Alfred Descamps Aircrafts and Projects

Hi,

the French designer Elisee Alfred Descamps was very famous during 1910s,he worked for Germany Aviatik company, and created many designs,such as a gun-plan or scout aircraft of 1912, followed by a machine-gun single seat fighter of 1913, and then traveled to Russian and worked for Antra company and produced many aircraft,then in 1917 he returned to France and established his own company,the D27 was a single seat fighter intended to compete in 1918 C.1 competition,(supposed his series began with D1 up to D26).

After that came the CAN.2 two seat recce night fighter for 1919 contest,actually built,and followed by D17 two seat fighter for 1925 C.2 program,powered by one 500 hp Hispano engine, but never completed.

The DB.16 & DB.17 was a two seat observation aircraft for 1923 A.2 tender, no more info available about that designer, has anyone an addition Info about him ?

Hi,

there was old info on Internet,Descamps designed a light bomber during the early
1920s,remained a project only.

Hi Hesham,

hesham a écrit:

This one is the Descamps-Brunet DB-16 with its first engine ; it became the DB-17 with a W-12 Lorraine engine.

It was rather complex Duralumin construction, with fabric covering.
License production for this plane was sold to Caudron, who made a small serie of 6 aircrafts in the late 20's --> http://www.aviafrance.com/caudron-c-17a2-aviation-france-10254.htm

Other links :

--> http://aviadejavu.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft33487.htm

--> Descamps C-17 : http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/459476-heikkis-silhouette-challenge-540.html

Thank you Marc_91,

but there is no more info about Descamps projects (unbuilt aircraft).

Hi,

to understand this designer series,he began from D1 to D25,as his work in France and Russian,and,when he return to France,he began with Type-1 (D26),maybe a fighter but not sure,the Type-2 (D27) was a well known fighter,the Type-3 was alternative design to a 1918 C.1 competition,but not built,the CAN.2 design was Type-4,the Type-5 to Type-15 are not known,but certainly a light and heavy bombers were in it,DB.16 & DB.17 was also called Type-16 & Type-17,after that he retired from designing aircraft in 1925.