Aviation Historian 13 / N.Stroud - RumPunch

Built as an aerodynamic test article for the development of the SE.100, the LeO 48 incorporated the same distinctive curved fuselage and tapered wing planform, but retained a conventional tailwheel undercarriage. The sole prototype did not fly until November 21, 1941, and was written off in a landing accident on February 5, 1942.