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[P51vsFw190]

I’ll give it to sniperton. The answer I was looking for was either An-3 or An-4 but both work I suppose. I was not aware that An-6 was correct as well.
The second cockpit was occupied by an atmospheric observer so he could get an uninterupted view.


James

[SAS~Storebror]

An-3

An-3? This is an An-3:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-3

The third designation I know of for the An-4/An-6 is An-2 ZA.

Best regards - Mike

[P51vsFw190]

Mike you are correct. However, the win still goes to sniperton because I say so.

Cheers!

[SAS~Storebror]

Sure, didn't want to snap the baton, just trying to put thing straight about anoushka.

[sniperton]

No gents, I cannot take it.

The crucial step was made by mexchiwa who correctly identified the tail as belonging to an An-2.
James didn't accept this as a solution due to the strange Russian habit of designating sub-types as if they were types.
Mike hinted at the three possible designations such planes may have had. He did not name the plane, but certainly identified it correctly.
I did not name the plane either, I only linked an article which summed up all the info already provided by mexchiwa and Mike.
Internet search is not a big deal when you already know what to look for (i.e. the An-2 branch).

Whatever James says, I offer the baton to mexchiwa.

[mexchiwa]

This one is from another site (if linking to other sites isn't allowed please delete this post and have an open house)

https://forum.keypublishing.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=256569&d=1508942217

They still haven't gotten it...

[SAS~Storebror]

Curtiss H-75N anyone?

[Gatrasz]

Or maybe Mitsubishi Ki-15 ?

[mexchiwa]

Nope and nope

Here's the original thread - 8 pages in and no one has it (and I have no idea, either)


https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?143648-Please-identify-this-plane

[Gatrasz]

Okay... GeeBee was my second guess. I hardly know all the Granville Brothers models but there is still something wrong with the wheels, so...I just hope it's not just an aircraft in disguise for some kind of movie 

[SAS~Storebror]

Waste of time.
It's not even certain that this is a real photo at all.
Could as well just be a fake.
Or a model.
Or a mockup.
Not even the origin (Spain? lol!) seems right.
Looks like a wooden mix between Northrop Gamma and Ki-15. Probably it's just that.

Best regards - Mike

[sniperton]

I don't even see why it could not be a Curtiss H-75N as you suggested.
The gear cowling has a bit different shape, but the rest is pretty close (as much as it's visible at all).
I guess we're again at the Piper problem with the many similar clones.