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244N-T2SB (izdeliye 244) tactical nuclear bomb:

 

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IAB-500 "shape" (dummy version of the 244N tactical nuke):

 

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RN-28 tactical nuclear bomb. Soviet counterpart of the U.S. B61 bomb:

 

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Easy now, back off on the pornography, Martin!

 

Porn?!

 

 

TREKKIE MONSTER
(sung)
The internet is for porn! The internet is for porn!
Why do you think the net was born?
Porn! Porn! Porn!

[...]

 

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The one from the linked polish web site.

 

 

14. 7. 1970 had 20. sbolp (fighter-bomber brigade) at Náměšti na Oslavou planned so call “seagullsâ€, flights into to the Polish airspace in order to excersize the effectiveness of the Polish anti aircraft defence system as a part of military excersize Zenit-70.

 At the time  the unit had been equipped with a mach2 capable SU-7 for 6 years. along with versions BM, BKL and Su-7U. 

Preparation started early under the cover of night. The first planes were scheduled for takeoff at 03:00 (AM).

 

At 03:20 a silver Su-7BKL no: 6512, piloted by Cpt. FrantiÅ¡ek KRUŽÃK, took off carrying 4 x 600 l tanks  called "bak" to extend the range. The flightpath was planned: Náměšť nad Oslavou - Kalisz - Wroclaw - Náměšť nad Oslavou at an altitude of 9 500 m. There was no indication that anything would go wrong.

 

The Suchoj of Cpt. Kružík was detected just before entering Polish air space and it was decided to intercept the threat and send fighters located at Olesznic air base.  Lt. Henryk OSIERDOV. scrambled into his Mig to intercept the intruders. 

 

This is how the events are described by one of the main figures, Cpt. FrantiÅ¡ek KRUŽÃK:

 

… We flew to Poland relying on instrumental navigation. Our task was to pose as targets in order to test the readiness of the Polish PVOS ( state air space defence )

We took off in the night at 03.20 hours. At 03.47 hours we were already 50 km  into Polish airspace at an altitude of 9500 m. There was already dawn high up , but the ground was still shrouded in darkness. Suddenly there was an explosion at the rear of my machine. The engine cut off and I inverted, falling into an unstable spin. I had no idea what happened , I thought that I had a mid-air collision. My aeroplane was uncontrollable and as soon I was able to take position in the seat, I ejected.

After the parachute deployed I could see my aeroplane burning in the fields. I landed far back in some huge field with a farm in the distance.

I walked in there and scared them a bit, no doubt when they're harassed by a man wearing strange suit and unable to speak polish. In the end we were able to communicate and they called the police. Only in hospital did I find out that I was shot down by a Polish pilot in the twenty-first  

 

Let's interrupt the story of  Cpt. KRUŽÃK and state what officially happened that morning.

Lt. OSIERDA took off from a back-up runway in Olesznica with an aeroplane that was set for operational duty . It had pylons hanging two infrared  R-3S missiles. 

Polish Air defence was at that time being kept quite busy with constantly approaching targets and there was no other aeroplane ready to take off at that moment.

Another source provides a slightly different view where Lt. OSIERDA is strapped into the proper plane , but was unable to start up the engine. Therefore immediately jumped into the backup Mig-21  that was armed for operational duty with this particular duo of R-3S.

Nevertheless, the polish pilot apparently did not notice the load and wasn't reminded by the ground personnel, which was a major mistake. As a result he was heading to the target, following the instruction of the command centre without a clue.

After he caught the target to the screen of his RP-21 Safír, he started a routine check prior to fireing his AAM. That was standard training procedure for pilots to get muscle memory straight.

We can assume that the training Mig was equipped with a training “register missile dummy†R-3U, in order to imitate attack. Those were missing the warhead and often the stabilizers as well.

As soon as the IR sensor of the missile caught the target , pilot had in his headset an uninterrupted ready to fire tone, followed by the light on the control panel..

this was the same for both training and hot missiles, there was no way for the pilot to know the difference.

 

Cpt. Kružík continues:

…that pilot, his name was Henryk OSIERDA, came to visit me at the hospital afterwards and told me what actually happened. Finding me in his radar, he positioned my Su into the middle of the cross and pressed the trigger. He told me that he was quite startled when he realized he fired a real missile and saw the other plane falling in flames. 

He circled the area several times to see if there was any sigh of my parachute, but aside of two large fires on the ground he couldn't see anything.  He was extremely upset upon landing, under the impression that he killed a man. As soon as he realized that I survived he was so relieved and has been repeated that in the many letters we exchanged afterwards.

 

 

It is not exactly clear what version of the Mig-21 Lt. Henryk Osierda was flying this early morning of July 14th 1970. It is possible that it was  an PFM, however we cant completely dismiss the Mig-21PF.

 

The aftermath of the whole story was certainly pleasant for Cpt. Kruzik. The Polish party invited him for a vacation in Sopoty, and on 26.02.1971 gave the Czechoslovak Air Force a new Su-7BKL (No. 6023) that was known in the 20. SBOP under the nickname “Poleâ€

From it's original base at Bydgoscze the plane was flown in by who else but Cpt. Kruzik, who continued flying after his recovery.

He, along with a student, had to eject a second time on January 10, 1984 while flying an SU-7U as an instructor, after he realized that the nose gear wasn't retracted . The black box later showed that the nose gear most likely retracted 3 minuted after ejection. However both pilots claimed that the red light was on until the ejection.

 

The end of the operational service of the Su-7 was the end of his active career for Col. Kruzik.

In 1988 he ended flying but stayed with the 20. sbolp as a flight control officer and later, at32. zTL, as a landing control officer

As it was mentioned before both pilots stayed in touch until approximately 2 years after the accident when the Polish pilot suddenly stopped responding.

Only later did his Czech friend learn that he perished during a training flight behind the controls of a Mig-21

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Silly Marines dont actually shoot at each other for practice, let a lone carry live munitions for training purposes. I knew the Poles were never too keen of that whole Warsaw pact thing

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Silly Marines dont actually shoot at each other for practice, let a lone carry live munitions for training purposes. I knew the Poles were never too keen of that whole Warsaw pact thing

 

 

  Good story there Martin..thanks for that.albeit slightly scary.

You are welcome William, friendly fire is always scary.

 

Silly Marines dont actually shoot at each other for practice, let a lone carry live munitions for training purposes. I knew the Poles were never too keen of that whole Warsaw pact thing

No offense intended Smitty. They are playing with big toys and accidents happen on weekly bases.

Poles suffered tremendously throughout the history and most of the time the terror and oppression came from the east. Having said that Czechoslovakia and Poland always had a strong bond. And frankly nobody was super excited about the whole Warsaw Pact comedy anyway. Soviet Union ruled that part of the world and if you had a problem they had whole bunch of heavy arguments on hand.

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Excellent story Martin.

 

There's so much about the Eastern Bloc PVO air defenders that hasn't been written or translated into English. I tried buying a Yefim Gordon or similar book on the PVO but the last copies were sold a year or so before my interest - and now they fetch silly money on ebay.

 

Tony

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Tank you Tony, very true, there is very little available literature related to the bad guys :).I will try to do more , translation is very tricky business and  my head is still buzzing. I was able to find the original article, that is slightly longer yet still very interesting.  There is no photograph of the shot down Su-7, but here is the replacement :) "The Pole"

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Tactical nukes come always handy to get rid of moles in your garden,,,

 

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Odd that Fly is making now a 1/32 sclae Su-7.

 

I talked a few years ago with them about making an Il-28 Beagle, and they told me that they are not interested in any way to make modern jets and will stay by WW2 era stuff.

Times are changin'...

 

Regards

- dutik

 

(yes, the Beagle is at anothers vendors book, just sit and wait)

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Odd that Fly is making now a 1/32 sclae Su-7. 

I talked a few years ago with them about making an Il-28 Beagle, and they told me that they are not interested in any way to make modern jets and will stay by WW2 era stuff.

Times are changin'...Regards - dutik...

Still makes me chuckle when people refer to vintage aircraft as "modern jets". Jets have been operational since 1944 and the Su-7 first flew in 1955, sixty-three years ago.

 

A modern military jet is one made from composites, is painted in mushroom colours and costs £100-500 million, each. I consider anything that first flew in the 1950s as a "vintage" machine.

 

I'm glad Fly are doing the Tunnan and Fitter - great move. If these are as good as the Wessex they should do really well.

 

Tony

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Think big. Big in "Big as a B-52" :punk:

 

Maiden flight 1952. In service since 1955. Latest Air Force planning reveals it will be there still in 2055, after 100 years in service. And the Russian Tu-95 from the same year too  :tumble: 

The Mig-21 had its maiden flighte in 1956. Production of the chinese J-7 variant ended in 2013! :wicked:

 

Heck, the Tu-16, maiden flight also 1952, IS in production right now!!! :punk:  as the chinese H-6 clone. More than good enough to give the US Pacific fleet something to think about.

 

 

The AK-47 is still around, and the T-55 is the battle work horse in many places of the world :speak_cool: Heck, the Taiwanese Army adopted in 1990 the CM-11 Brave Tiger as the modern battle tank - which is a M48 turret mated to a M60 hull...

 

Olden, but golden :thumbsup:

 

Regards

- dutik

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