D1566: in the programme I saw there was a shot of another French general arriving out of the lower hatch of presumably a Martin 167.

Yes, that’s the one of Dione. I shall try to capture a still from the programme, and also check the credits.

Thanks longshot. They both fit in. I was not familiar with the FC- series. I wonder why it was marked just C-AXM in the news footage.
I presume also that this was the same Lodestar that became F-CAXM and crashed at Tripoli on 30/8/45 (or 30/9/45 which I have also seen noted).

Very good. It is G-CEVL, ex N9606H, ex FH768, being rebuilt at Scampton when I took the photo in March 2009. It is now much more advanced than this.
PS: I think you changed it from PT-19 to PT-26 while I was typing! That would have been good enough.
Over to you.

On the rudder in the pictures I linked to it simply says “Motoplaneur 25CV”.
I confess to not recognising it in the first place. The “pike” gave it away!
I must regrettably say open house, as I have nothing ready,, and don’t want to delay things while I find something.

So it’s a Brochet!

http://avions.brochet.free.fr/2bgal/disp_serie.php?id_album=38&stat=ok