Not German or British ... The last time I was in control and 'dropped' a clue I shot myself in the foot (so to speak) ... I'm still trying to find something that wont give the game away. It's obvious from the photo that it was fitted with a piston driven 'pusher' and 'tractor' engine ... It also has three open cockpits, two for gunners and one for the pilot. Can't reveal the country as yet without giving it away. Keep guessing and I'll confirm or deny appropriately.
No ... It aint Japanese either. If no one gets close by tomorrow evening I'll give y'all the country.
Okay ... I may be about to shoot myself in the foot again, but I think this one has lasted long enough anyway. The plane in question was in service for (but not manufactured by) the Bolivian Airforce ...
I kind of doubt it was American, maybe Austrian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Russian? IDKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
If not French or Italian Dornier also had a liking for the push-pull engine configuration. But can't find anything resembling it.
Well done 343 .... It is the Swiss built Comte AC.3, produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte in the 1920's as a bomber/transport plane for the Bolivian Airforce. Didn't know where else to go with the clues on that 'puppy' ... although I knew what it was, I struggled to find any info on it ... Thought you would have got that T/O/S, what with the push/pull engines If it was up to me 343, you'd get two go's in control for getting that one !!
Thank you, Blacksnake, well here is one that I found that I'd never seen before that I thought looked intersting
Hmmm ... Bears a passing resemblance to our Vulcan Bomber that does ... are the 'twin' tail fins for a VTO experimental 'summit or other' ???
Interesting indeed 343 ... first thought the intakes on the wings where for jet engines, because you can't see the 'pusher' engine on the back in your photo ... Whilst taking a closer look at the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender I hit on your one ... The Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. Looks like your image was taken after the second test flight, after the size of the 'dorsal fin' was increased.
Interesting 'silhouette' you've posted 343 It has a similar outline to the "Kalkert Ka 430 Glider" posted by JagdtigerI a while back, but the cockpit does'nt match ??
More like a poor relative of the C-119, the picture is so bad you can't even understand if it's got engines !!!