More on the Hawker Osprey in Swedish AF service can be found here: http://www.avrosys.nu/aircraft/Spaning/208S9.htm

Incidentally, Osprey s/n 403 was registered on 14 February 1947 as SE-AYR. She was damaged at Lake Saltoluokta in the far north of Sweden on 11 September 1948, and abandoned. The registration was cancelled on 6 December 1950. Mark12s photos of -AYR were taken in 1985, when she was finally recovered.

Regards,

Jan

Possibly Sicily?

Jan

If anyone can put a date on this loss, you’d probably be able to find more here: http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/Losses.html

Regards,

Jan

More info on the Norwegian project can be found here: http://www.starfighter.no/web/indeng.html

Regards,

Jan

1st row, German Rumpler C 1s (?), Fairey IIIC of the FAA, Farman Shorthorn of the Imperial Russian Naval Air Service,
2nd row, Russian Shorthorn, Rumpler 6B1 (736),
3rd row, Curtiss H `America´(?), Shorts landbased bomber (derived from the model 184),
4th row, Shorts landbased bomber.

Regards,

Jan

It’s a Benes-Mraz M.1D Sokol. The type was produced post-war in Czechoslovakia, and some found their way abroad, both for civilian and military operators. Judging by its appearance, the design was possibly influenced by the Arado Ar 79.

The Sokol you saw and photographed is possibly D-EFTB, c/n 304. At least one more is currently airworthy, SE-XGD, c/n 339.

Regards,

Jan

The Argosy enjoyed fame as a movie star as well. One makes a brief appearance in the Beatles spoof movie: `Rutles:All You Need is Cash´.

On the DVD commentary track, Eric Idle defines the Argosy as a “very strange plane.”

Jan