G-ASEA
April 4, 2010 at 11:40 am

Help identify pre war aircraft

I bought a photo album, with half a dozen photo’s taken at Gatwick Air Display on june25th 1938. I havent been able to identify the low wing monoplane, as shown below. Can anbody help me please.

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By: John Aeroclub - 4th April 2010 at 23:03

I’ve found a report in Flight but it doesn’t give much. It’s post war reg was F-AQMO

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By: G-ASEA - 4th April 2010 at 15:18

Thank you John, one of the other photo’s was of Marcels Habicht glider. The others are of a DH Dragon, Lysander, Hurricane and Hawker Fury.

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By: John Aeroclub - 4th April 2010 at 14:24

Doret appeared at Gatwick with two Dewoitines, an aerobatic parasol and the lowwinger (482) which was used as a glider tug.

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By: John Aeroclub - 4th April 2010 at 14:12

It’s a Dewoitine 481 or 2 I think. I will come back to you. Edit and I think it’s Marcel Doret’s (wing markings)

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