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Bert was kind enough to share these images and to write out the history as far as it is known. Thank you Bert!

The picture below was taken at the Pearson Airport in Vancouver, Washington in August 1993. The occasion was the Antique Airplane Fly-in.

The person standing on the left is Willi Kretschmer. Willi was a scientist/engineer who worked on the Me 163 rocket powered interceptor. (He is mentioned by name in the book "Top Secret Bird. - The Me 163 Comet". Willi worked for NASA during the 1950s.

On the right is H. Owen Moses. Owen was in northern France at a forward airstrip when a German Bücker Jungmann flew in. Two German mechanics climbed out and surrendered. The CO of the base was an English officer and flight instructor. He had his mechanics paint over the German markings and apply an RAF roundel. He then started teaching some of his crew to fly in the aircraft. Owen passed away at age 100.

It is not known what happened to the aircraft.



This previously unpublished photograph was taken by a friend of Paco Rivas who shared it recently. Frank price and N87P were competing in the World Aerobatics Championships in Bilbao, Spain in 1964.

The Monthly EAA magazine has a nice article about the B&F Jungmann that Jeff Cain and Jeff Rowland completed. View it in the magazine or on-line. If you are unable to access it either way, let me know and I'll send you a link. - Congratulations Jeff & Jeff :)

Larry Harmacinski sent some pictures of Janusz Karacsewicz that I had not seen before, so it seems like a good time to update this article originally from June 2022. Thank you Larry.


Historical Aircraft Services (Serwis Samolotow HistorycznychH or "SSH" in Polish) was a builder of late model T-131 Jungmann as well as components for various other European light aircraft.

From 1989 to 1995 a team of aviation specialists led by Janusz Karasiewicz built 4 Jungmann aircraft . The first of them flew in the summer of 1994. These aircraft were powered by Walter Minor 4 - III engines. In 1995, the Historical Aircraft Service company was formed which started serial production based on original plans of the Czech version of the aircraft designated Bücker T-131 PA.


The planes were manufactured to order. Not much was changed in relation to the original. The 105hp Hirth HM 504 engine was replaced with the Czech LOM M-332 AK engine. Until 2006, over 30 copies of this aircraft were built. In the early 2000s, designs of new versions of the Bu181 "Bestmann" were developed, one with an LOM engine and another with a Lycoming.

Sadly Janusz died in the crash of an FK "Comet" biplane in 2006 putting an end to SSH. The aircraft he produced are regularly seen at flyins around Europe, particularly in Germany and Austria.


SSH T-131 at Degerfeld in 2017



SSH T-133 Jungmeister

Benoit Dierickx (who owns and competes in the T-133 Jungmeister shown above) found this movie showing some of the aircraft and the manufacturing activities. The quality is not great, but it is well worth watching.

Thanks Benoit.


Click the image above to play the video






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