British Aircraft?

[Milton Shupe]

Name this aircraft please.

In June 1940 as the Nazis were working toward the final collapse of France, Churchhill flew to Paris 5 times in this aircraft to encourage to French to change course.

Just curious what aircraft this is, and if it has been modeled and if available somewhere.

 

[djs1]

It's a de Havilland DH95 "Flamingo" To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been done yet for FS. Dare we hope Mr Shupe??

 

[Mick]

It's a de Havilland DH95 "Flamingo" To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been done yet for FS. Dare we hope Mr Shupe??

Methinks you're right. It sure looks like the one in this photo in the Wikipedia article.

It was DH's first all metal plane. Not especially successful, built in small numbers but crashed in relatively large ones (three out of BOAC's eight crashed) it entered service in 1939 and was extinct by 1952. It's got an interesting look about it. I'd like to have a model of it.

 

[Navtech]

 

[Blackbird686]

Always remember seeing this clip at the beginning of the "World at War" series on the Military Channel.

BB686

 

[srgalahad]

Just a few quick search results found while sitting in my cabin on a cruise ship on the River Seine...


http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/DH_95_Flamingo

http://fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Flamingo.htm

http://www.airliners.net/search/pho... Havilland DH-95 Flamingo&distinct_entry=true

http://www.theflamingocrash.co.uk/

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126845


This last one has a few of the previous links and more ( but some links may be non-functional)

http://www.warbirdsforum.com/topic/496-got-the-de-havilland-dh-95-flamingo/

 

[darrenvox]

Dc-5?

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[dhasdell]

Not a DC-5. That was generally similar, but single fin and rudder rather like the Boston, and I doubt whether any made it to England. No, it's a Flamingo.