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The Dewoitine D.21 was a 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.Magnusson 2007, p. 156 Turkey bought a number, and Czechoslovakia built 25 for their air force.
Variants D.21 C.1French Production version, license-built in Argentina and Turkey. Skoda D.1Licence 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
Army Aviation Service Argentine Naval Aviation
Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia)
Paraguayan Air Force
Turkish Air Force
Specifications (D.21 C.1)
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
Further reading Sebastian Sequeira, Carlos Cal y Cecilia Calatayud. Aviación Naval Argentina. SS&CC ediciones, Buenos Aires, 1984. (Spanish)
External links Dewoitine D.21, AMILARG - Aviacion Militar Argentina (Spanish) Accessed 2023-03-31 CAZA BOMBARDEROS DE LA AVIACION NAVAL: DEWOITINE D-21 - HISTARMAR (Spanish) Accessed 2023-04-01