Identify This Acft, Pls! - Aircraft of World War II

Pisis · 04-11-2006, 06:54 AM

I'm playing one of these obligatory "guess which" contests on one forum and I'm curious what kinda aircraft is this one...... Can you help?

I can tell it's RAF an probably pre-WW2.

Wildcat · 04-11-2006, 10:40 AM

Whatever it is, it's butt ugly.

Wurger · 04-11-2006, 02:11 PM

You are right Wildcat.But maybe it is a prototype of an old A-10.

kiwimac · 04-12-2006, 11:49 AM

Interesting looking aircraft!

Pisis · 04-12-2006, 04:29 PM

One more photo...

FLYBOYJ · 04-12-2006, 04:32 PM

Potez - 75
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contri...rempe/1968.htm

Gnomey · 04-12-2006, 04:35 PM

Trust the French to come up with something so ugly!

evangilder · 04-12-2006, 05:13 PM

I thought something didn't look right for those roundels to be British. Good find, Joe. What is the deal with the normal looking cockpit, but the bubble canopy? Goofy.

evangilder · 04-12-2006, 05:27 PM

Info on it here:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/Potez75.htm

Gnomey · 04-12-2006, 05:30 PM

If it went operation it would of been slaughtered, considering the other designs around in the 50's compared to it...

MIG-15 vs Potez 75, there is only 1 winner...

Pisis · 04-12-2006, 07:24 PM

Yea, true!

evangilder · 04-12-2006, 11:45 PM

But it's look was it's secret weapon, you see. As the enemy fighter closed, the laughter began and he finds it difficult to take aim because he is laughing so hard at "that aerial abomination".

Gnomey · 04-13-2006, 06:58 AM

True Eric, or the fighter pilot would over estimate its speed and miss (not helped by uncontrollable laughter)

Pisis · 04-13-2006, 12:41 PM

LOL

GregP · 04-13-2006, 07:36 PM

Potez 75; Year: 1955
Span: 13.00m; Length: 9.10m; Height: 2.65m; Wing Area: 28.70 sq. m; Potez 8D-32 engine of 336kW; 1800 kg empty; 2500 kg loaded; Max: 275 kph; ROC: 420 mpm; 1 x 12.7 mm MG; Thankfully only 1 built, and a waste of metal it was at that!

04-11-2006, 10:40 AM	#2
Wildcat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland Posts: 4,543	Whatever it is, it's butt ugly. __________________

04-11-2006, 02:11 PM	#3
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	You are right Wildcat.But maybe it is a prototype of an old A-10. __________________ Last edited by Wurger; 04-11-2006 at 02:14 PM.

04-12-2006, 11:49 AM	#4
kiwimac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Deepest Darkest NZ Posts: 1,131	Interesting looking aircraft! __________________

04-12-2006, 04:32 PM	#6
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,050	Potez - 75 http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contri...rempe/1968.htm __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

04-12-2006, 04:35 PM	#7
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,220	Trust the French to come up with something so ugly! __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

04-12-2006, 05:13 PM	#8
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	I thought something didn't look right for those roundels to be British. Good find, Joe. What is the deal with the normal looking cockpit, but the bubble canopy? Goofy. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

04-12-2006, 05:27 PM	#9
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Info on it here: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/Potez75.htm __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

04-12-2006, 05:30 PM	#10
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,220	If it went operation it would of been slaughtered, considering the other designs around in the 50's compared to it... MIG-15 vs Potez 75, there is only 1 winner... __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

04-12-2006, 07:24 PM	#11
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	Yea, true! __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

04-12-2006, 11:45 PM	#12
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	But it's look was it's secret weapon, you see. As the enemy fighter closed, the laughter began and he finds it difficult to take aim because he is laughing so hard at "that aerial abomination". __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

04-13-2006, 06:58 AM	#13
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,220	True Eric, or the fighter pilot would over estimate its speed and miss (not helped by uncontrollable laughter) __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

04-13-2006, 12:41 PM	#14
Pisis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Praga Mater Urbium Posts: 5,859	LOL __________________ "He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too." - Airplane! Memory of Nation Why Did Hitler Want Czechoslovakia WW2 Was A War That Had To Be Fought! What Really Happened in Israel? Children of Hamas

04-13-2006, 07:36 PM	#15
GregP Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 110	Potez 75; Year: 1955 Span: 13.00m; Length: 9.10m; Height: 2.65m; Wing Area: 28.70 sq. m; Potez 8D-32 engine of 336kW; 1800 kg empty; 2500 kg loaded; Max: 275 kph; ROC: 420 mpm; 1 x 12.7 mm MG; Thankfully only 1 built, and a waste of metal it was at that!

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