Avia BH-33SHS

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  • Role: Fighter
  • Dimentions: Wingspan 8.90 m, length 7.04 m, height 2.79 m
  • Engine: 1 × Jupiter VI (420 hp)
  • Armament: 2 × .303 in Vickers machine guns
  • Crew: 1
  • Number in service: 5
  • Country of production: Czechoslovakia / Yugoslavia
  • Years in service: 1935 – 1940

The 5 Avia BH-33SHS interceptors were delivered in March, 1935, and formed the main force of interceptors of the Air Force until the arrival of the PZL P.24 in May,1937. They later assumed training role in interceptor tactics until 1940, when their destruction was ordered.