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Originally Posted by Lennart Andersson
Well, that's easy  . It is a PWS 26 that was captured in Poland in 1939.
The same photo was published in "Polish Wings 7" together with a colour profile that shows CCCP-C235. I think that the registration looks more like CCCP-232(x), but have not seen any document that refers to PWS-26 aircraft.
Lennart |
Better late than never. A firm proof of the full code:
[Source: eBay]
In your book, this code is given as worn by a U-2, registration cancelled in Jan. 1939. Can then be assumed that the cancelled registrations were (sometimes) reused?