Cessna UC-78 Bobcat

Hannover 2/5/60: UC-78 D-IDAH ex 43-7777, HB-KIB; to Egelsbach, wfu 64
D-IDYH 43-31886, I-JEAN; to Munich, wfu 64
Le Bourget 1/9/60: F-BFHK 43-7291 Escadrille Mercure
F-BFHL 43-7366, E.M; to 7T-
F-BHDN 43-7442, E.M
LBG 2/6/61 F-BHDP 43-31959, E.M

Michal, thanks again for the great help,I am sure it is of interest to viewer’s.

T-21 -> you will find Bobcats and another L.O.T planes on this site http://www.polrail.com/Aerolot/fleet/fleet_history.html

Thanks Michal in Poland and T-21 again.

As ever the information and knowledge held by the guys on this Forum leaves me dumbfounded.

Cheers

Wicked Willip :diablo:

Guy’s I boobed the link is pre-war can anybody Google the post war polish register to show the Bobcat fleet ? tks.

Thank you Michal interesting colour scheme !! for those interested :http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_SP-.htm scroll down and you should find the Bobcat’s(neglected aeroplane in my view).

Bobcat from Musem in Krakow is ex SP-LEM (1947-52 L.O.T), ex Instytut Lotnictwa -Institute of Aviation (1952 -> SP GLC) c/n 5765.
We had 21 Bobcats, 14 flying, rest of them as source of parts.
http://news.webshots.com/photo/1483126011079027790shGxJN

Thanks T-21

So presumably SP-GLC would also be an ex L.O.T. machine?

Cheers

Wicked Willip :diablo:

For willip, In the post-war years L.O.T the Polish airline used some UC-78’s to establish airline routes in Poland. The ex 351st USAAF Bomb Group ” hack “from Polebrook became SP-LEB in 1947.

Do any of you remember this American TV series the Crane was the Star at least in my eyes.
http://www.americanflyers.net/entertainment/skyking.asp

A trawl through Google and specifically www.airliners.net reveals the existence of another Cessna Bobcat SP-GLC, presumably in a Polish museum.

Anyone know its previous history and with which squadron and where did these aircraft serve with the USAAF in Europe before their release onto the civilian market?

Wicked Willip :diablo:

I have found further reference to a Bobcat at Angers http://francewarbirds.free.fr/en/associations.html so i suspect this is OO-TIN, at http://www.musee-aviation-angers.fr/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Aero-Retro based south of Lyon,France http://www.chez.com/aeroretro/

European Wrecks and Relic’s states that OO-TIN had been acquired by Aero Retro at St. Rambert d’Albon,France by 1984. Has any one further updates ?

The one that came from the Netherlands was Cessna UC-78 Bobcat HB-UEF (c/n 5253, Ex: 43-7733). This one was at my airfield {Teuge} for a while and was sold to Belgium as OO-TIN.

I seem to remember seeing a UC-78 Bobcat OO-TIN at Brussels Zaventem back in 1973. Was it this one?

And Ghent?!?!… why yes, I did spend an afternoon drinking there!

I did that too yesterday. And the day before, and… :p

sorry if I may seem somewhat irreverent… but I just had to share…

Further to J Boyle’s comment – here’s the Canadian Warplane Heritage’s Crane…
http://www.warplane.com/pics/l_Crane7.jpg

And Ghent?!?!… why yes, I did spend an afternoon drinking there!

apologies to anyone potentially offended by these and other comments… :rolleyes:

Thanks Avion ancien, I was on a long 14 hour night shift so you can make mistakes. I too found the photo’s superb and it is a very well put together history.

Have found this link but i don’t understand Belgique ! http://www.airfield-ghent.be/research/index.html#bv000006

It’s Dutch, actually, but I’d recommend the website to anyone with an interest in civil light aircraft of the days of yore. I found the photo section absolutely compelling!