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The Soviet Union continued to build Po-2 biplanes after World War II and supplied them to allies such as the Communist Chinese. The Chinese used them to assist North Korea during the Korean War by staging nighttime harassment raids where the pilot would drop light bombs and machine gun whatever he could. The U.S. Army soldiers came to call these raiders Bedcheck Charlie.

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rdfs:comment	The Soviet Union continued to build Po-2 biplanes after World War II and supplied them to allies such as the Communist Chinese. The Chinese used them to assist North Korea during the Korean War by staging nighttime harassment raids where the pilot would drop light bombs and machine gun whatever he could. The U.S. Army soldiers came to call these raiders Bedcheck Charlie.
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abstract	The Soviet Union continued to build Po-2 biplanes after World War II and supplied them to allies such as the Communist Chinese. The Chinese used them to assist North Korea during the Korean War by staging nighttime harassment raids where the pilot would drop light bombs and machine gun whatever he could. The U.S. Army soldiers came to call these raiders Bedcheck Charlie. When Lt. Cade Curtis was making his way back to American lines from Chosin Reservoir at night, he heard then saw a Po-2 buzzing by. Rather than trying to hide, he and his companions stood out in the open and he showed his captured PPSh as he waved. The pilot spotted him, but it being night and Curtis dressed in Korean winter clothing, he assumed the group were paroling North Korean soldiers. He waggled his wings and flew off. The Soviets also used the aircraft themselves on poorly prepared fields. Several Po-2s arrived at Korf to take Captain Boris Gribkov and his Tu-4 crew to a rail-head for the trip to Kuibishev after their successful mission dropping an atomic bomb on Seattle.

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