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[Rata]

Nice Potez's. Poteez? Potii? What's plural for Potez? It's important questions like this that keep me awake at night.

[scissorsandplanes]

Just add the number and an s: Potez 63s
I guess that would be the simplest

now you can go back to sleep

[Jan Kytop]

Originally Posted by Don Boose

BruNo 3158 is Potez 631 No. 135 of Escadrille de Chasse de nuit (night fighter squadron) ... since it bears the white fuselage stripe, which was the post-Armistice Vichy insignia prior to the application of the red and yellow markings.


Don

About the white fuselage stripe. I think that in this case, it is not a Vichy insignia.
In fact, it should be noted that in 1940, because of the resemblance of the Potez to the German Me-110, many fratricidal fights were recorded, the outcome of which was often fatal for one of the two combatants. From then on it was decided to paint large white stripes on the flanks of the Potez, in order to put an end to the misdeeds of the French hunt for its reconnaissance aircraft.

[Don Boose]

You are absolutely right, Jan!

Many thanks for this correction.

Don

[Butelczynski]

Didn't MS.406 and Dewoitine 520 also get those white stripes? I vaguely recall seeing those on some profiles.

[asaf]

I'll leave it here ...

[Pablito]

Wooo A330 Eva Air, looks great, I can count on a pdf file, how do you put it together?

[asaf]

Thanks.. I'll try to share soon, it needs to be improved

[scissorsandplanes]

Nice Eva Air Kitty plane there, Asaf.

Here are my models soon to be released.
And yes, there will probably be more than one livery per model variant

[Don Boose]

BruNo 3159 is Potez 633 B2 light bomber Serial N21R (X-740), assigned to the 2nd Escadrille of Groupe de Bombardement d'Assaut (GBA) I/51 at Etampe in May 1940.

The Potez 633 B2 was the export version of the 63 series, but during the September 1939 to May 1940 “Phoney War,” a number of these aircraft were retained in France and assigned to attack bombardment units for pilot training. N21R was one of a lot intended for export to Romania, hence the “R” suffix to the serial number. By the time war broke out, GBA I/51 had been equipped with Breguet 693 aircraft.

Sources:

“Groupe de Bombardement d'Assaut GBA I/51,” Armeé de L’Aire Française 1939-1940, available at https://www.passionair1940.fr/Armee%20de%20l%27Air/Escadrilles/Esc-Bomb-Assaut/GBA-1-51/GBA_I-51.htm

Andre Jouineau painting at Wings Palette, available at http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/346/21/2

J. Rickard, Potez 633 B2 light bomber, History of War, 30 May 2011, available at http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_potez_633.html

BruNo 3160 is Potez 637 A3 reconnaissance aircraft No. 7 (C-591) of the 1st Escadrille, Groupe de Reconnaissance (GR) II/33 based at Orconte in January 1940. This aircraft was destroyed in aerial combat on 12 May 1940. The observer, Captain Moreau, was seriously wounded. The gunner, Sergeant Joannic, was killed. The pilot, Sub-Lieutenant Hochede, survived.

Sources:

“Groupe de Reconnaissance (GR) II/33,” Armeé de L’Aire Française 1939-1940, available at https://www.passionair1940.fr/Armee%...33/GR_2-33.htm

Patrick Marchand painting posted at Wings Pallette. Originally from Patrick Marchand and Junko Takamori, “Les Potez 63,” Ailes de Gloire No.9, 2002. Available at http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/346/21/2

J. Rickard, “Potez 637 A3 reconnaissance aircraft,” History of War, 31 May 2011, available at http://www.historyofwar.org/articles...potez_637.html

Don

(With the usual caveat: I am no expert on French military aviation. These identifications are based on sources available to me or on the Internet. Corrections and additions would be most welcome.)