January 16, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Hi friends,
the picture attached is from the French website crash-aerien.aero. The original caption says (I partly quote from memory) “Savoïa Marchetti S-73 avec moteurs Gnôme et Rhône 14 N 16-17 de 1100 ch”.
Well, the S.73 is the civil version of the SM.81, which both use to have a fixed undercarriage. The window scheme of the pictured aircraft points more on a SM.75, the tailfin looks like the one of a SM.75bis. But, in this case, the windshield does not match exactly.
What would you say is pictured here? Could it be a French aircraft but an Italian? The Wikipedia article about the SM.75 says nothing about a conversion with French engines. The “censored” areas in wing and fuselage makes one think the aircraft was already object in “Wot Plane” thread!
Thank you for your answers!
Regards, RT
By: Romantic Techno - 16th January 2014 at 18:19
Confirmed! Thank you Tim!
Regards, RT
By: Consul - 16th January 2014 at 18:13
I think it is a Bloch MB.300 Pacifique.
Tim
P.S. I have now found an uncensored version of that photo – see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/4823760825/