STAMPE S.V. 4B
The Stampe was designed in 1933 by Belgian WW I pilot Jean Stampe. He was
a Moth dealer in the 1920´s. The aircraft was meant as a rival to
the De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth and the D.H.82 Tiger Moth.
The aircraft was so popular that production was started and license
right were sold to Farmann in France. Only 10 were delivered to the military
before WW II stopped the production in France.
In 1947 the production was resumed by Stampe and Renard and 65 modernized
SV 4B´s were delivered to the Belgian Air force.
In France and Algeria approx 850 Stampe SV 4A and SV 4C were built
mostly powered by a 140 h.p. Renault 4 Pei engine.
The museum's SV 4B with the registration OY-DBC was completed in 1955
and was in service in the Belgian Air force until 1976 as V62. The aircraft
came to Denmark in 1977 and flew again in 1987 after a complete restoration.
The aircraft belongs to Toft Airforce and is on loan to DV.
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