DEWOITINE D.510J

The Dewoitine D.510 was a French fighter aircraft from the interwar period and World War II. The machine was built in a low wing configuration, it had a metal structure and a classic - fixed undercarriage. The flight of the prototype took place in 1934, and serial production continued in 1935-1939. The drive was provided by a single engine Hispano-Suiza HS-12 Ybrs with 860 hp. The deck armament was one 20mm cannon and two 7.5mm machine guns. Dewoitine D.510 was developed and produced by Société Aeronautique Francaise (Avions Dewoitine) in connection with the desire of the French military aviation to create a low-wing fighter in the early 1930s, which would have much better aerodynamic properties and better performance than the existing high-wing and biplane. In 1932, the successful Dewoitine C.500 aircraft was created at that time and despite the decision to put it into production, the company decided to improve it and improve its performance - as a result of research and development, the D.510 was created. The machine quickly entered the service of the French aviation under the designation D.510 C1 and was quite successful on international markets, being exported to, among others: China, Spain, Japan and Venezuela. Machines of this type took part in the French campaign in the summer of 1940, and their tasks were mainly limited to patrol tasks.