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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

The designer of this aircraft once worked for a major U.S. manufacturer in the early 30's. He also designed another biplane for the RCAF (a one-off) which competed against the Hurricane and Spitfire as a fighter/dive bomber. Ultimately that design failed due to poor visibility and other problems. That should at the very least point you in the right direction.
 
I know I've seen this one before - those windows with the diagonal corners stick in my mind. If I remember correctly there are a couple of designs by the same manufacturer with this characteristic....the search continues.
 
Right - the manufacturer was better known for much larger and quite unconventional craft - which had windows that were rectangular, elliptical, round, all sorts, John.

From this side of the Pond, as I'm sure you had worked out......
 
I found a match to the fuselage, however this version has an inline engine - not sure if that would constitute the same model / designation....the Bordelaise (Dyle et Bacalan) DB.80???
 
And this is the man who had the temerity to call my last mystery, a noble example of Gallic aesthetics, an 'ugly cuss.'

Where does that leave your aerial perambulator, sir ?????
 
Not so much ugly as functional. It doubles as a bathtub.

Here is a bigger picture I just found-
 
It looks a bit like one of those Benoist/Jannus designs but can't find one with all those pram wheels.....
 
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