Dewoitine D.372

Dewoitine D.372
Dewoitine D.372 of the Spanish Republican Air Force
Role Fighter
Manufacturer SNCAM / SNCASE
First flight October 1931
Retired work
Primary users Armée de l'Air
Lithuanian Air Force
Spanish Republican Air Force
Variants Dewoitine D.371

Dewoitine D.372 was a French fighter aircraft of the 1930s. It's 14 export versions to Lithuania may have been used there briefly, before going to Spain. The data on them during the flight tests there is missing.

History

Design of this machine was by SAF-Avions Dewoitine but owing to over work at that companies plant at the time, manufacture of the D.372 was transferred to Lioré et Olivier. They were high-wing monoplanes of all-metal construction with valve head blisters on their engine cowlings. The first prototype flew in October 1931. Flight testing resulted in the need for multiple revisions in both engine and airframe, so it was February 1934 before the second prototype flew. Its performance prompted the French government to order for 28 for the Armée de l'Air and Aéronavale. The Lithuanian government ordered 14 that remained in service with their tiny Air Force until 1936, when they were sold to the Spanish Republican government.

Operators

 France
 Lithuania
 Spain

Specifications (Dewoitine D.372)

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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