While researching a parachute incident to US Pilot Frederick August Schafer Waldron of Honolulu at Saint-Inglevert, Calais, France on 8th November 1930 I found this photo of the aircraft concerned. The date written on the picture s wrong all contemporary published sources say 8th November 1930. It appears he was flying either Brussels -> Croydon or Croydon -> Brussels. He is listed as a German Pilot but he was not he was a US citizen (he was trained in Germany) and jumped from around 1800 feet when one of the controls broke and the aeroplane got into a nose dive
However, has anyone got an idea what is this aircraft? It looks like it has been painted in military marking ?
http://www.geni.com/photo/view/3993803?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000003346064091
Thanks
Paul
By: John Aeroclub - 23rd March 2015 at 21:25
The thick spar visible in the wreckage and the fuselage contours certainly look right for a DVII
But the fin doesn’t. The Raab Katzenstein Schwalbe is very Fokker like and used in the 1930’s as an aerobatic trainer in Germany. a later type is the Tiger Schwalbe.
John
By: paulmcmillan - 23rd March 2015 at 09:14
All thanks Paul
By: trekbuster - 21st March 2015 at 22:31
The thick spar visible in the wreckage and the fuselage contours certainly look right for a DVII
By: Malcolm McKay - 21st March 2015 at 22:22
A Fokker, perhaps a DVII, was the first thing that sprung to my mind.
By: Tonk - 21st March 2015 at 11:44
I was thinking DVII.
By: paulmcmillan - 20th March 2015 at 14:02
Aeronut
Thanks – I also suspect Fokker
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th March 2015 at 14:00
It has the look of a Fokker about it to me.
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