http://www.seawings.co.uk/
Under the gallery section of this WONDERFUL (really) site you can find seabees and more ….
Cheers,
Olivier

http://www.histavia21.net/NC900n5.htm

http://www.histavia21.net/NC900n4.htm

http://wingshots.foxalpha.com/NC900.php

http://gaubs.free.fr/ESCADRILLES/NEUNEU/Photos/NC900.htm

Hi guys,
Here is some picture of the NC900,
NC900 were more repaired FW190A than built.
They were made of set of wings (162) and fuselage (127) found at the underground factory of Cravant near Auxerre where the German made a repair facility for theire FW190A. after the war, French lacked of modern aircraft an decided to use those parts as a stop gap. It seams that wings and fuselage were mixed regardless of the original type.
N°1 flew the 16th March 1945, but only certified the 11 May 1945 due to numerous problem.
NC900s were to equiped the famous “Normandie-Niemen” squadron back in France but the pilots didn’t realy appreciate the beast, the disponibility of the NC900 in the squadron was apparently always weak due to maintenance problems, lack of reliable spare (many were sabotaged during the occupation) finaly they were superseded by….. Mosquito !!! (That’s a good one)
Unfortunatly There’s no Mosquito left in France but you can see a NC900 (the N°62) at Le Bourget airspace museum, not bad anyway….
Cheers,

Olivier

more info at http://fw190.hobbyvista.com/foreign.htm

Hi Mark,
your compass is an Observer Compass type 02A ref. 6A/0.892. or 6A/892.
It is normally fitted with a N°4 azimuth circle 6A/890 and the compass card use luminous paint.
It was fixed in the observer’s position (holder type 05) bearing is taken by directing sight on an azimuth circle onto the object and reading the compass card through the reflecting prism.
In the RAAF it was use at least on ANSON ; BATTLE ; BEAUFIGHTER ; OXFORD ; SEAGULL V ; BEAUFORT ; CATALINA PBY ; HUDSON ; VENGEANCE B34.
Cheers,
Olivier

From the book “japanese Aircraft Code Names & Designation”
by Robert C. Mikesh

Savoia Marchetti SM.75 Transport

” With the reported flight of this Italian transport to Japan in 1942, conclusions could have been reached by air intelligence that more where to follow, making a code name appropriate. This was the case with German aircraft going to japan. This one aircraft returned to Italy as the only air contact made between Italy and Japan throughout the war”

And the complete story at : http://www.comandosupremo.com/Triumph.html

Cheers, Olivier