LWS-6 ubr

The LWS-6 was originally designed as a 12-passenger airliner during the early 1930s, but was reconfigured to produce bomber instead. During March 1936, the first prototype, designated PZL.30BI, performed its maiden flight. The aircraft was accepted for a limited production run by the LWS state factory in Lublin for the Polish Air Force. It was used for training purposes as it proved to be inferior to the contemporary PZ.37 Łoś medium bomber. Many aircraft were destroyed on the ground, none would be used in combat against Nazi Germany. Several would be captured by both the Soviet Union and Germany, leading to the type being used in secondary roles, such as training and communication, by the Luftwaffe and the Soviet Air Forces. None of the aircraft would survive the Second World War in any capacity. It is no longer in production and has been superseded by the Fokker F.VII fighter aircraft of the same name. It has been preserved in a museum in the Polish city of Wrocław, Poland.