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S-199.165, 1 Squadron, 18 Aviation Regiment, Plzeň-Skvrňany, Czechoslovakia, July 1952

This aircraft was test-flown at the end of October

1948 by the factory pilot Petr Široký and on

November 23 it was flown to the designated

Pilsen Aviation Regiment 4. On March 19, 1950, the

aircraft was damaged, subsequently repaired and

reassigned to the unit in mid-July of the same year.

From April 1952 it was used by the 1 Squadron of

the 18 Aviation Regiment at the Plzeň-Skvrňany

airfield. On July 23, 1952, this Avia, codenamed

PS-15, was flown by Lt. Vladislav Petráš who was

performing a training flight. During it, a technical

malfunction occurred, and the pilot had to make

an emergency belly-landing near Trhové Dušníky,

Příbram district. In such a landing, the aircraft

suffered only minor damage, especially to the

propeller blades and was subsequently repaired.

S-199.444, 2 Squadron, 1 Aviation Regiment, 3 Air Division, Praha-Kbely,

Czechoslovakia, April 1951

The aircraft serial number 444 was test-flown by

factory pilot Antonín Kraus on September 5, 1949

and from the end of August 1950 it served with the

Aviation Regiment 1. In April 1951 it was operated

by its 2 squadron in Prague-Kbely, where it bore

the designation JW-38. On April 21, 1951, the pilot

of this aircraft, rt. (TSgt) Jiří Klempíř crashed at

the Letňany airfield as the aircraft bounced on

a terrain wave and fell from the height to the

ground during take-off. The short career of this

“Mezek” (Mule) was ended in mid-June 1951, when

the operation was accountably terminated, and

the aircraft was subsequently scrapped.

S-199.156, 3 Squadron, Air Regiment 8, 3 Air Division, Brno-Černovice,

Czechoslovakia, June 1949

The Avia S-199 number 156 was produced in the

summer of 1948 and was assigned to the 3 Air

Division in mid-November. In June 1949, it was

stationed with Aviation Regiment 8 at the BrnoČernovice airfield. The code designation NP-2

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hints it was the aircraft of the 3 Squadron. The

aircraft was painted by light gray-green color

shade and had the front part repaired with

a darker shade of green paint. On June 10, 1949,

the pilot, rt. (TSgt) Jan Dočkal damaged it during

landing at his home airfield. After repair, the

aircraft was then assigned to Aviation Regiment

3. This “Mezek” (Mule) had machine guns in the

wing installed. On March 18, 1952, it was destroyed

during take-off.

INFO Eduard

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