WW2 aircraft

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#941

Dear Tiger205
of course I’ll give you following important hints:

  • the role of the mystery aircraft was observation
  • nationality: USA
  • first flown in 1938
  • only one built
  • engine was a Pratt&Whitney 1340-36
  • it had a double denomination as it often happens with US aircrafts
    I’m pretty sure this is going t o secure name of this a/c
    Cheers
    Carson1934
#942

Thanks, Pretty much!

Naval Aircraft Factory XOSN-1?

BUT!
I am angry!
I have checked my “NAC database” before, when you imagined “smaller then Boeing” and I have missed this biplane :frowning:
(I’ve got the SON-1, and that’s it…)
Anyways, thanks for the brain testing!

#943

Yes dear Tiger, that’s what it is! Naval Aircraft Factory XOSN1.
You shouldn’t be angry because it was not a current aircraft and I must pay you my compliments…
Waiting now for your challenge
Carson1934

#944

Thanks a lot, but I still missed it!

Anyways, here is my enigma:

#945

Very interesting and somewhat intriguing challenge…
In spite of the german markings I opt for a : Arsenal VG/33C1 (also known as VG33/05).
I think it is one of the “Beuteflugzeug” on which germans laid their hands after the surrender of France…
Please let me know if correct
Cheers
Carson1934

#946

Indeed Mr. Carson you are right, it seems I cannot find HARD ENOUGH enigma!
Congratulations, it’s your turn!

#947

Good afternoon (or good morning whatever the case nìmay be) gentlemen,
this is my today’s offer an easy one in order not to spoil your weekend…
Cheers
Carson1934

#948

Hi.

Following the registration it´s a Fieseler F-2 Tiger…

Yours

tom! :wink:

#949

Yes Tom it is indeed the Fieseler F2 “Tiger” an aerobatic aircraft.
Your turn
Carson1934

#950

Too quick for me! :smiley:

#951

Hi.

Thanks.

Another one:
hmmmm.jpg

Yours

tom! :wink:

#952

Hi Tom
that’s a bit too obscure for me…would it be possible to let me know her nationality?:confused:
Thanks and cheers
Carson1934

#953

Hi.

If your watch the upper wing on the left carefully, you may identifiy the national marking… :smiley:

I´ve hidden the national marking on the rear fuselage because I thought that it would have made it too easy.

Yours

tom! :wink:

#954

Dear Tom
you must have eagle’s eyes…
I looked it up very carefully, enlarged the picture, put it into negative, there is no way that I can see any marking at all.
The pic is just too obscure (like the aircraft for me).:confused:
At this stage I’ll let somebody else work on it…
Cheers
Carson1934

#955

I’ll make one last and final try: maybe an early Kawasaki?

#956

Hi.

It is indeed a Kawasaki, here the original pic:

hmmmm2.jpg

To me the hinomaru on the wings are a little bit darker than the rest… :frowning:

Yours

tom! :wink:

#957

Hi Tom
on your original pic I can barely discern a hinomaru on the fuselage but can’t still see anything on the wings…however having ascertained that this is a Kawasaki model I still haven’t been able to discover the exact type though I’ve been going thru quite a lot of them…Many look-alikes but nothing that really tallies with your picture…could this be a modified model?
Carson1934

#958

Hi.

No, it´s a serial production aircraft. A total of 243 were built by Kawasaki and a second manufacturer.

A side view:

hmmmm3.jpg

Yours

tom ! :wink:

#959

At this stage it must be the Kawasaki Ki3. I didn’t recognize it at first because I only have a poor picture of this aircraft in my files. I hope I’m right!
Carson1934
Thanks for your help anyway

#960

Kawasaki Ki-3 (九三式単軽爆撃機)