Breguet XIX
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The Breguet 19 (Breguet XIX, Br.19 or Bre.19) was a light bomber and reconnaissance plane, also used for long-distance flights, designed by the French Breguet company and produced from 1924.
The Breguet 19 was designed as a successor to a highly successful World War I light bomber, the 14. Initially, it was designed to be powered by a 450 hp/335 kW Bugatti U-16 engine, driving a four-blade propeller, and such a prototype was shown on the 7th Paris Air Show in November 1921. A new design was flown in March 1922, featuring a conventional layout with a single 336 kW (450 hp) Renault 12Kb inline engine. The aircraft was built in a biplane platform, with shorter lower wings. After trials, the Breguet 19 was ordered by the French Air Force in September 1923.
The first 11 Breguet 19 prototypes were powered by a number of different engines. A "trademark" of Breguet was the wide usage of duralumin as a construction material, instead of steel or wood. At that time, the aircraft was faster than other bombers, and even some fighter aircraft. Therefore, it met with a huge interest in the world, strengthened by its sporting successes. Mass production, for the French Air Force and export, started in France in 1924.
The Breguet 19 was a biplane (sesquiplane), conventional in layout, with braced wings. The fuselage, ellipsoid in cross-section, was a frame of duralumin pipes. The front part was covered with duralumin sheets, the tail with canvas. The wings were canvas covered. It had a conventional fixed landing gear with rear skid. The crew of two, pilot and observer/bombardier, sat in tandem in open cockpits, with dual controls.
Many different engines were fitted, mostly water cooled 12-cylinder inline engines:
Renault 12Kb (336 kW/450 hp), 12Kd (357 kW/480 hp) - V12
Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db (298 kW/400 hp) - V12
Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb (336 kW/450 hp), 12Ed (same, reducted) - W12
Hispano-Suiza 12Ha (336 kW/450 hp), 12Hb (373 kW/500 hp) - V12
Farman 12We (373 kW/500 hp).
Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter (313 kW/420 hp) (radial engine, in Yugoslav aircraft)
They carried 365 L (96 US gal) of fuel in a fuselage tank. The propeller was wood.A fixed 7.7 mm (.303 in) Vickers machine gun with interrupter gear was operated by the pilot, while the observer had twin 7.7 mm (.303 in) Lewis Guns. There was also a fourth machine gun, which could be fired by the observer downwards through an opening in a floor. The CN2 night fighter variant was fitted with two pilot's machine guns. The bomber variant could carry up to 472 kg (1,041 lb) of bombs under the fuselage, or in a vertical bomb bay (small bombs up to 50 kg/110 lb). The reconnaissance variant could carry 12 10 kg (20 lb) bombs. The reconnaissance variant had a camera mounting, which was optional on the bomber variant. All variants had radio.
Specifications (Br 19 A.2)
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 9.61 m (31 ft 6¼ in)
Wingspan: 14.83 m (48 ft 7¾ in)
Height: 3.69 m (12 ft 1¼ in)
Wing area: 50 m² (538 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,387 kg (3,058 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,511 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine 12Ed piston, 336 kW (450 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 214 km/h (133 mph)
Range: 800 km (500 mi)
Service ceiling: 7,200 m (23,620 ft)
Armament
1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.7mm (.303 in) Vickers machine gun, and two flexible, rearward-firing 7.7 mm (.303 in) Lewis Guns.
Provision for light bombs.
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