| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-IRIK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss Hawk I |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss Hawk I/II |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss Hawk II |
| C/n (msn): | H.81 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kraków - Rakowice-Czyzyny (closed)Map |
| Country: | Poland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EPKC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego |
| Photo Date: | 6 February 2022 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 438463 |
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This Hawk II was built in 1933 and transported by liner SS Europa from the USA to Germany. It firstly became D-3164 and then D-IRIK in April 1934. For the next four years it was the personal plane of the famous Ernst Udet, later Generaloberst of Luftwaffe, and flown during the opening ceremony of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. After 1937 it was displayed in Herman Göring's private collection, the Deutsche Luftfahrtsammlung, in Berlin but was damaged during an air raid in November 1943. The collection was evacuated to occupied Poland and in 1963 the remnants became part of this great museum. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 9 February 2022, and has since been viewed 260 times. |