During the Turkish War of Independence, Sivrihisar was captured by the advancing Greek forces on 12 August 1921.

After the Turkish control was reestablished, the citizens of Sivrihisar decided to buy a new airplane to show their gratitude to the army and after a fund drive they collected TL 4,000.

In Atatürk’s journal of the war, there is a note "a check from Sivrihisar to Osmanlı Bankası to buy a new airplane is entrusted to Eskişehir MP Mehmet Efendi".

[3][4] Piloted by Halim Canko, the warplane carried out the roles of reconnaissance, fighter and bomber aircraft.

[4] After the research of the historian Tahsin Özalp in collaboration with Turgut Özakman, it was decided to commemorate the event, and the aircraft replica was produced at the Middle East Technical University.