PZL P-37B

Aircraft: P-37B
Nation: Poland
Manufacturer: Pantstwowe Zaklady Lotricze
Type: Attack
Year: 1938
Engine: PZL Bristol Pegasus XX, 9-Cylinder radial ari-cooled, 918 hp each
Crew: 4


Paradoxical, the PZL P-37 the most modern aircraft in service in the Polish air force when the war broke out, was never produced in any great quantity.  The fate of this elegant, two-engine bomber was decided by the members of the Genearl Staff who, after heated argument, gave priority to the construction of other types of aircraft.  As a result only a few month before the out-break of the war, production programs were reduced by a third, and only 36 of the final P-37B version were operational at the time of the German invasion.