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The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2 before 1944, for its initial uchebnyy, 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) was an all-weather multirole Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik (Russian: Кукурузник, [3] [N 1] NATO reporting name "Mule").
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 "Rata" Polikarpov U-2/Po-2. Ilyushin II-2M3 Shturmovik. Imperial Japan ... M274A5 Mule. Germany. BMW R75. Opel Super 6.
Polikarpov Design Bureau was a Soviet OKB (design bureau) for aircraft, ... Po-2/U-2 "Mule" general purpose biplane, 1928; P-2 biplane trainer, 1927; References
The regiment flew in steel-and-canvas Polikarpov U-2 biplanes, a 1928 design intended for use as training aircraft (hence its original uchebnyy designation prefix of "U-") and for crop dusting, which also had a special U-2LNB version for the sort of night harassment attack missions flown by the 588th.
Marina Pavlovna Chechneva (Russian: Марина Павловна Чечнева; 15 August 1922 – 12 January 1984) was a Soviet Polikarpov Po-2 pilot and squadron commander in the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment (called the "Night Witches" by the Germans) in World War II.
Lieutenant Guy P. Bordelon scores his fifth aerial victory, becoming the United States Navy's only ace of the Korean War. He had scored all five victories since June 29, using an F4U-5N Corsair night fighter to shoot down North Korean Polikarpov Po-2 (NATO reporting name "Mule") biplanes making night harassment raids. [57]
Polikarpov I-1: 35-n/a: not used Polikarpov I-3: 389: 1929–1935: n/a: Polikarpov I-5: 803: 1931–1942: n/a: Polikarpov I-6: 2-n/a: prototype for I-5 Polikarpov I-15 "Chaika" 7,175+ 1935–1944: n/a: Polikarpov I-16 "Ishak" 9,004+ 1935–1940s: n/a: Possibly 7364 fighters and 1895 trainers built. Polikarpov I-17: 3 – n/a: prototypes only ...
June 24 – Polikarpov U-2, later redesignated Polikarpov Po-2 (NATO reporting name "Mule") July. Kawanishi K-11; Mitsubishi 1MF9; July 4 - Lockheed Vega;