AVIA B.534
Avia B.534.226,the fourth series with the designation H6, Czechoslovak Air Force (before 1939.)
Avia B.534 was the last Czechoslovak. fighter manufactured before World War II in a larger series (about 570 pcs. ) It was a beautiful biplane with good properties and armament, which was created according to the design of the head of construction Avia F. Novotného. In May 1933 took off the first prototype.After minor changes, it was presented on September 10, 1934 at the Aviation Day in Kbely. During the tests of the 2nd prototype September 5, 1933, on it test pilot V.Kočí, broke the national speed record speed: 365, 740Km / h. It was made 455pcs. in four models with the engine HS-12Ydrs and 121pcs.Bk.534 with HS-12Yers engine with on-board cannon guided by shaft propeller.B.534 was a standard fighter of the Czechoslovak Air Force before World War II. war from 1935 to the occupation of 1939, when all machines were confiscated by the German army also used by the Chetnik Air Patrols. During World War II, B.534 mostly Bulgarian, Slovak and German air forces. The German Luftwaffe used two squadron B. 534 in 1939 during the attack on Poland.Otherwise, these machines served in Luftwaffe for pilot training and towing gliders. The Slovak state took over approx 100 pcs. Some were destroyed or damaged in the fighting with Hungary. Two squadrons The Slovak Air Force fought on the side of the Luftwaffe in 1941 in Ukraine. ; During the Slovak National Uprising used by insurgents 2. machines B. 534 and one Bk. 534 captured by the Slovak state. The machines operated from the airport Three oaks. They made a series of combat flights in support of the guerrillas. Pilot Cyprych even on B.534 shot down Junkers Ju 52. One machine was destroyed in combat. And two During the retreat, the rebels set themselves on fire so as not to fall into the hands of the Germans. Bulgaria gained about 80 pcs. B. 534 and some deployed against Allied B-24 bombers Liberator, which came to the fore during the attack on Romanian oil fields Bulharska.Dva ks.B.534 were sold before the war to Greece, where they subsequently fought against Italy. One B. 534 is in the collection of the Aviation Museum in Prague-Kbely.
Avia B.534.226 H 6 from the front and from the bottom.
Avia B.534.226 (H 6) Kbely Aviation Museum.
Avie B 534 Czechoslovak Air Force, lined up at Kbely Airport.
Technical data of the Avia B.534 fighter:
Engine: Avia HS-12Ydrs of 632 Kw. power (licensed Hispano-Suizia), Wingspan: 9,40m., Length: 8,20m., Weight empty: 1460kg., Weight max. take-off: 1960kg., Max. speed: 405km., Access: 10600m., Range: 600km.
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