Strana 48
S-199.340, Lt. František Kratochvíla, No. 3 Squadron, 51 Aviation Regiment, Mladá,
Czechoslovakia, July 1952
S-199.531 Lt. Václav Dvořák, No. 2 Squadron, Aviation Fighter Regiment 3,
Brno-Černovice, Czechoslovakia, April 1953
Not much is known about the early service
of this aircraft. It was manufactured in the
summer of 1948. The aircraft underwent general
overhaul in Kunovice from June 5 to November
20, 1950, and served with the Police Air Patrol
service briefly (this aviation arm of the Police
was disbanded on December 23, 1950). In May
1952, it was assigned to Aviation Regiment 51,
where it was first assigned to No. 4 Squadron
and then served, after reorganization of the
regiment, with No. 3 Squadron, which retained
the original Police code of its aircraft (numbers
B-0311 and higher). On July 30, 1952, the aircraft
made an emergency landing in Zvolen while
being flown by Lt. František Kratochvíla. This
aircraft was one of a number that retained their
simplified Police markings, including the red
nose, horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The
army roundels on the wings were overpainted
in a darker colour than the camouflage coat.
The same color was used to adapt the insignia
on the rudder from circular to triangles with
curved edges. It is not known what specific color
was used, but it may have been a darker shade
of green used later on the S-199.
This “Mezek” was test flown on April 19, 1950 and
was one of the last of this type produced. From
June 12, 1950 it was assigned to the Air Reserve
(LZ 8) at Zvolen Air Base with assignment to the
VLT (Air Force Headquarters) in Prešov. Later it
was transferred to Aviation Regiment 3, which
was part of 22 Air Fighter Division, comprising
units flying piston engined fighter aircraft.
There, “Mule” 531 served with the code GY-35.
On April 5, 1953, Lt. Václav Dvořák made an
emergency landing with it due to an injection
pump malfunction. The airframe was written
off. The aircraft was visibly worn at the time
with numerous signs of repairs to the original
paint, which had been made in a darker shade
of green. The engine cowling was apparently
a replacement unit from a machine painted in
the later, darker shade, but darker spots were
also visible on it. These were likely the result of
contrast between fresh and faded paint of the
same shade. Similar signs of repairs were found
on older Avia S-199s of the unit.
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