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Re: Photo Captured French Aircraft ID ?
Hello Clint
I will try to explain in few words. In France, everybody knows the "Registre Veritas" but when it comes to his precise definition it's another story !
the "Bureau Veritas" (a private company), like the former british Air Registration Board, maintains a list of all the aircraft in airworthy state, according to his inspections, done under delegation of the civilian aviation authorities. This list is the "Registre Veritas", and an aircraft not present on the list cannot, for example, be insured. However, since the French State, for his own planes, certifies his planes by himself, they are not present on the "Registre Veritas".
Starting in 1939, almost all civilian flying schools were "impressed" or "militarized" (usually by renaming and putting a senior NCO in charge, the instructors and mechanics remaining civilians). So we can assume that this plane was used for the initial traning of future military pilots.
Regards
Jean
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