PZL.50 Jastrząb

PZL.50 Jastrząb (Falcon) was a Polish pre-war fighter aircraft designed by Wsiewołod Jakimiuk of the PZL works. A single-seat low-wing aeroplane was to serve as a multi-purpose fighter and escort and replace all fighters used previously by the Polish Air Force. Designed after 1936, its prototype was first flown in February of 1939. Two prototypes were ready by the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War, but the plane did not enter mass production. It was to be produced in two versions:

• PZL.50A (Bristol Mercury VIII engine - 840 HP) armed with 4 x 7,9 mm machine guns and 100 kg of bombs
• PZL.50B (Bristol Taurus III engine - 1145 HP) armed with 4 x 7,9 mm machine guns, 2 x 20 mm cannons and 300 kg of bombs

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