JWM Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hi, It could be perhaps interesting for some BM memebers, that in net there is available a part of archive from Krakow;s Museum of Polish Aviation. The project is ongoing, so one can check the catalogue from time to time and will found new subjects. What I want to share are some information booklets or service bookd of French machines, which contain drawings and photos of inside of many airplanes also those never used in Poland, so it was a big surprise to me to find them there. Some examples: Amiot series 140 http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/330 Different Leo machines http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/1607 Bloch 131 http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/1129 Mureaux 115 http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/1130 Farman 221&222 http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/1138 Breguet XIX http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/889 http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/914 Potez XXV http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/614 http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/642 Of above only Potez XXV and Breg XIX were used in Polish AF between wars. There are many other interesting documents mostly on Polish, German, Soviet airplanes but not only. The whole catalogue of available items including log-books, collections of photos etc. is here: http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/digitalizacja_archiwaliow/digitalizacja.php Cheers J-W 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Fantastic Wojtek. Maybe some documents were stollen by Goering's and Co and transferred to Krakow with his personal aircraft collection. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 2 hours ago, VG 33 said: Fantastic Wojtek. Maybe some documents were stollen by Goering's and Co and transferred to Krakow with his personal aircraft collection. Patrick Patrick, Perhaps... There are no other seals of any library, at least I have not found them yet... Very interesting are of course materials on Polish machines like PZL P 11, P24, P23, P37,PWS 18, 26, RWD 8 etc.... But there is also similar instruction to Martin 167 (Maryland in RAF, here: http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/1115 ) and documents for Blohm und Voss 138, FW 200, FW 58, Curtiss BF3c.... One have to dig out what he is intereting in. I have the Mach 2's Bloch 131 in stash and drawings of inside layout are a true discovery for me! Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I need to get myself to Krakow in near future. Too many good things waiting there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 Here is one interesting photo of inside of Potez 540 (among others) http://www.muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/2097 21 minutes ago, Vesa Jussila said: I need to get myself to Krakow in near future. Too many good things waiting there. Welcome! As apetizer browse this archive... Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Good pointers JWM, Those museum watermarks on everything are a bit off (4 me at least). Z 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 8 hours ago, zigster said: Good pointers JWM, Those museum watermarks on everything are a bit off (4 me at least). Z A bit off indeed... Anyway... Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 10 hours ago, zigster said: Good pointers JWM, Those museum watermarks on everything are a bit off (4 me at least). Z I guess a bit less would‘ve sufficed, but then they must have invested quite a bit of effort in producing the scans, and if I was them, I wouldn’t want some enterprising souls selling reprints off those scans. Having had a very brief look, this looks like a terrific resource, and many thanks to @JWM Jerzy for bringing it to our attention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Great stuff JWM! Thank you for sharing🙂 Not having the Polish language I would probably never found this myself. Cheers, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Well, tempestfan, do THEY sell a copy of that stuff if you need one? Sure thing, it took an effort, and money to scan all those documents. They (I'm talking about all their digital library) originated from private collections, Göring's bombed out museum, ex-Polish AF publications and so-on. I would think, most of that is in public domain. Scanning was paid by taxpayer. And again: do they sell scans? If not, their watermark is as annoying as photobucket's. Zig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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