#frenchbomber

The Amiot 350 was a series of fast, twin-engine bombers which fought with the French Air Force in limited numbers during the Battle of France. Derived from the Amiot 341 mail plane, the Amiot 340 prototype was involved in a propaganda misinformation flight to Berlin in August 1938 to convince the Germans that the French employed modern bombers. Though 830 machines were ordered by the French government only 80 machines were received by the Air Ministry. The main variant was the twin-tailed 351; however, due to various delays, the single-tailed 354 was accepted into service as an interim type.

The Amiot 354 was a 351 re-engined with two 798 kW (1,070 hp) Gnome-Rhône 14N-48 / Gnome-Rhône 14N-49, most were built with single-tails; approximately 45 were built.

The Amiot 350 was a series of fast, twin-engine bombers which fought with the French Air Force in limited numbers during the Battle of France. Derived from the Amiot 341 mail plane, the Amiot 340 prototype was involved in a propaganda misinformation flight to Berlin in August 1938 to convince the Germans that the French employed modern bombers. Though 830 machines were ordered by the French government only 80 machines were received by the Air Ministry. The main variant was the twin-tailed 351; however, due to various delays, the single-tailed 354 was accepted into service as an interim type.

The Amiot 351 was powered by two 707 kW (950 hp) Gnome-Rhône 14N-38 / Gnome-Rhône 14N-39. Seventeen twin tailed Amiot 351s were built.

First flying in July 1918, the Blériot 73 was a four engined French bomber with the fuselage suspended from the lower wing. The four engines were placed as close as possible to the fuselage, with two on the upper wing and two on the lower wing. The Blériot 73 disintegrated during a test flight on 22 January 1919 killing the pilot.