SOKO model 512S

The SOKO model 512S is an all metal aircraft built by SOKO in 1931 for the Yoguslav air force.

In 1931, the Yoguslav Air Force requested a new light ground attack aircraft. The result was a light single engined aircraft, with open cockpit and a rear gunner. By 1936, the type was obsolete. Modifications were common on the model 512, and the most succesful modification was done by an American volunteer flying for the Yoguslav air force. Col. B. Basher decided to add to his personal machine. In 1940, the Wehrmacht invaded, and Basher got to see his first combat in his Model 512S (S = Spat). The German pilots were at first blinded by the coolness of the spats, causing them to crash. In 1941 however, a (un)lucky stuka pilot blinded by coolness, crashed into the Yoguslav Air Forces bomb depot, depleting their entire ammunition stockpiles.