This was a small liaison/observation aircraft built before and during World War II, and production continued into the 1950s for the private market. The first prototype flew in the spring of 1936. The final version was essentially a “flexible” version of the original, including a three-seater liaison version and a two-seat observation plane. Both were replaced with a “universal cockpit” that could be used in any role. This aircraft could be found on every front throughout the war. It was the victim of the last dog fight on the Western Front and another was the only aircraft known to have been downed by handgun fire in the entire war. A total of about 2,900 were produced. Because of its superb STOL characteristics (which would be of obvious great benefit to bush pilots, for example) there have been many attempts to recreate or outright copy the it in modern form, mostly in the form of various homebuilt aircraft.
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