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France Aircraft


Bombers

 

Heavy

 

 
Type: Dyle et Bacalan AB.20Bn.4 four seat night bomber prototype.
Max Speed: 127 mph at 330 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 19,685 ft.
Range: 528 miles.
Armament: six trainable 0.295 in 7.5 mm machine guns in three position, and up to 5,511 lb of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1' Air
A cathedral of metal or an aerodynamic aberration, the AB.20 nonetheless did manage to fly.

 

 
Type: Farman F.60 Bn.2 three seat heavy night bomber.
Max Speed: 100 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 18,125 ft.
Range: 342 miles.
Armament: three trainable 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns and up to 2,293 lb of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Despite its two seat designation the F.60 was a three-seater and France's sole heavy bomber of the early 1920s.

 

 

Medium

 
Type: Bloch MB.210 Bn.5 five seat night bomber.
Max Speed: 199 mph at 11,485 ft.
Climb Rate: 13,125 ft per min. 
Service Ceiling: 32,480 ft.
Range: 808 miles with a bomb load.
Armament: three 0.295-in (7.5-mm) machine guns in nose, dorsal and ventral turrets, and up to 3,567 lb of bombs.
Photo: S.H.A.A.
Though still an angular plane, the MB.210 was a very disinct aerodynamic improvement over the MB.200.

 
Type: Bleriot 127.2M.4 four seat multi-role aircraft.
Max Speed: 124 mph at 6,560 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 22,475 ft.
Range: 497 miles.
Armament: six  0.303 in 7.7 mm trainable machine guns, and up
to 550 lb of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
The Bleriot was designed as a multi- role type, but was to slow, heavy,, and un-maneuverable to make an affective aircraft

 
Type: Amiot 143.M.4 four or six multi-role bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.
Max Speed: 193 mph at 13,125 ft.
Climb Rate: 13,125 ft. in 14 minutes 20 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 25,920 ft.
Range: 746 miles.
Armament: four 0.295 in 7.5 mm machine guns, and up to 1,764 lb of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Some Amiot 143s escaped the disaster of May and June 1940, this being such a machine seen during 1941.

 
Type: Brguet Bre.462B.7 Vultur seven seat medium bomber.
Max Speed: 242 mph at 13,125 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 20,015 ft.
Range: 1,552 miles.
Armament: (planned) three 0.295 in 7.5 mm machine guns on trainable mounting, and up to 3,307 lb of bombs.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Sean here during landing gear trials, the Bre.462 was unsuccessful in securing a French production order. The sole prototype was sold to the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War 1936-39, and was lost at sea during February 1937.

 
Type: Dassault-Breguey Mirage IV a two seat strategic medium bomber.
Max Speed: 1,454 mph at 40,060 ft.
Climb Rate: 36,090 ft in 4 minutes 15 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 65,615 ft.
Range: radius 771 miles.
Armament: one 60-kiloton nuclear bomb, or 15,873 lb of conventional weapons including sixteen 992 lb of bombs or four AS.37 Martel air to surface missiles.
Photo: SIRPA/Air
The 50 Mirage IV a bombers were flown mainly by the 91e and 94e Escadres de Bombardement.

 

 

Light

 
Type: Voisin Type LA two seat light bomber and observation aircraft.
Max Speed: 75 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 11,485 ft.
Range: 311 miles.
Armament: one machine gun and up to 265 lb of bombs.
Photo: French Air Museum
First used for reconnaissance , observation and artillery spotting, the Type LA was promoted to bomber status because of its sturdy structure. However, from mid 1915 onward aircraft of this type were withdrawn from first line daylight use as they lacked the performance and agility to deal with newly developed German fighters.

 

 

Torpedo

 
Type: Latecoere 299 two/three seat carrier borne torpedo bomber prototype.
Max Speed:221 mph at 4,920 ft.
Climb Rate: 13,125 ft in 10 minutes 43 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 19,685 ft.
Range: 932 miles.
Armament: two fixed and one trainable 0.295 in 7.5 mm machine guns and one 1,653 lb torpedo or up to 1,321 lb of bombs.
Photo: Musee de 1" Air
The Latecoere 299A is seen with its tandem engine layout at the Toulouse factory shortly before the start of flight trials in 1943.

 

 

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