Breguet 17
Breguet 17 | |
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Role | Escort Fighter |
Manufacturer | Breguet |
Designer | Louis Breguet |
First flight | mid 1918 [1] |
Introduction | 1919 |
Primary user | France |
Number built | 10 [1] |
Engine | 420hp Renault 12K or 450hp Renault 12K1 |
Armament | 2×fixed sync. Vickers and 2×rear flexible Lewis and downward belly Lewis |
Crew | 2 |
Max Speed | 218 km/h (135 mph)[1] |
Climb | 2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 5:45[1] 4,000 m (13,100 ft) in 14:00[1] 5,000 m (16,400 ft) in 20:41[1] |
Ceiling | 7,500 m (24,600 ft)[1] |
France's "C2" two-seat fighter specification saw several entries, including the Breguet 17, a variant of the Breguet 14 with twin guns for the pilot and an additional downward-firing Lewis for the observer. While it possessed a powerful 420-450hp Renault engine, its flight characteristics must have been very much like the Breguet 14, and it was clearly outclassed by its C2 competitor the Hanriot H.D.3. Only ten were built and they were not available for service until 1919. Had the war continued, it is likely that some would have been built as escorts for flights of Breguet 14 bombers, but the plane would have mostly insurance against inadequate supply of the Hanriot. [1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Breguet 17.
References
- 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.