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A2. On the way back the plane was damaged by wind in Byrka and its left lower wing was broken and propeller was cracked. The Polish aviators shortened the opposite wing and repaired the propeller with glue and wire, and thus repaired flew the 6,680 kilometres (4,150 mi) to Warsaw. For the feat,
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Recipients of the Silver Cross of the
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419:from 29 August – 7 September 1931. Flying the
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299:Bydgoszcz
166:1939-1945
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394:PZL Ł.2
362:PZL P.8
358:PZL P.7
354:PZL P.6
346:PZL P.1
331:captain
284:Ukraine
272:Ukraine
260:Podolia
85:Ontario
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