SAI KZ IV

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The SAI KZ IV was a light aircraft first built in Denmark in 1944 for use as an air ambulance. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with twin tails, mounted on the ends of the horizontal stabiliser. Power was provided by two engines mounted in nacelles on the wings that also housed the main units of the fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The cabin could hold two stretchers, two medical attendants, and a flight crew of two.

A single machine, registered OY-DIZ, was built during the war, with a second aircraft built and flown in 1949. That same year, the OY-DIZ was christened with the name "Folke Bernadotte" in honour of the Swedish count who had used this very aircraft to make a diplomatic visit to Germany to negotiate for the release of Danish prisoners in German concentration camps near the end of the war. This aircraft is now the "flagship" of the Danmarks Flymuseum collection, having been restored to its original wartime configuration and markings following a career as a utility aircraft in England and a crash in 1979.

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crew=Two pilots
capacity=Two stretchers and two attendants
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empty weight lb=3,302
gross weight kg=2,100
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range miles=530
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References

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* [http://flymuseum.dk/html/flytekst/kz4.php Danmarks Flymuseum page on the KZ IV (in Danish)]
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/cww2/kz4.html Уголок неба]