The aircraft that would most likely fit given the location and new information would be the Aichi E13A1 Jake in my opinion.
John
Image from Francillon’s Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War (Putnam)
This is the nearest view I could find, from my own collection and although it’s a Pup the structure is scaled down it’s virtually identical to the I.1/2. I’d say that photo was taken in the 20’s as the fabric/paintwork looks pretty fresh and loads of aircraft components were available from the disposal companies.
John
That demonstrates how little I know about Italian light aircraft. If you’d posted the eventual photo in the place of the original, still I wouldn’t have been able to identify the aeroplane!
Here’s a pic of the earlier type.
John
Well, if it’s Italian I’ve got to stack my cards now because what I know about Italian aircraft isn’t worth knowing! So unless an Italian aircraft expert is going to enter the game, it looks as if the bank has won. Maybe it’s time to put us out of our misery!
It’s an Avia Milano Meteor which is the post war version of the Francis Lombardi designed FL5 which served with the Italian, Hungarian and German air forces. At some point when the Italians got interested in assault gliders they trained some pilots by towing airscrewless FL5’s behind CR 42s. Thanks for playing
John:)
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