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PZL.43 | |
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General information | |
Type | Light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft |
Manufacturer | Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze |
Primary users | Bulgarian Air Force |
Number built | 54 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1937 – 1939 |
Introduction date | 1937 |
First flight | February 1937 |
Retired | 1946 (Bulgaria)[1] |
Developed from | PZL.23 Karaś |
The PZL.43 was a Polish light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed in the mid-1930s by PZL in Warsaw. It was an export development of the PZL.23 Karaś. Its main user was the Bulgarian Airforce who called it the Chaika (Чайка, gull).