Dewoitine D.21 Explained
The Dewoitine D.21 was 1920s French open-cockpit, fixed-undercarriage, parasol winged monoplane fighter aircraft.
Design and development
The prototype D.21 was a development of the D.12. The aircraft was license-built in Switzerland (by EKW), Czechoslovakia (by Skoda and known as the Skoda-Dewoitine D.1) and Argentina (by FMA). One Turkish D.21 was fitted with a modified wing and named Orhanelli.
Operational history
Argentina bought seven French-built D.21s, and built another 38 under license by FMA from 1929 to 1932. The type remained in service until 1941.[1] Turkey bought a number, and Czechoslovakia built 25 for their air force.
Variants
- D.21 C.1:French Production version, license-built in Argentina and Turkey.
Skoda D.1:Licence manufacture of the Dewoitine D.21 in Czechoslovakia by Skoda;(26 built - included in D.9 total). Škoda L was a licence-built Hispanio Suiza HS-50. Armament only 2 × Vickers machine-guns
Operators
- Paraguay
- Switzerland
References
Bibliography
- Bellomo. Sergio. Les Dewoitine D.21 et D.25 de l'Armée argentine. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . May 2000 . 86 . 50–52 . The Dewoitine D.21s and D.25s of the Argentine Army. fr . 1243-8650.
- Cortet . Pierre. Les premièrs chasseurs de Emile Dewoitine (5ème partie) . Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . July 1997 . 52 . 30–37 . fr . 1243-8650.
- Magnusson . Michael . FMA : from 1945: The Story of Fabrica Militar de Aviones, Argentina: Part 1 . Air-Britain Archive . Winter 2007 . 155–158 . 0262-4923.
- Nunez Padin . Jorge Felix . Les Dewoitine D.21 de la Marine argentine . Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire . May 1995 . 26 . 36–42 . The Dewoitine D.21 in the Argentine Navy . fr . 1243-8650.
- Book: Taylor . John W. R. . Alexander. Jean. Combat aircraft of the world. 1969. Ebury P.; Michael Joseph. London. 0-71810-564-8.
Further reading
- Sebastian Sequeira, Carlos Cal y Cecilia Calatayud. Aviación Naval Argentina. SS&CC ediciones, Buenos Aires, 1984. (Spanish)
External links
Notes and References
- Magnusson 2007, p. 156