Sorry, not a HD-34 or French. The aircraft was once named after a diplomat who used it during WWII.

Nord NC.701 Martinet? French-built Siebel S.204, not sure when it was built, and in any case I think I'm really dredging for it Cringe!

Neither French- nor German-built. Still airworthy, I think.

Must be Italy then, let me guess, wouldn't the diplomat be Count Galeazzo Ciano and the airlplane a Caproni (Ca. 310 Libeccio for instance) ?

Sorry TIC, not Italian. The plane and the diplomat came from different (neighbouring) countries. :)

Czech design, Polish Count?

Nope, sorry, although a Count was involved.

Another clue: twin-tailed design.

Swedish/Finnish?

Is it the SAI/KZ air ambulance jobbie - (is that where you were heading Jabberwok?). Can't remember the number but it looked a little like a Percival Q6.

Correct, treadigraph. A Danish SAI KZ-IV it was (only two built). This one flew the Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte to Germany, where he negotiated the release of prisoners from concentration camps.

http://www.ampa.ch/images/calendrier...%20%20juin.jpg

Lovely looking aeroplane!

All due acknowledgements to Jabberwok who pushed me in the right direction and whose thunder I probably stole!

As usual I have no pics to offer, so anybody else please feel free!

My cupboard is empty too..

tis a Shackleton.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...al/quizzie.jpg

Thanks Mike, how about this one?

Sorry, not the Lysander!

682al
Sorry to deviate for a moment off the thread but you wrote sometime ago.
Perhaps it was here you saw it?
I have been doing some digging into old copies of Aeroplane Monthly and in December 1986 and Part 5 of an article entitled "The Basketweave Bomber" was published concerning the development the Wellington. This Part covered the Marks V and VI. The following pictures were published with the article. It can be seen that they incorrectly include a picture of the rear view of the instrument panel fitted to the Type 432 "Tin Mossie". When one compares this view with the one on the next page of the control column it certainly isnt a Mk VI
[IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...aveBomber2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...eaveBomber.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks Mel,

That clears that up nicely - and it proves my memory is still in reasonable working order!

Is the line drawing cockpit an Albacore??

No, not an Albacore, sorry!