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Old 16th Oct 2021, 12:00
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With a bit of digging I'm pretty confident it is French, the roundels and numbering is early war French. The type is most likely an Amiot 351, not well known at all. It has high set main wing and mid fuselage tail plane with what is likely twin tails, the Right side fin having broken off in the crash sequence. Most other french twins of the time have low set mains and tail planes sitting high over the rear fuselage, like the Potez 630/631.

I found this in reference to Amiot 351 number 64 serial I-134;

Assigned to GB I / 21. Damaged by the Flak, he hit a hill after returning from a mission. Lieutenant TURREL (Chief of Flight) is killed, and Chief Warrant Officer SABOURAULT (pilot) is seriously injured.
Would make sense then why it's crashed and accompanied by what looks like French troops, at least made it to home soil.

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