PZL.23 Karaś

E654610
light bomber military aircraft reconnaissance aircraft

The PZL.23 Karaś was a Polish single-engine light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Polish Air Force in the late 1930s and during the early stages of World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
PZL.23 Karaś canonical 2
PZL.43 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf light bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
airframeMaterial all-metal ⓘ
armament defensive machine guns ⓘ
fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ
internal bomb load ⓘ
configuration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
designer Stanisław Prauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineType radial engine ⓘ
enteredService late 1930s ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
exportVariant PZL.43 NERFINISHED ⓘ
PZL.43A NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFlight 1934 ⓘ
introduced 1936 ⓘ
landingGear fixed landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer PZL NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Polish ⓘ
notableFor being the main Polish light bomber in 1939 ⓘ
numberBuilt about 250 ⓘ
operator Bulgarian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedAs PZL.13 project NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerplant PZL Bristol Pegasus radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole light bomber ⓘ
secondaryRole reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceEntryContext pre-World War II rearmament of Poland ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor PZL.46 Sum NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Polish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor armed reconnaissance ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
tactical bombing ⓘ
usedInConflict Invasion of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedUntil early stages of World War II ⓘ
variant PZL.23A NERFINISHED ⓘ
PZL.23B NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bristol Pegasus radial engine → usedInAircraft → PZL.23 Karaś ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Pegasus
Bristol Pegasus radial engine → usedInAircraft → PZL.23 Karaś ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Pegasus
this entity surface form: PZL.43
Bristol Mercury radial engine → poweredAircraft → PZL.23 Karaś ⓘ
subject surface form: Bristol Mercury