Karo aviacijos tiekimo skyrius

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ANBO III is the first Lithuanian serial plane

Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius was the Army Aviation Workshops of Lithuania, established at Kaunas. The facility was considerably modernized under the leadership of Antanas Gustaitis, who also designed a variety of aircraft to be built there in small series in the 1920s and 1930s under the designation ANBO . [1]

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References

  1. J.Vaičenonis, Lietuvos kariuomenės modernizacija 1926-1939, Darbai ir dienos T..21, p.168