Breguet 16
Breguet 16 | |
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Role | Night Bomber |
Manufacturer | Breguet |
Designer | Louis Breguet |
First flight | 1 June 1918 [1][2] |
Primary user | France |
Number built | 200[note 1] |
Developed from | Breguet 14 |
Wingspan | 16.9 m (55 ft 6 in)[3]-17.0 m (55 ft 9 in) |
Engine | 300hp Renault 12Fe |
Armament | fixed, sync. Vickers and 2×flexible rear Lewis 490 kg (1,080 lb) of bombs |
Crew | 2 |
Max Speed | 160 km/h (99 mph)[1][3][2] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 10:35[3] 2,000 m (6,500 ft) in 21:54[3] 4,000 m (13,100 ft) in 51:10[1][2] |
Ceiling | 4,600 m (15,100 ft)[1][3] |
Range | 900 km (560 mi)[1] |
Endurance | 4:00[3] |
The Breguet 16 was a Breguet 14 modified for use as a night bomber with wider wings. It saw testing in summer of 1918 and a couple were sent to the front for evaluation, but main production was too late for active service during World War I. [1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Breguet 16.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Though only two saw service evaluation
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
- Vital Ferry. French Aviation During the First World War. Paris: Histoire and Collections, 2014. ISBN 978-2-35250-370-5
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Ltd., 1962. ISBN 9780900435027