View Full Version : What type is this sea biplane?
MIG-21bis
5th Nov 2006, 12:14
A biplane with IJN mark. Friederichshafen FF-50J serviced in IJN or Yokosho Ro-Go Ko-Gata H ? Who can identify it? Help!
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/MIG-21bis/106_0654-1.jpg
jabberwok
5th Nov 2006, 16:12
It certainly looks very much like the latter but not the early Salmson engined variant - probably the Hispano Suiza 200HP engine. I don't have a shot of the FF50 so I can't rule this out.
Footless Halls
5th Nov 2006, 22:46
I'll have a look tomorrow in my old copy of the Harleyford book 'Maritime Aircraft of the First World War'. I think I may be able to identify it from that.
MIG-21bis
7th Nov 2006, 10:54
I'll have a look tomorrow in my old copy of the Harleyford book 'Maritime Aircraft of the First World War'. I think I may be able to identify it from that.
Look forward to you next reply!:)
Yokosho Ro-Go Ko-Gata H. If you look here, (http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=33697) the added fillet in front of the tailplane of the Hispano version, with the resultant double curvature as seen in both photos, would seem definitive.