Krakow, November 1, 2012
PZL PZL-37 Łoś.
Section 1936-12-13 Bomber aircraft.
Tally.
1 PZL-37 / I, No. 0001, Date: 1935-1936. It is not entirely clear whether this was a prototype for static tests or a mock-up.
2 PZL-37/I, No. 0002/72. First flight December 13, 1936.
3 PZL-37/II Łoś, No. 0003/72.2. First flight November 1937. Second prototype with twin tailplane.
4-13 PZL-37A Łoś (Łoś I), Nos. 72.3 to 72.12. Date 1937-1938. 10 machines with single tailplane.
14-33 PZL-37A bis Łoś (Łoś I bis), Nos. 72.13 to 72.32. Date 1938. 20 machines of the first series with twin tailplane.
14 PZL-37 A bis Łoś / PZL 37/III Łoś, No. 72.13 / SP-BNK. Date: May 1938. Intended for testing. Gnôme-Rhône 14N00/01 engines were tested. Advertising flights were also conducted.
15 PZL-37 A bis Łoś, No. 72.14 / SP-BNL. Date: May 1938. Unveiled in Belgrade in June 1938, and later at the Paris Air Show on December 1, 1938. It became the model for the series production of the PZL-37 B.
33 PZL-37 A bis Łoś, No. 72.32. Date: July 1938. The last aircraft of the first production series.
34 PZL-37 B Łoś (Łoś II), No. 72.33. Date August 1938. First of the second production series with all modifications incorporated.
34-141 PZL-37 B. Production of 95 or 108 units of the second series. Although PZL insisted on building 130 aircraft, the first aircraft were delivered to units in March 1939. Before the German invasion of Poland, not all aircraft had been built.
A total of 104 aircraft were built at PZL-Okęcie in Warsaw.
PZL-37 B. Production at PZL-Mielec. Date June 1939. 16 aircraft were built in Mielec. Not all were fully equipped or had completed their first flight.
A total of 120 PZL-37 Łoś aircraft were built.
Written by Karol Placha Hetman