My Article on the PZL P.37 'Los' in Rumanian Service

[Dénes Bernád]

Mr. Wawrzyński,

In view of your unprovoked, vicious personal attack against me, on another military forum - despite of helping your research in the past - I am very reluctant to engage in any discussion with you. However, because other people might be also interested in this topic, I fulfill your request.

Here is how my study on the P.37 'Los' bomber originally looked like (in English):

By mid-September 1939, the Polish Army, caught in a deadly pincer by the Germans advancing from West, and the Soviets pushing from East, was practically crushed. As a consequence, the first elements of the Polish Army started to cross the border into Rumania – country considered by the Poles as friendly state despite its strict neutral status. In the night of 17/18 September, the Polish President and members of the Government took refuge in Rumania, carrying with them the entire gold stock of the Bank of Poland, being followed by the bulk of the armed forces that escaped capture.

Together with the Polish army, a significant number of Lotnictwo Wojskowewarplanes and trainers, as well as civilian airplanes, landed on Rumanian soil. These airplanes landed mostly in Northern Bessarabia, close to the Polish border, particularly on the airfield of the region’s capital city Cernăuţi (Czerniowce). Among the over 250 military and civilian aircraft that sought refuge in Rumania were significant number of modern and elegant P.Z.L. P.37 twin-engine bombers. Of all metal construction and capable of over 400 km/h top speed, the "Los" was considered the chez-d'oeuvre of the Polish aviation industry of those times.