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Polikarpov PO 2 "Kukuruznik"
 

Originally designed as a basic trainer, the "Kukuruz-
nik" was used in various roles because its forgiving
flight characteristics and its ruggness. It was used
as a night bomber, medevac, for proaganda purposes,
as a partisan supplier and as well as cropduster.
More than 40000 (forty thousand!) have been build.