Is it maybe a Belgium built Renard R-33?
Aircraft Identification Thread III
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BlackWolf3945
Banned
Nope, not Belgian and it did exist. This aircraft was manufactured in a country which was one of the major players in WWII and was built mainly for export...
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WWII A/C Freak
Recruit
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- Apr 26, 2005
OK, I'm going to give it a shot. Is it an early version of a Henschel Hs.126, or another product of Henschel? The overall lines and wing planform look similar to a 126, with the fuselage in smaller cross section to accomodate the inline engine. Close?
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
It isn't a Heinkel He-51b is it? I think that is the right designation. It is a biplane that fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of Franco. It is if what I say is the case a German Biplane. (Please note post edited since next post was posted). Here is a picture from a URL of a model of the plane.
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Heinkel He-51b was what I meant to say. Got the designation wrong but the information about the plane right. Hope it is right.
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Alternatively a Heinkel 45 could fit the bill nicely.
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kiwimac
Staff Sergeant
The engine is the wrong way around for an He 51 and the wings look to be staggered differently from a He 45.
Kiwimac
Kiwimac
BlackWolf3945
Banned
None of the above...
Here's another shot of one of these, with the same air arm but in camo...
Image source/credit: unknown web
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Here's another shot of one of these, with the same air arm but in camo...
Image source/credit: unknown web
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Aha I found it in my book Der Grosse Flugzeugtypen Buch by Wilfred Kopenhagen.
IVE GOT MY THUNDER BACK!!!!
It is Dornier Do-22L built by Germany and used by Germany, Switzerland, Jugoslavia, Greece, Lettland, and Finnland and only 31 were built besides 2 prototypes.
The Do-22K was a torpedo bomber and had 2 floats instead of landing gear.
Type: Torpedo-Bomber and recconnaissance seaplane
Origin: AG für Dornier-Flugzeug, Altenrhein (Switzerland).
Models: K (Kg: Greece, Kj: Yugoslavia, K1: Latvia)
and L (Landplane)
Crew: Three
First Flight:
Prototype: 1935
Production Aircraft: July 15, 1938
Do 22L: March 10, 1939
Final Delivery: 1939
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Engine:
Model: Hispano-Suiza 12 Ybrs
Type: Inline piston engine
Number: One Horsepower: 860 hp
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Dimensions:
Wing span: 16.20m (53 ft. 1¾ in.)
Wing Surface Area: 482.39 sq. ft. (45.00m²)
Length: 13.12m (43 ft. ½ in.)
Height: 4.85m (15 ft. 11 in.)
Weights:
Empty: 5,733 lbs. ( 2,600 kg)
Loaded: 8,818 lbs. (4,000 kg)
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Performance:
Maximum Speed: 217 mph (350 kph)
Cruise Speed: N/A
Range: 1,429 miles (2,300km)
Initial Climb: N/A
Endurance: N/A
Service Ceiling: N/A
The Do 22 was a warplane of outstanding performance for it's time, making the fact that it was built entirely for export peculiar. Built in Dornier factories in both Germany and Switzerland, with aircraft being sold to Greece, Yugoslavia, and Latvia. A prototype with conventional landing gear (L Model) was completed in March, 1939
IVE GOT MY THUNDER BACK!!!!
It is Dornier Do-22L built by Germany and used by Germany, Switzerland, Jugoslavia, Greece, Lettland, and Finnland and only 31 were built besides 2 prototypes.
The Do-22K was a torpedo bomber and had 2 floats instead of landing gear.
Type: Torpedo-Bomber and recconnaissance seaplane
Origin: AG für Dornier-Flugzeug, Altenrhein (Switzerland).
Models: K (Kg: Greece, Kj: Yugoslavia, K1: Latvia)
and L (Landplane)
Crew: Three
First Flight:
Prototype: 1935
Production Aircraft: July 15, 1938
Do 22L: March 10, 1939
Final Delivery: 1939
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Engine:
Model: Hispano-Suiza 12 Ybrs
Type: Inline piston engine
Number: One Horsepower: 860 hp
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Dimensions:
Wing span: 16.20m (53 ft. 1¾ in.)
Wing Surface Area: 482.39 sq. ft. (45.00m²)
Length: 13.12m (43 ft. ½ in.)
Height: 4.85m (15 ft. 11 in.)
Weights:
Empty: 5,733 lbs. ( 2,600 kg)
Loaded: 8,818 lbs. (4,000 kg)
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Performance:
Maximum Speed: 217 mph (350 kph)
Cruise Speed: N/A
Range: 1,429 miles (2,300km)
Initial Climb: N/A
Endurance: N/A
Service Ceiling: N/A
The Do 22 was a warplane of outstanding performance for it's time, making the fact that it was built entirely for export peculiar. Built in Dornier factories in both Germany and Switzerland, with aircraft being sold to Greece, Yugoslavia, and Latvia. A prototype with conventional landing gear (L Model) was completed in March, 1939
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BlackWolf3945 said:None of the above...
Here's another shot of one of these, with the same air arm but in camo...
Image source/credit: unknown web
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And that air arm would be from Greece.
BlackWolf3945
Banned
Geez, took you long enough... 
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HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
ITS A SUB KILLER - ITS A SHACK!!!! (I hate subs ya know)
Nonskimmer
Captain
I've heard.
BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
I'd rephrase the description -
Its ugly as sin! It's a Shack!
Its ugly as sin! It's a Shack!
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Full name required, even though you are right. What model though? This aircraft served right up until the Gulf War 1991 as an AEW platform for the British.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
BombTaxi said:I'd rephrase the description -
Its ugly as sin! It's a Shack!
Yea, but it kills subs
WWII A/C Freak
Recruit
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- Apr 26, 2005
OK, it's an Avro Shackleton. What model, though, is a mystery to me. I know next to nothing about postwar stuff (hence my handle)
