NOORDUYN AIRCRAFT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

In my quest to post as much of the miscellaneous information I have as possible, here is some information on
NOORDUYN AIRCRAFT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. The Mk VI, UC-64A, aircraft listed below were diverted from USAAF Commands to Czechoslovakia under the U.S. Military Defense Aid Program (MDAP):


C/N USAAF S/N Diverted From Date

406 43-35332 8th Air Force Nov 46

409 43-35335 9th Air Force Nov 46

516 43-35442 9th Air Force Nov 46

546 44-70281 8th Air Force Dec 46

644 44-70379 8th Air Force Nov 46

These aircraft were provided to BADA, a Czechoslovakianshoe company, ostensibily for the company to start a small in-country airline. Rumors/legends have circulated for many years, which say that the Russian
Government took one of them to Russia to incorporate many of it's design features into the Antonov An-2 aircraft. It has also been said that one or more of the aircraft were sold to the Israel Defense Air Force in 1947.

There is no known existing documentation which supports either of the above statements