Single-engine, open-cockpit, parasol-wing aircraft of WWII?

[cluttonfred]

OK, odd line of questioning, but here goes...

What are some single-engine, open-cockpit, parasol-wing aircraft that saw use (front line, auxiliary, impressed, anything) during WWII? Allied, Axis, neutral, doesn't matter.

The reason I ask is that I am starting a homebuilt aircraft project, a Clutton FRED. While waiting for my first bits of spruce to arrive, I'd like to start sketching out paint schemes based on real aircraft for fun.

What does everyone suggest? Common or obscure and, of course, a photo or link would be great.

Cheers,

Matthew

 

[Jemiba]

Of course at once the Morane Saulnier MS.230 and 315/317 come to my mind !
Designed before WW II, used during the war, some of them impressed by the
germans, still in military use after the war and quite a number flying today.
(photos from http://airventure.de/laferte06_4.htm
and http://www.airliners.net/photo/France---Air/Morane-Saulnier-MS-230-Et/1496049/L/&tbl=&photo_nr=16&sok=&sort=&prev_id=1496050&next_id=1496048)

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Others would be:

Henschel Hs126 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henschel_Hs126.jpg

Douglas O-46 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_O-46

HTH! Mark

 

[Bailey]

If you wanted to go Polish...there's the RWD-14. (Sorry orignal source unknown)

Cheers Bailey.

 

[Bailey]

There is also the Focke Wulf FW56 Stosser, German and Hungarian colours.

Cheers Bailey.

 

[Maveric]

the hungary Fabian "Levente II" http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/

the austrian Hopfner/Hirtenberg H.S, 9/32 (H.S.9/35) www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/hs932.html

 

[lancer21]

How about a polish PZL-11F ?

http://aircraftwalkaround.hobbyvista.com/pzl11/pzl11.htm

 

[cluttonfred]

So far the Morane-Saulnier parasol trainers catch my imagination the most though the bright interwar schemes of the Douglas O-46 have potential. I could, of course, go back to WWI to the Morane Saulnier Type L parasols of Roland Garros or Reginald Warneford, but since neither of them survived the Great War that would seem to be an unlucky choice. Any more suggestions?

 

[Apophenia]

Off the cuff...

Renard R-31 http://www.xs4all.nl/~pverp/info/renard_r-31.html

ANF-Mureaux 115/117 http://www.aviafrance.com/3175.htm

Heinkel He-46 (Luftwaffe Storkampfstaffeln, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain)
http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/he-46.php

PZL L-2 http://www.sanko.wroclaw.pl/samoloty/zestaw1/pzl-l2.html

Lublin R-XIII http://www.sanko.wroclaw.pl/samoloty/zestaw1/lublin-r13.html

Another that comes to mind is the Dornier Do-22 (although the rear cockpit was semi-enclosed). Do-22s served with Yugoslavia, Greece, Latvia, Finland, and the RAF.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/germany/dorn_do-22.php

As lancer21 said, gull-wings open up a host of other possibilities

 

[cluttonfred]

Thanks, all, for the many suggestions. How about WWII or interwar designs, something colorful and/or with a good story behind it? Here's a FRED pic to get your imagination going.

Cheers,

Matthew