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Dewoitine D.371 [ 1.5:1 scale ]

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First biplane before WW2! And it's fought in the Spanish Civil War
Aircraft Info
The Dewoitine 371 was the first of a family of 1930s French-built monoplane fighter aircraft.
The D.371 was a single-seat aircraft of conventional configuration. Its fixed landing gear used a tailskid. The open cockpit was located slightly aft of the parasol wing. The radial engine allowed for a comparatively wide fuselage and cockpit.

Design of this machine was by SAF-Avions Dewoitine but owing to over work at that companies plant at the time, manufacture of the D.37/01 was transferred to Lioré et Olivier. They were high-wing monoplanes of all-metal construction with valve head blisters on their engine cowlings. The first prototype flew in October 1931. Flight testing resulted in the need for multiple revisions in both engine and airframe, so it was February 1934 before the second prototype flew. Its performance prompted the French government to order for 28 for the Armée de l'Air and Aéronavale. The Lithuanian government ordered 14 that remained in service with the Lithuanian Air Force until 1936, when they were sold to the Spanish Republican government for use in the Spanish Civil War.

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