Dewoitine D.21

The prototype D.21 was a development of the D.12. The aircraft was license-built in Switzerland (by EKW), Czechoslovakia (by Skoda and known as the Skoda-Dewoitine D.1) and Argentina (by FMA). One Turkish D.21 was fitted with a modified wing and named Orhanelli.

File:Orhaneli aircraft.jpg

Argentina bought seven French-built D.21s, and built another 38 under license by FMA from 1929 to 1932. The type remained in service until 1941.Magnusson 2007, p. 156 Turkey bought a number, and Czechoslovakia built 25 for their air force.

;D.21 C.1:French Production version, license-built in Argentina and Turkey.

;Skoda D.1:Licence manufacture of the Dewoitine D.21 in Czechoslovakia by Skoda;(26 built - included in D.9 total). Škoda L was a licence-built Hispanio Suiza HS-50. Armament only 2 × {{cvt|7.7|mm|3}} Vickers machine-guns

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• Army Aviation Service
• Argentine Naval Aviation

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• Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia)

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• Paraguayan Air Force

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;{{TUR}}

• Turkish Air Force

File:Dewoitine_D.21_3-view_L'Air_May_15,1928.png

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{{Reflist}}

• {{cite journal |last1=Bellomo|first1=Sergio|title=Les Dewoitine D.21 et D.25 de l'Armée argentine|journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=May 2000 |issue=86 |pages=50–52 |trans-title=The Dewoitine D.21s and D.25s of the Argentine Army|language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Cortet |first1=Pierre|title=Les premièrs chasseurs de Emile Dewoitine (5ème partie) |journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=July 1997 |issue=52 |pages=30–37 |trans-title= |language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
• {{cite magazine |last=Magnusson |first=Michael |title=FMA : from 1945: The Story of Fabrica Militar de Aviones, Argentina: Part 1 |magazine=Air-Britain Archive |date=Winter 2007 |pages=155–158 |issn=0262-4923}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Nunez Padin |first1=Jorge Felix |title=Les Dewoitine D.21 de la Marine argentine |journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=May 1995 |issue=26 |pages=36–42 |trans-title=The Dewoitine D.21 in the Argentine Navy |language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
• {{cite book|last1=Taylor |first1=John W. R. |last2=Alexander|first2=Jean|title=Combat aircraft of the world|date=1969|publisher=Ebury P.; Michael Joseph|location=London|isbn=0-71810-564-8}}

• Sebastian Sequeira, Carlos Cal y Cecilia Calatayud. Aviación Naval Argentina. SS&CC ediciones, Buenos Aires, 1984. {{ISBN|950-9064-02-5}} (Spanish)

• [https://amilarg.com.ar/dewoitine-d.21.html Dewoitine D.21, AMILARG - Aviacion Militar Argentina (Spanish)] Accessed 2023-03-31
• [http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/AviacionNaval/CB-DewoitineD-21.htm CAZA BOMBARDEROS DE LA AVIACION NAVAL: DEWOITINE D-21 - HISTARMAR (Spanish)] Accessed 2023-04-01

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