Kraków 2008-10-26

232b Section 1972-09-13

Antonow An-26. Poland

Tally

Transport aircraft. 

1. An-26 NB 1308 delivered on September 13, 1972. Decommissioned in October 1991 and sold to Ukraine.

2. An-26 NB 1309 delivered on September 13, 1972. Decommissioned in October 1990 and sold to Ukraine. 

3. An-26 NB 1310 delivered on September 13, 1972. Underwent a major overhaul in 1999. Decommissioned in 2007.

4. An-26 NB 1402 delivered on November 4, 1972. In 1999, it underwent a major overhaul. It was shown in Radom in 2003 and 2007. It was withdrawn from service in 2009.

5. An-26 NB 1403 was delivered on November 4, 1972. In 1998, it underwent a major overhaul. It was withdrawn from service in January 2009.

6. An-26 NB 1406 was delivered on November 11, 1972. In 1998, it underwent a major overhaul. It was withdrawn from service in 2008.

7. An-26 NB 1407 was delivered on November 11, 1972. In 1999, it underwent a major overhaul. It was withdrawn from service in 2007. 

8 An-26 NB 1508 delivered on March 20, 1973. In 1999, it underwent a major overhaul. Retired in 2007. Since 2010, it has been on display at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow.

9 An-26 NB 1509 delivered on March 20, 1973. In 1998, it underwent a major overhaul. It carried equipment for calibration flights of the RSBN navigation system. Displayed in Krzesiny in 2007. Retired in 2008.

10 An-26 nb 1602 delivered on 20 March 1973. It wore civilian painting (with a navy blue stripe) and checkerboard patterns. For several years it performed flights abroad of Poland under the civil registration SP-LWC (in the period 17 June 1991 – 25 November 1991), and then SP-KWC (in the period 25 November 1991 – 16 April 1996) and flew for LOT Polish Airlines. In 1998, it underwent a major overhaul. Withdrawn in 2008. 

11 An-26 nb 1603 delivered on 20 March 1973. For several years, the aircraft carried the civilian registration SP-LWB (from January 3, 1989, to February 29, 1996) and flew for LOT Polish Airlines. In 1998, it underwent a major overhaul and was retired in 2008.

12 An-26 nb 1604 delivered on March 20, 1973. From March 11, 1986, to February 29, 1996, it carried the registration SP-LWA and flew for LOT Polish Airlines. In 1999, it underwent a major overhaul and was retired in 2007.

The term retired refers to the suspension of flights, not deletion from the register.

Most aircraft had a uniform gray military livery. Some initially wore civilian livery with a navy blue stripe across the windows, white upper sections, gray lower sections, and checkerboards. In the 1990s, insignia appeared on the aircraft. After major overhauls in 1998–1999, they were repainted in a three-color camouflage pattern and given white side numbers. Around 2004, the side numbers were repainted black, the checkerboards were reduced in size, and the fuselage numbers were removed.

Written by Karol Placha Hetman