Re: Soviet pilots' claims against 'P.24'
 

I was asked about the three mentiones sources. Here they are:

1. Stalin's Falcons by Tomás Polák, Grub Street, London, 1999 (for those interested, I have an extra copy of the book available),
2, Stalin's Eagles by Hans Siedl, Schiffer, Atglen, 1998,
3, Stalinskie Sokoli by Nikolay Bodrikhin, Delta, Moscow, 1997.

Re: Soviet pilots' claims against 'P.24'
 

The Roumanian Air Force acquired in 1937 6 P-24E. Later 40 more were built under license, so the russian claims could be based on facts.
If someone would look at the Tony Wood list, the Germans claims in september 1939 over Poland, there is a list of P-24 downed. This information is totally incorrect, as P-24 were export planes and only 2 of them (there are rumors about a third one) from a training unit took part in the battle in 1939.
Ironrat

Re: Soviet pilots' claims against 'P.24'
 

There were no flyable P-24s in Poland, neither of them in AF inventory. There was a sole P-11g prototype, similar to P-24 that was flown in air defence.

Re: Soviet pilots' claims against 'P.24'
 

That's incorrect. Rumania did buy 5 P.24Es from Poland and manufactured locally 25 more at I.A.R. Brasov, for a total of 30 P.24s in ARR service.

No Rumanian P.24 was lost in combat with the Soviets. That's why the excerpt from a study I am currently working on, I originally posted.