At the airport Poznań-Krzesiny (31. the base of the tactical air force) landed at 8:45 machine 1502 "Cobra" from the [url=/topic/view/107041/33-base-dopravniho-air force-2010-]33. transport aviation base. The machine arrived, with a stopover in Tbilisi, from the base Bagram in Afghánistánu. On its board there was a tank Renault FT-17.
In Tbilisi they switched crews, and was refueled.
The crew of the 33. transport aviation base participated in the flight in the composition:
1. the crew
the crew commander and group commander, mjr. Jaroslaw Gozdalski
the second pilot kpt. Marcin Wiktorwski
navigator por. Tomasz Ziemnicki
on-board technician chor. Tomasz Syc
the first loadmaster st. chor. Mateusz Rybus;
the second loadmaster st. sierż. Cyprian Maśliński
2. the crew
the commander of the crew of capt. Michał Chizari
the second pilot por. Tomasz Sokołowski
navigator por. Maciej Ufniarski
on-board techniques sierż. Grzegorz Konecki
the first loadmaster plut. Radosław Marszałek
the second loadmaster sierż. Hieronim Chabraś
The poles were not the first, who from Afghanistan brought FT-17. In front of them out of obtained FT-17 also the Americans and the French.
Just report about the machines found the Americans to encourage the Poles to a more intensive search of the FT-17 in Afghanistan. Apparently, they are machines that were made just for Poland and participated in the Soviet-Polish war. Russia (Soviet union) some of the machines seized and several of them subsequently pay the then emir of Afghanistan.
This tank was this year found in the premises of the Ministry of national defence of Afghanistan, where it is preserved also because of his relative unavailability on this site.
Was subsequently initiated diplomatic negotiations, which, after an interview with the Polish president Bronisław Komorowského with afghan president Hamídem Karzai during assembly of the united nations 26. September, resulted in the donation of a tank to Poland.
A formal transfer was executed 20. October in Kabul.
The Tank was upon arrival transferred to the Center of training of land forces in the Poznan, where will take place its reconstruction.
Source:
www.army.mil.pl
www.sp.mil.pl
boardgamegeek.com.
In Tbilisi they switched crews, and was refueled.
The crew of the 33. transport aviation base participated in the flight in the composition:
1. the crew
the crew commander and group commander, mjr. Jaroslaw Gozdalski
the second pilot kpt. Marcin Wiktorwski
navigator por. Tomasz Ziemnicki
on-board technician chor. Tomasz Syc
the first loadmaster st. chor. Mateusz Rybus;
the second loadmaster st. sierż. Cyprian Maśliński
2. the crew
the commander of the crew of capt. Michał Chizari
the second pilot por. Tomasz Sokołowski
navigator por. Maciej Ufniarski
on-board techniques sierż. Grzegorz Konecki
the first loadmaster plut. Radosław Marszałek
the second loadmaster sierż. Hieronim Chabraś
The poles were not the first, who from Afghanistan brought FT-17. In front of them out of obtained FT-17 also the Americans and the French.
Just report about the machines found the Americans to encourage the Poles to a more intensive search of the FT-17 in Afghanistan. Apparently, they are machines that were made just for Poland and participated in the Soviet-Polish war. Russia (Soviet union) some of the machines seized and several of them subsequently pay the then emir of Afghanistan.
This tank was this year found in the premises of the Ministry of national defence of Afghanistan, where it is preserved also because of his relative unavailability on this site.
Was subsequently initiated diplomatic negotiations, which, after an interview with the Polish president Bronisław Komorowského with afghan president Hamídem Karzai during assembly of the united nations 26. September, resulted in the donation of a tank to Poland.
A formal transfer was executed 20. October in Kabul.
The Tank was upon arrival transferred to the Center of training of land forces in the Poznan, where will take place its reconstruction.
Source:
www.army.mil.pl
www.sp.mil.pl
boardgamegeek.com.
