to be used as tugs towards the latter stages of the war.