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After the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the Germans captured the remnants of the Polish Air Force. Most of these aircraft were damaged or destroyed, but about one hundred planes were airworthy. Germans captured several RWD-8 and at least two of them were repaired in Mielec factory and used by Luftwaffe. Some sources reports, that Germany used about 15 planes but this info is questionable. After seizing Latvia, Germany recaptured about 10 ex-Polish ex-Soviet RWD-8 and probably those planes were used in German markings by Estonian pilots in 1943.

RWD-8 repaired in Mielec and used by Luftwaffe.
(A. Szymanski collection)