aircraft to identify

[gilles collaveri]

The idea of a FarmanF220 series do make sense, Montaudran was an Air France maintenance base.

I'll put this picture on a French site where hopefully some French aircraft expert may give a hint

stay on line

GC

[gilles collaveri]

The consensus to which the French experts tend is Dewoitine 338.

In the light of the shape of the horizontal stabilizer, I would agree to this hypothesis.

Strange period when German bombers were sleeping next to French airliners...

GC

[Tom Willis]

Thanks GC - I agree that the 2nd aircraft is more likely to be a Dewoitine D338. As to the 1st I would revise this to the Bloch MB220 - an air-liner which had links with DLH. It bhas the same square wing-tip shape as the MB210. I disregard the hypothesis of one of the Farman F222 series as these were all high-wing designs. As you can see from the photo recce-image that the aircraft had a more fuller fuselage seen from the top suggesting a much lower wing to fuselage design. The MB220 and D338 had links with DLH and Montaudran.

[gilles collaveri]

This makes sense, thanks Tom.

[Flitzer]

Airfield dummies of course. How many Allied 'aces' were credited with these. Run some strafing videos in slow motion and you'll see the obvious phonies, some pretty good.

[gilles collaveri]

Hi Fitzer

there were not many dummies in the South West of France (probably because there were less attacks than in the North) contrarily to the North of France where they were indeed common;

I personnally never heard of dummies aircraft in Toulouse, neither Saint Martin Francazal nor in Montaudran, so, I would rather bet that we have here Dewoitine 338 with no engines on wings.

GC