Who / What / Where Game Part 2

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/HJGCZ9J.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4OhXW7y.jpg No - it's silver and bronze on a marble base

[Aktungbby]

bronze?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Yes - see my last post

[Aktungbby]

boat race trophy?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Nope

[Catfish]

Horse racing?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Nope

[Catfish]

Schneider-Trophy?

[Eichhörnchen]

That's it - I was just about to broaden things and elaborate that it was instigated by a Frenchman as an international event :)


https://i.imgur.com/L6KXsbD.jpg

I've visited (and touched) the Supermarine S-6B winner at the Science Museum in London, where the trophy is kept

[Catfish]

I was never aware there was a crab and some kraken at the bottom of this .. thing :)


Ok what is this:

https://i.imgur.com/ajX2L2zl.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Spacecraft?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is this reality or fiction?

[Catfish]

Spacecraft?
No.

Is this reality or fiction?
It exists.

[mapuc]

Placed on water ?

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Is it static or does it move?

[Catfish]

Placed on water ?
Markus
No.

Is it static or does it move?
It moves.

[Jimbuna]

Motor home?

[Catfish]

Not a motor home.

[Jimbuna]

Truck?

[Catfish]

Yes, based on a truck.

[Jimbuna]

Fictitious?

[Catfish]

It exists and was built for a purpose.

It was used in a film which had a fictitious story.

[Jimbuna]

Civilian use?

[Aktungbby]

American film?

[Catfish]

@Jim hard to tell. Not miltary anyway.

@Aktungbby yes

[Jimbuna]

The movie Convoy?

[mapuc]

My first thought was the truck from the movie Damnation Alley.

Only this one was build.

It's from an American movie, but it's a war drama movie.

Markus

[Catfish]

Not Convoy.

Not damnation alley (the book is great btw, but not the film ;) )

But it indeed is one of a kind.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a security vehicle?

[Jimbuna]

Space movie?

[Catfish]

Is it a security vehicle?
It does not belong to some security service, and it is not exactly a military vehicle, though some might call it the latter.
edit just read in the film it was described as a former military vehice built for a special purpose, and then found on a scrap yard and changed for a special operation, so to speak.

Space movie?
Not from a space movie.

Hint1 it is armoured in the film; but in reality it is only thin iron/steel sheets to look like it.
Hint2 The film must have been so bad i hope no one here ever saw it :D

[Catfish]

Hint3: It is based on a Ford truck chassis ..

[Catfish]

The invented emblem of what is like an armoured bus.
https://i.imgur.com/xnQ9TN7l.jpg
Three axles.

[Eichhörnchen]

An 'A'-Team vehicle?

[Jimbuna]

I was thinking that :hmmm:

[Catfish]

I don't think the A-team was that bad :haha:
Not from a series, it was a stand-alone film.
And it flopped..

[Aktungbby]

A-list stars?

[Catfish]

^ one of the actors is, i'd say.

Big hint: It is a persiflage on superhero films.

[Aktungbby]

looking up 'persflage':O:...1980's?

[Catfish]

Pers flage is something like sat re :O:
Not in the eighties.


Just to loosen the tension a bit :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEei4fglLvE

[Aktungbby]

90's?

[Catfish]

Yes.

[Aktungbby]

I knew if I hunted decade by decade...I'd "land on a dime":shucks: 1991?

[Catfish]

:D No

[Aktungbby]

Meteorman?

[Jimbuna]

1992?

[Catfish]

@Aktung: "Not Meteorman"
@Jim: not 1992 (try backwards :03: )

[Jimbuna]

1990?

[Catfish]

Sry no i meant backwards from the high 1990ies :oops:

It is from 1999.

[Ostfriese]

Herkimer Battle Jitney from "Mystery Men"?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQEw4k4T42Y

[Catfish]

^ You got it :D
The "Herkimer Battle Jitney" from "Mystery men"

Originally built to send members of congress or the Pentagon on the battlefield so they get a picture of the situation (but no one wanted to, probably) so being scrapped and found again by those "superheroes", repaired and changed and used to fight the villain "Casanova".

https://i.imgur.com/VFAUNVwl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Fgzq8pql.jpg

https://mysterymen.fandom.com/wiki/Herkimer_Battle_Jitney

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsILvEAYTA


Currently being restored or so it is said ..

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/10/06/the-herkimer-battle-jitney-lives-and-the-new-owner-plans-a-full-restoration


Over to Ostfriese :salute:

[Aktungbby]

I protest! I typed 'Mystery Men' and my damned tablet autocorrected itself to 'Meteor Men'....:o errr Well, at least I led Ostfriese to the 'promised decade' :O: William Macy is definitely 'A' list.

[Catfish]

^ well i'd thought of Ben Stiller, but american film listing and internationally famous ("internationally" within the US, that is) actors and how they earn this "fame" is hard to understand for the rest of the world anyway :hmmm:
Especially why there is no Z movie category :O:

[Aktungbby]

Stiller is up there fer sure but Macy is an Oscar winner...as is Geoffrey Rush

[Ostfriese]

I actually thought about "Horkimmer" from early on, because I vaguely remembered the name, but not the movie. Couldn't find anything, of course. Catfish's hint of 1999 helped me out.


I still don't remember much of the movie even though I definitely watched it, ages ago.


Well, I'll prepare something and put it up after breakfast.

[Ostfriese]

Right, something easy:


https://s20.directupload.net/images/230416/cekiklmx.jpg


What's this?

[Jimbuna]

@Kai

Would never have got that.

[Jimbuna]

Does it fly?

[Ostfriese]

Does it fly?


Not in a classical sense, but it can be used to do unusually long jumps.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a drone?

[Jimbuna]

^ Was thinking that.

[Ostfriese]

Is it a drone?


No, not a drone.

[Jimbuna]

A glider?

[Ostfriese]

A glider?


Nope.

[Jimbuna]

Helicopter?

[Ostfriese]

Helicopter?


No. As I said it cannot fly in the classical sense, and I'd say a helicopter CAN fly.

[stork100]

Fictional thing?

[Ostfriese]

Fictional thing?


Yes, but heavily based on something that really exists/existed.

[Eichhörnchen]

So it's from sci-fi?

[Ostfriese]

So it's from sci-fi?


Not really, although this is open to debate. The thing was presented as "advanced technology", but played in the (relative) present.

[Catfish]

@Kai
Would never have got that.
This definitely speaks in your favour :)

[mapuc]

Did not read Ostfriese latest comment, so I removed my question ?

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Does it carry a human?

[Jimbuna]

Motorised?

[Ostfriese]

Does it carry a human?


Yes, occasionally even more than one.


Motorised?


Yes.

[Jimbuna]

Normally on land?

[Ostfriese]

Normally on land?


Yes.

[Aktungbby]

abnormally asea?:shucks:

[Ostfriese]

abnormally asea?:shucks:


Sorry, what's asea?

[mapuc]

Sorry, what's asea?

Former Swedish Company ASEA who later in the late 80's bought Brown & Boveri from Switzerland and became known as ABB(Asea Brown Boveri)

Markus

[Ostfriese]

If that's what he meant then: no.

[Jimbuna]

Used in sports?

[Ostfriese]

Used in sports?


^ No.

[Jimbuna]

Farming?

[Ostfriese]

Farming?


Neither.

[Eichhörnchen]

A Ground-Effect machine?

[Ostfriese]

A Ground-Effect machine?


^ No

[Jimbuna]

Kite?

[Ostfriese]

Kite?


Wouldn't that be something that flies?


It cannot fly. It can perform jumps, even unusually long / high jumps for things of its kind, but despite this it quickly follows gravity back to the ground.

[Aktungbby]

is there a pilot?

[Ostfriese]

is there a pilot?


There can be a "pilot", but wouldn't be called that. Alternatively the thing can move on it's own as well.

[Aktungbby]

gasoline powered?

[Ostfriese]

gasoline powered?


Yes.

[Eichhörnchen]

A dirigible?

[Catfish]

^ a dirigible would be better than doing short hops :hmmm:
And the pilot isn't one, and this thing does not need one.

A giant, gasoline-burning frog :O:

[Jimbuna]

Grass cutter?

[Ostfriese]

No to both.



I said it is fictional, but heavily based on something real. To say it differently: it only became special after stuff had been added to a very real thing.

[Jimbuna]

Fictional in the future?

[Eichhörnchen]

Can it perform these "hops" in real life - or only in the world of fiction?

[Ostfriese]

Fictional in the future?


No, in the present (when it was released/first shown/published/...).

[Ostfriese]

Can it perform these "hops" in real life - or only in the world of fiction?


Rather difficult to answer without giving too much away. The world it played in was supposed to be as close to the real life as possible, but I'd say that in "our" real world the jumps still aren't possible unless you have major external support (an elephant can jump 50m if you strap a rocket onto its back, but on its own it can't jump that far.)

[Eichhörnchen]

Movie or TV?

[Ostfriese]

Movie or TV?


^ TV.

[Aktungbby]

seen on American TV also?

[Jimbuna]

British?

[Ostfriese]

seen on American TV also?


Yes.



British?


No.

[Ostfriese]

Another hint:


https://s20.directupload.net/images/230416/cekiklmx.jpg


The picture was taken in bright sunlight. While the red thing on the left and the yellowish thing on the right are more or less true color, the rest reflects quite some sunlight.

[Jimbuna]

Must admit I'm clueless regarding this one.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is its purpose in the narrative for entertainment?

[Ostfriese]

Is its purpose in the narrative for entertainment?


It's the key part in the narrative, the show wouldn't work without it.

[Ostfriese]

Another small hint:


The yellowish thing on the right was rarely seen on TV. The red thing on the left is absolutely iconic, and if fully shown you'd immediately recognize it.

[Catfish]

Is it some flap, or rudder? :hmmm:

[Ostfriese]

Is it some flap, or rudder? :hmmm:


^ No.


Correction: the dark "lines" in the picture form three parts that ar neither red nor yellow. Of these the top one (above the red thing) is sort of a flap, it can be opened.

[Aktungbby]

science fiction show?

[Ostfriese]

science fiction show?


I'd say no. It played in the present when it was released, but the thing in the picture comes with quite some futuristic elements (mostly on the inside, not visible on the outside). These elements were futuristic when the show aired, but quite a few of these wouldn't be considered to be futuristic in 2023 anymore (some are even laughably outdated by our standards).

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm sure we're all going to be kicking ourselves when we get to the final reveal - but for now I'm all out of questions except to ask: can we please see some other part of it?

[Jimbuna]

^ DITTO

[Eichhörnchen]

Just thought of one: is it weaponised?

[Ostfriese]

I'm sure we're all going to be kicking ourselves when we get to the final reveal - but for now I'm all out of questions except to ask: can we please see some other part of it?

I‘m currently at work, and that won‘t change for several hours, so I cannot fulfil that request.

I‘ll give you another hint, though: the TV show had a very distinctive intro theme, one of the first (if not the first) played completely on a synthesizer.

[Ostfriese]

Just thought of one: is it weaponised?

^ No.

[Catfish]

I guess i know what it is, but i have never watched one episode of this series.
Thank god :haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

I‘m currently at work, and that won‘t change for several hours, so I cannot fulfil that request

Being at work never stops Catfish from posting on here. By the way, what is the German word for "skiver"?

[Ostfriese]

Being at work never stops Catfish from posting on here. By the way, what is the German word for "skiver"?


I don't even know the English word. And I'm not Catfish :D


A slightly larger picture for you:


https://s20.directupload.net/images/230419/2bap6nux.jpg

[Ostfriese]

OK, I looked up "skiver" (thanks @Urban dictionary). You could use "Faulpelz" or "fauler Sack"

[Eichhörnchen]

Knight Rider (Kitt - his car)

[Ostfriese]

Knight Rider (Kitt - his car)


https://s20.directupload.net/images/230419/dnp6uavb.jpg


The very one and only Knight Industries TwoThousand


Over to you :Kaleun_Salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

That was clever - I wondered if the black lines were panel lines all along, but the shiny black finish reflecting the blue sky was the greatest deception - good one (had Jim stumped)

And before Kai sues me for libel - there's clearly no German equivalent to the word "skiver"; "faulpelz" (or 'lazy person') does not really do it - a skiver is someone who shirks the job he is meant to be doing in favour of something else (i.e. hiding in the mens' room smoking)

I'll get back soon

[Ostfriese]

And before Kai sues me for libel - there's clearly no German equivalent to the word "skiver"; "faulpelz" (or 'lazy person') does not really do it - a skiver is someone who shirks the job he is meant to be doing in favour of something else (i.e. hiding in the mens' room smoking)



A "Drückeberger", then.

[Aktungbby]

...they were called "coffee coolers" in the Civil War:03:...I never would have got Knight Rider; I'd seen the car but never watched anything with David Hasselhoff!

[Eichhörnchen]

A "Drückeberger", then.

I'm saying nothing more :haha:

https://i.imgur.com/kVVKTWm.jpg except - what's this?

[Aktungbby]

early B-17?

[Catfish]

Douglas DC 4 ?

re The KITT car was a tough one, the only way for me was to look for the first TV series using synthesizer music..

[Jimbuna]

Martin XA-22?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Aktung, Jim and Catfish - all incorrect

(@ Kai - I tried exactly the same synth-music search as you but it was the second photo that showed me it was a car... after which it became obvious)

[Jimbuna]

American?

[mapuc]

Is there a cockpit instead of an engine you can see in the picture ?

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/QHmjvjI.jpg

@ Jim - no

@ Markus - no, that's an engine you can see

[Aktungbby]

twin engine?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Nope

[Jimbuna]

Japanese?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Nope

[Aktungbby]

German?

[Ostfriese]

Interwar aircraft?

[Jimbuna]

Russian?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Aktung - no

@ Osty - yes indeed

@ Jim - no

[Jimbuna]

Civilian?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Yes

[Jimbuna]

Four-engined?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Yes

[Jimbuna]

Canadian?

[Aktungbby]

Canadair north star?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Jim & Aktung - no to both

[Jimbuna]

:haha:

[Catfish]

Boeing 307 Stratoliner ?
(there was no definite answer whether it was american?)
Oh well there was. Belay that..

[Eichhörnchen]

Not remotely American :)

[Catfish]

Asian company?

[Jimbuna]

Chinese?

[Eichhörnchen]

No not Asian/Chinese

[Jimbuna]

Australian?

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/PfPyR0x.jpg ^ Nope

[Jimbuna]

It is propellor driven though?

[mapuc]

Was it in service in the 50's ?

Markus

[Catfish]

^ Glynn said something 'interwar' :hmmm:

European company ?

[mapuc]

^ Glynn said something 'interwar' :hmmm:

European company ?

:oops: Me should try to keep up with what you post here.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

So sorry, Guys - my brain read "inter war" as "post war" - a very senior moment I'm afraid. it was an immediate post war design, with a few surviving with smaller operators for their final years in the early 50s

So sorry - but I've answered all the other questions correctly; it is a four-engined prop aircraft with an unhappy history

[Catfish]

hm you didn't answer whether it was european?
But then, does England qualify as european? :03:

Vickers?
Belay that.

Bristol?

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes a UK design :yep:

[Catfish]

Bristol Britannia ?

[Eichhörnchen]

^Nope

[Ostfriese]

A civilian derivate of a military aircraft?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Yes

[Catfish]

Vickers Viscount?

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Nope

Clue: this aircraft had a short and very unhappy career, although it seems to take an age to read through its fascinating history on Wiki.

[Jimbuna]

Short Stirling?

[Catfish]

Handley-Page Hermes/Hastings type?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Jim - no - it's a civil aircraft based on a military one

@ Catfish - no

https://i.imgur.com/1sFErAF.jpg There's actually a giant clue in the photo

[mapuc]

Was Avro a part of the name of this plane type ?

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Yes it was

[Catfish]

with a tailwheel? :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Avro type 688 Tudor?https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Avro_689_Tudor_2_G-AGRY_Air_Charter_STN_10.04.55_edited-3.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

That's correct, Vinny - and based on the Avro Lincoln bomber

https://i.imgur.com/AB4q8Ma.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Tudor

The tail wheel was part of the plan to deceive - but looking at my scrap photo you might have guessed that this was a tail sitter and therefore could only be one of very few post-war airliners

Over to you, mate

[Aktungbby]

As soon as you said ''troubled history'', i knew it was the converted postwar Lanc; though I lost considerable time in the 'interwar search' and also looked at the Handley Page Hermes like Catfish.What's this? https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=13115

[mapuc]

Part of a break system ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

Do you mean brake system?

[mapuc]

Do you mean brake system?

LOL I think me have to re-lean how to spell.

There's a huge different on break and brake.

It also look like the front of a barrel

Markus

[Aktungbby]

you're on the scent! pursue it! And thanks for the 'avro ' hint.

[Jimbuna]

Anti-tank rifle?

[Catfish]

A muzzle brake. Now it will be easy to find :-j

Artillery?

[Aktungbby]

Anti-tank rifle?yes

A muzzle brake. Now it will be easy to find :-j

Artillery?It has been called that; but not these days.

[Jimbuna]

Boys?

[Eichhörnchen]

Russian PTRS-41 anti-tank

[Jimbuna]

Thank God.....I've got nothing and was honestly trying to 'lead' someone into solving this :)

[Catfish]

Russian PTRS-41 anti-tank
How in the high heavens did you find this so fast :o

[Aktungbby]

Russian PTRS-41 anti-tankEich takes it!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

Thank God.....I've got nothing and was honestly trying to 'lead' someone into solving this :)

@ Catfish - like Jim said. It was the first thing my eyes fell on :haha:

https://i.imgur.com/fPaktcp.jpg Back tomorrow morning

[Eichhörnchen]

https://i.imgur.com/xqRSuyv.jpg Can you identify this?

[Jimbuna]

Attached to a wall?

[Catfish]

Made of wood?

[Eichhörnchen]

@ Jim - It is attached but not to a wall

@ Kai - no

[Jimbuna]

Side or front of a building?

[mapuc]

Are we within Greek Mythology ?

Markus

[Catfish]

Stone?

[Eichhörnchen]

Side or front of a building?

^ Do you mean is that the side or front of a building behind it, or do you want to know is it attached to the side or front of a building?

@ Markus - both Greek and Roman

@ Kai - no

[Jimbuna]

^ Do you mean is that the side or front of a building behind it, or do you want to know is it attached to the side or front of a building?



The latter.

[Eichhörnchen]

The fact is it's on the top

[Jimbuna]

Temple?

[Catfish]

Made of copper and being steered by Victoria?
Then it could be the quadriga on top of the Brandenburger Tor :)

[Eichhörnchen]

I've got it as made from bronze but you are right - and I would've told you two to hang your heads in shame if neither you nor Osty had got it :haha:

https://i.imgur.com/nUeUB4e.jpg

I was wondering though whether the Brandenburg Gate qualifies as a "building" - and this would've my first clue. Catfish tastes victory anyway

[Catfish]

^ the colour is truly strange, i first thought of some Hindu temple but when you said it is not made of stone ..

Ok.. had not prepared anything so a quick one:

https://i.imgur.com/1XdD4iQl.jpg

What is that?

[mapuc]

Spyplane U2.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

WWII German bomber?

[Ostfriese]

I've got it as made from bronze but you are right - and I would've told you two to hang your heads in shame if neither you nor Osty had got it :haha:

https://i.imgur.com/nUeUB4e.jpg

I was wondering though whether the Brandenburg Gate qualifies as a "building" - and this would've my first clue. Catfish tastes victory anyway


Never got the chance to have a good look at it :D I agree with Catfish, though, the color is off, it's a bit more towards green in reality, and I certainly wouldn't have guessed the Quadriga outright.


@Catfish: Could your picture have been any narrower? :D Looks like an eel on the left and a misshapen torpedo on the right

[Jimbuna]

@Catfish: Could your picture have been any narrower? :D Looks like an eel on the left and a misshapen torpedo on the right

DITTO :)

[Eichhörnchen]

Never got the chance to have a good look at it :D I agree with Catfish, though, the color is off, it's a bit more towards green in reality, and I certainly wouldn't have guessed the Quadriga outright


https://i.imgur.com/OCjAgwC.jpg Painted by me

[Catfish]

Spyplane U2. Markus
Not the U2.
But you are on a right path ..

WWII German bomber?
No.

[...] @Catfish: Could your picture have been any narrower? [...]
DITTO :)

Of course, no problem. Always happy to help :D

https://i.imgur.com/zhlF6DJl.jpg


okok, one more

https://i.imgur.com/JZoyIjzl.jpg

[Aktungbby]

American?

[Jimbuna]

B2 spy plane?

[Catfish]

American?
Yes.

B2 spy plane?
No.

[Jimbuna]

Spy plane?

[Aktungbby]

Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/General_Dynamics_RB-57F_Canberra_three-view_silhouette.png

[Catfish]

Spy plane?
It was not called that at the time. It was initially designed to serve a fighting purpose, but this changed.

Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/General_Dynamics_RB-57F_Canberra_three-view_silhouette.png
No. The machine in question was an entirely american design.

[Jimbuna]

SR-71?

[Catfish]

No.

[Aktungbby]

propeller driven?

[Jimbuna]

A-12?

[Catfish]

propeller driven?
Oh yes!

A-12?
^ so not the SR or its predecessor

[Aktungbby]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/North_American_F-10_Mitchell.jpg North American B-25D (F-10) Mitchell photographic reconnaissance and mapping aircraft?

[Catfish]

Not a Mitchell.

It surely is not well known.

[Catfish]

Another "hint" :03:

https://i.imgur.com/Iw8Z8bXl.jpg

[Aktungbby]

american truck?

[Catfish]

^ This most probably american truck is supporting part of the thing in question.

Another cutout

https://i.imgur.com/3Vz9fAVl.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Two engine plane?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a dummy plane?

[Catfish]

Two engine plane?
No.

Is it a dummy plane?
No, real.

[Jimbuna]

Single engine?

[Catfish]

^ if you look at the last picture you should see a wheel fairing and two "hints", so two engines at one side (and four in all) :)

[Jimbuna]

Inter-war?

[Catfish]

Not inter-war

[Jimbuna]

Post WWII?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a military aircraft?

[Aktungbby]

built by Fairchild?:hmmm:

[Catfish]

Post WWII?
Yes and no

Is it a military aircraft?
Yes, at least initially intended as such.

[Eichhörnchen]

British?

[Catfish]

built by Fairchild?:hmmm:
Not Fairchild.

British?
No.
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2864816&postcount=3968

re Jim "post WW2" and i answered "yes and no", it was developed during the war, some say it already flew in the war, some say short after. The upcoming jet engines made the plane obsolete (which imho is a shame).

[Jimbuna]

XF2R-1 Dark Shark?

[Catfish]

XF2R-1 Dark Shark?
No, it has four engines ..

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2865005&postcount=3986

You are right inasfar it was an experimental plane, but quite well developed.

[Jimbuna]

Douglas?

[Catfish]

^ Not a Douglas..

The company is well-known for constructing formidable aircraft before and during the war. It changed its initial rather unknown name after the foreign founder became bankrupt in the US, into a well-known one – and continued to build exceptional machines.

re Aktungbby's question "is it a Fairchild" i said no, and it was not. But Fairchild played a role later..

[Catfish]

One more picture ..

https://i.imgur.com/gdZ15Jpl.jpg

[Ostfriese]

Republic XF-12 Rainbow?