The PWS.26 was a two-seat advanced military trainer development of the PWS.16bis and PWS.18
The fact that only 36 PWS.26 trainers were assembled at SET Bucharest from ex Polish components, is only part of the story. The existence in 1942 and 1943 of this type in several schools wearing numbers in the 200 and even 300 series (the highest serial numbers known were 269 and 310, respectively) denotes, that actually many more PWS.26s existed in the ARR than the ten ex Polish Air Force PWS.26s (one later escaped to Bulgaria), the 27 supplied by Germans and those 36 assembled at the SET plants.
The bulk were operated by the Central Flying School at Deblin. Several were operated by the Luftwaffe.
Engine: 220 hp Avia-Wright Whirlwind
Max speed: 130 mph
AUW: 2420 lb
Time to 3400 ft: 4 min
Service ceiling: 14,400 ft
Armament: 1 x 7.7mm mg
Bombload: 2 x 25 lb
Span: 29 ft 9 in
Length: 22 ft 11 in
Height: 8 ft 10 in
All Aero 