The What is it? Game

[Airframes]

I was thinking a DH product too. If not, then perhaps a two-seat SE5 ?

 

[nuuumannn]

Not de Havilland or Airco, or Royal Aircraft Factory. It's a naval type. Hopefully this clue'll narrow it down a bit.

 

[Token]

Fairey III? Wing does not look right to me, but the cockpit location is pretty close.

 

[nuuumannn]

Nope, not Fairey.

 

[KiwiBiggles]

Port Victoria Grain Griffin?

 

[nuuumannn]

Oooh, nice out there guess, but nope. The Griffin was not in service post war and not exported. Another clue, it was ship based. The answer is quite semple, really...

 

[KiwiBiggles]

Actually, it was in post-war service during the Allied intervention in the Russian civil war. But I missed the export clue. Damn.

 

[nuuumannn]

True, forgot that, not that it did much. So, any other ideas of what it could be?

 

[GrauGeist]

Oh wait a minute...is it a Short?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A short what?

 

[GrauGeist]

I believe a Short type 148

 

[nuuumannn]

No Dave, not a Short or a short...

 

[gumbyk]

Gloster Sparrowhawk III?

 

[nuuumannn]

Nope.

 

[nuuumannn]

Okay, clearly this is stumping a few people. Further clues - most of you missed the 'semple' clue I threw in earlier. Colonel the Master of Semple led the British naval mission to Japan in 1921 and examples of this aircraft were sent along with the mission. it was carrier based, but was not a fighter, nor was it a torpedo plane, so the Cuckoo and Swift - not two seaters at any rate can be discounted. Like I also pointed out, the US Navy operated them, too. Keep guessing - it's an obscure lesser known type, so you're gonna have to get out your books and do a little research...

 

[KiwiBiggles]

Blackburn Dart converted to trainer? Though I'm not sure your photo is quite that ugly.

 

[CommanderBounds]

I'm darn stumped on this one...

 

[nuuumannn]

Not a Dart, Kiwibiggles; Darts didn't go with the Japanese Mission.

I'm darn stumped on this one...

Like I said, you gotta do a bit of research for this one.

 

[Token]

Is the Nighthawk II / Mars II too obvious a guess?

 

[nuuumannn]

Yep, Token, too obvious, I said earlier it wasn't a fighter, although the Nieuport Nighthawk was one type the Japanese received during the mission. Another clue; it didn't have folding wings, but it had a folding rear end...