An Easy Plane Picture Quiz
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I'd say it is rather the SO-30 N "Bellatrix" prototype of the "Bretagne"
main differences are engines (Gnôme&Rhône vs P&W) and the fins
large Pdf document (1.3 MB) with a Bellatrix pic
The Bretagne
main differences are engines (Gnôme&Rhône vs P&W) and the fins
large Pdf document (1.3 MB) with a Bellatrix pic
The Bretagne
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Looks as though a hint is needed.
I had thought that this would be an easy quiz since the exact plane in the picture (after some modification) was flown by BOAC .... according to references.
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Now, I knows you'll think I's darft... but...
Not a early twin-tailed version of the Curtiss C-46 perchance?
Everything looks about right apart from the engines (a bit small?) and the tail. And I believe BOAC operated a few camoflagued examples during the war.
I have a book on the C-46 in the loft, but it's late and I'm too knackered to research it now!
Not a early twin-tailed version of the Curtiss C-46 perchance?
Everything looks about right apart from the engines (a bit small?) and the tail. And I believe BOAC operated a few camoflagued examples during the war.
I have a book on the C-46 in the loft, but it's late and I'm too knackered to research it now!
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I'll declare Treadigraph the winner, although it's the CW20T/C55. I thought that the cockpit window configuration would identify the plane as a C46 variation.
The references say that the twin tail was replaced by a single fin as a result of flight tests.
The single (modified) prototype was delivered to the US Army as the C55. I gather there was only a single C55. It was eventually delivered to BOAC in 1942 and used for something over a year. I'm pretty sure that it had a single tail fin by the time it reached BOAC.
Production models became the C46.
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/av...c_commando.htm
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=171
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The references say that the twin tail was replaced by a single fin as a result of flight tests.
The single (modified) prototype was delivered to the US Army as the C55. I gather there was only a single C55. It was eventually delivered to BOAC in 1942 and used for something over a year. I'm pretty sure that it had a single tail fin by the time it reached BOAC.
Production models became the C46.
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/av...c_commando.htm
http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=171
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