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Old 11th September 2019, 00:47
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Re: French Biplane ID Wanted

Hello Stig,


I believe I've used the term impressment in a misleading fashion. Certainly I was only referring to 1939/40 and did not intend to refer to an earlier period.Possibly also impressment is not the correct term. I'm thinking of machines that already belonged to the french state and were on loan to the various aeroclubs.


As an example looking at the CJE work previously referred to by Graham on P.135 there is a photo of a Salmson D.6 Cricri W-634, previously F-ARFA. I am assuming that prior to entering military service it would have carried the civil registration but not the military matriculation. Or did they indeed carry both? If the Hanriot in the photo was also on loan from the french state is it perhaps possible that the H-227 although possibly used earlier in the aircraft's carrier was reapplied in 1940? Probably a futile question I suppose unless further work is undertaken on the subject of french military matriculations..


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Clint
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