Tatra 131 - Koprivnice, Czech Republic
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N 49° 35.969 E 018° 08.636
34U E 293632 N 5498020
Tatra 131 alias Bücker Bü 131 "Jungmann".
Waymark Code: WMMEBG
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/08/2014
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The German Bücker Bü 131 "Jungmann" (Young man) was a 1930s basic training aircraft which was used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Sturdy and agile, the Bü 131A was first delivered to the Deutscher Luftsportverband (DLV). The Bü 131B was selected as the primary basic trainer for the German Luftwaffe, and it served with "virtually all" the Luftwaffe's primary flying schools during the war, as well as with night harassment units such as Nachtschlacht Gruppen (NSGr) 2, 11, and 12. Yugoslavia was the main prewar export customer; "as many as 400 may have found their way" there. She was joined by Bulgaria with 15 and Rumania with 40.
Production licenses were granted to Switzerland (using 94, 88 built under licence to Dornier), Spain (building about 530), Hungary (which operated 315), Czechoslovakia (10, as the Tatra T 131, before war began).
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This Tatra 131 airplane is exposed in the Regional Museum Tatra factory museum in Koprivnice.