The Breguet 19 (Breguet XIX, Br.19, Bre.19) was the light bomber and reconnaissance plane, used also for long-distance flights, designed in the French Breguet works and produced from 1924. A light bomber is a military bomber aircraft which, when compared to other bombers, is relatively small and fast; such aircraft will probably not carry more than one ton of ordnance. ... A military aircraft used for monitoring enemy activity, usually carrying no armament. ... The name Breguet can represent: A former French aircraft manufacturer. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Development

The aircraft was designed as a succesor of a highly succesful World War I light bomber Breguet 14. Initially it was conceived to be powered with two Bugatti engines, driving one four-blade propeller, and such a prototype was shown on the 7th Paris Air Show in November 1921, but finally a new plane was flown in March 1922 in a conventional layout with a single inline engine Renault 12Kb (450 hp). It was built in a sesquiplane planform, with lower wings of a shorter span. After trials, Breguet 19 was ordered by the French Air Force in September. The first experimental series of 11 aircraft was powered with different engines. A "trademark" of Breguet was wide usage of duralumin as a construction element, instad of steel or wood. At that time, the aircraft was faster, than other bombers, and even than some fighter aircraft. Therefore, it met with a huge interest in the world, strengthened by its sport successes. WWI redirects here. ... The Breguet 14 was a French biplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was built in very large numbers and production continued for many years after the end of the war. ... The Paris Air Show (Salon International de lAéronautique et de lEspace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings of similar spans, normally one mounted above, and the other level with, the underside of the fuselage. ... In aviation, a planform is the shape and layout of an airplanes wing. ... Categories: Military stubs | France-related stubs | Air forces | French Air Force ... Duralumin (or duraluminum) is an alloy of aluminium (about 95%), copper (about 4%), and small amounts of magnesium (0. ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ...

Mass production started in France in 1924, for the French Air Force and export. Basic variants were: reconnaissance plane Br.19 A2 and a light bomber Br.19 B2. Both variants were mostly identical and could use different engines. Most popular engines were inline V12 Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db (400 hp) and W12 Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb (450 hp), Renault 12K and some models of Hispano-Suiza engines. The third, less numerous variant, was a heavy fighter Br.19 C2, later used as a night fighter designated Br.19 CN2. It was almost identical as reconnaissance variant (according to some sources, it had only one additional pilot's machinegun). In the early 1930's, some French aircraft were refitted with Farman 12W engines. 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A military aircraft used for monitoring enemy activity, usually carrying no armament. ... A light bomber is a military bomber aircraft which, when compared to other bombers, is relatively small and fast; such aircraft will probably not carry more than one ton of ordnance. ... A V engine is a common configuration for an internal combustion engine in which the pistons are aligned so that, if viewed along the line of the crankshaft, they appear to be in a V. The V configuration reduces the overall engine length and weight compared to an equivalent straight... The W engine is an engine configuration in which the cylinder banks resemble the letter W in the same way a V engine resembles the letter V. There have been three entirely different implementations of this concept: one with three banks of cylinders, one with four and one with two... A heavy fighter is a fighter aircraft designed to be used in the long-range role, or while carrying heavier weapons loads. ... A night fighter is a fighter aircraft adapted for use at night, or in other times of bad visibility. ...

Apart from military variants, there were built special long-distance sport variants. The first such plane, designated Br.19 GR (Grand Raid), was built in France in 1925. It had fuel tank enhanced to 1994 l. Similar modification of one plane was carried out in Belgium. Four French Br.19GR of 1926 underwent major modification. They had 2920 l fuel tank in a fuselage, and a crew cab was moved to the rear a bit. They had also a greater wing span 15.90 m. These and another sport variants used stronger 500-600 hp engines. Another variant was the Br 19 TR Bidon of 1927, with 3735 l fuel tank in a thicker and aerodynamically refined fuselage. With smaller fuel tank in wing, a total capacity was 4125 l. Five were built by Breguet and two by Spanish CASA (some publications give lower numbers of aircraft built, or different fuel capacity). The last and most advanced long-distance variant, was the Super Bidon of 1929, rebuilt of Bidon, designed for transatlantic flight. It had 5180 l fuel tank (later: 5580 l) and a modified hull and wings with a span of 18.30 m. It was powered by Hispano-Suiza 12Lb 600 hp engine (later changed to 650 hp one). Single unit was built in France, another similar one, but with closed canopy, was built in Spain in 1933. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... CASA is an acronym for: Canadian Alliance of Student Associations Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA CASA, an antigen which acts as a tumor marker of the ovary Civil Aviation Safety Authority Court Appointed Special Advocate Casa is slang for: House or dwelling (from Spanish casa) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Transatlantic flight is any flight of an aircraft, whether airplane, balloon or other device, which involves crossing the Atlantic Ocean -- with a starting point in North America or South America and ending in Europe or Africa, or vice versa. ...

Next variants were developed for export purpose. Utilizing experience with long-distance variants, there was developed improved reconnaissance variant Br.19ter of 1928 (there is no positive information on its eventual service). Most popular of late variants was Br.19.7 of 1930 with Hispano-Suiza 12Nb 600 hp engine, developing a max speed of 242 km/h. First 5 machines were converted in France for Yugoslavia, then a number was built in Yugoslavia and 50 in France for Turkey. Another variant was Br.19.8 with Wright Cyclone GR-1820-F-56 radial engine (780 hp) - 48 Br.19.7 airframes were eventually completed as Br.19.8 in Yugoslavia. Maximum speed was 279 km/h. There were developed in Yugoslavia single prototypes of Br.19.9 with Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs (860 hp) engine and Br.19.10 with Lorraine-Dietrich 12Hfrs Petrel (720 hp) engine. Also a seaplane on floats, Br.19 hydro, was developed, but probably only one prototype was produced for France (some sources claim the second one was made for Japan). 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Airframe is a novel by renowned author Michael Crichton first published in hardback edition in 1996 and as a paperback edition in 1997. ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery A seaplane is an aircraft designed to take off and land (correctly, though less commonly, alight) upon water. ...

There were also developed some modified civilian variants of Breguet 19. The Br.19T passenger plane for 6 passengers with a thicker fuselage, remained prototype. However, next passenger variants, differing with a totally rebuilt fuselage: Br.26T of 1926, Br.280T, Br.281T and Br.284T were used in limited numbers in France and Spain. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Totally, more than 2000 Breguet 19 were manufactured in France, about 700 were licence-built in Spanish CASA, Belgian SABCA and Yugoslavian factory in Kraljevo.

Military use

Breguet 19 first entered service in the French Air Force, in A2 variant from autumn 1924, B2 variant from June 1926, then fighter C2 and CN2 variants. In late 1920s and early 1930s they were most numerous French combat aircraft. In metropolitan France they were withdrawn from service in the early 1930s, the last were withdrawn Br.19 CN2 in 1935. Until 1938 they were used still by the French Air Force in colonies in the Middle East and North Africa - among others, they were used there to supress some native rebellions. Categories: Military stubs | France-related stubs | Air forces | French Air Force ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...

The Polish Air Force bought 250 Breguet 19 A2s and B2s, with Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb (450 hp) engines, in 1925-30. 20 aircraft were reportedly longer-range reconnaissance variant, but details are not known. First Bre.19 entered service in 1926, most were delivered in 1929-30. They were withdrawn from combat units in 1932-37, and used in training units until 1939. They were not used in combat during the Polish September Campaign 1939 and most were bombed in air bases. Flag of the Polish Air Force Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Sily Powietrzne RP) - the Air Force of Poland. ... Polish September Campaign Conflict World War II Date 1 September - 6 October 1939 Place Poland Result Decisive German and Soviet victory The Polish September Campaign — also known as Polish-German War of 1939, in Poland often as Wojna obronna 1939 roku (Defensive War of 1939), in Germany as Polish Campaign...

Belgium bought 6 Br.19 B2 in 1924, with a licence, and further 146 Br.19 A2 and B2 were manufactured in SABCA works in 1926-30. They were powered with Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb and Hispano-Suiza 12Ha engines, and used until mid-1930s.

Spain bought a prototype and a licence already in 1923, and started production in CASA works, in A2 and B2 variants. First 19 aircraft were imported, then 26 completed from French parts, then 177 manufactured (50 of them had Hispano-Suiza engine, the rest 127 - licence-built Elizalde - Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb engine). Breguet 19s were basic equipment of Spanish bomber and reconnaissance units until the initial period of the Spanish Civil War. In July 1936 there were 135 in service. They were actively used as bombers during the war, especially on the government (Republican) side. In 1936, the Nationalists bought additional 20 Br.19 from Poland. With an advent of more modern fighters, Br.19 suffered big losses, and around 1937 were withdrawn from frontline service. Republican side lost 28 aircraft, and Nationalists lost 10 (including 2 Republican and 1 Nationalist aircraft, that deserted). Remaining aircraft were used for training until 1940. CASA is an acronym for: Canadian Alliance of Student Associations Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA CASA, an antigen which acts as a tumor marker of the ovary Civil Aviation Safety Authority Court Appointed Special Advocate Casa is slang for: House or dwelling (from Spanish casa) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... History of Spain Series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History The Spanish Civil War (July 1936... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Yugoslavia bought 100 Br.19 A2 in 1924, and in 1927 acquired a licence to manufacture them in a new factory in Kraljevo. The first batch of 85 aircraft was assembled from French parts, then there were built 215 with increasing share of Yugoslavian industry (first 150 aircraft in Yugoslavian service had Lorraine-Dietrich engines, next 150 - Hispano-Suiza 12Hb 500 hp engines, last 100 - Gnome-Rhone Jupiter 9Ab 420 hp radial engines). From 1932, Br.19.7 variant was manufactured - first 5 were built in France, next 75 in Kraljevo (51 according to other publications). Further 48 aircraft, lacking engines, were completed in 1935-1937 as Br.19.8, with Wright Cyclone (780 hp) radial engines. (Note: some publications give different numbers of Yugoslavian Bre.19). Part of Yugoslavian aircraft were used in combat ater the German attack on Yugoslavia in 1941. After Yugoslavia fell, 46 aircraft were used by Croatia for anti-partizan missions. One of them were captured by its pilot and delivered to partisans of Tito, and used in June-July 1942, when it was shot down. Another two, captured by new government forces in April 1945, were used by them to pursue ustashes. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kraljevo (Краљево) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 43. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Column The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Rebellion They went under the official name of Peoples Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Narodno-oslobodilačka vojska i partizanski... Josip Broz Tito  listen? (May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the president of Yugoslavia between the end of World War II and his death in 1980. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian right-wing organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ...

Romanian Air Force bought 50 aircraft Br.19A2 and B2 in 1927, then 108 Br.19B2, and 5 Br.19.7 in 1930. They were used until 1938. Greek Air Force used 30 Br.19A2 - part of them were used against invading Italian forces in 1940, delivering valuable information on Italian attack directions. Breguet 19s were also used in China - 4 aircraft were bought by the government and 70 by Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin. Turkey bought 20 Breguet 19B2s, then 50 Br.19.7 in 1932. Apart from these countries, Breguet 19s were used also by Argentina (25), Bolivia (10, used during a Chaco war against Paraguay), Iran (2), Venezuela (12), Uruguay and Brazil (5). Several countries bought single aircraft for testing, like Italy, USSR and Great Britain (according to some publications, Japan bought a number of Br.19 and they were licence-built in Nakajima, but it is not confirmed, apart from two aircraft bought by Asahi Shimbun newspaper). The Romanian Airforce contains about 100 MIG 21 Lancers, modernized in Israel in 1997, as well as a number of Hercules C130 transport planes and cca. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Greek Air Force (Greek: Πολεμική Αεροπορία) is one of the braches of the Greek Armed Forces. ... The Greco-Italian War, was a conflict between Italy and Greece from October 28, 1940 to April 30, 1941, during the Second World War. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Extent according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: ; literally east-north) and Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; pinyin: ) are names of a vast region in Northeast Asia. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The Chaco War (1932–1935) was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the arid Chaco Boreal region of South America. ...

Sport use

Both serial and modified Breguet 19s were used for record beating and numerous long raids. The first was the Br.19 prototype, winning a military aircraft contest in Madrid on February 17, 1923 with a highest speed. On March 12, 1923 it set an international record of altitude 5992 m with a load of 500 kg (it was later bought by Spanish government).

Many crews sported long raids on Br.19, one of most active on this field were Belgian aviators, starting with Thieffry and de Bruycker flying in February 1925 from Brussels to Leopoldville, 8900 km. Two Br.19 A2 were bought by the Japanese Asahi Shimbun newspaper and modified with additional fuel tanks. They were flown by H. Abe and K. Kawachi on Tokyo-Paris-London route in July 1925, covering 13.800 km. Between August 27 and September 25, 1926, the Polish crew of Boleslaw Orlinski flew on Warsaw-Tokyo route (10.300 km) and back, on modified Br.19 A2, despite one of its lower wings was half-broken on the way. Apart from it, in 1927-30, Rumun, Yugoslavian and Polish Br.19 were often used in Little Entente air races. Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ... London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Little Entente was the name of an alliance formed in 1920 and 1921 by Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia with the purpose of defending against the Hungarian revisionism and preventing the Habsburg restoration. ...

Breguet 19 GRs, then TRs set several world records, mostly of flight distance, starting from a distance of 3166 km from Paris to Villa Cisneros on February 3, 1925 (Arrachart and Lemmaitre). On July 14-15, 1926, Girier and Dordilly set record of 4716 km (Paris-Omsk), bested on August 31-September 1 by Challe and Weiser (5174 km), and on October 28 by Dieudonne Costes and Rignot (5450 km). Between October 10, 1927 and April 14, 1928 Costes and Le Brix flew on Br.19 GR (named Nungesser - Coli) around the world, covering 57.000 km (only a distance between San Francisco and Tokyo was covered by ship). The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Dakhla, or Ad Dakhla (formerly Villa Cisneros) is a city in Western Sahara, Morocco, it´s a town of about 30,000 inhabitants and is about 550 km south of Laayoune on the Atlantic Coast. ... Serafimo-Alekseevskaya chapel, Oktyabr (formerly Rossiya) hotel, and Organ music hall Omsk (Омск in Russian), a city in the southwest of Siberia in Russia, capital of the Omsk Oblast. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the city in California. ...

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Description

Metal construction biplane (sesquiplane), conventional in layout, with braced wings. A fuselage, elliptic in cross-section, was a frame of duralumin pipes. Front part was covered with duralumin sheets, tail part with canvas. Wings were canvas covered. Conventional fixed landing gear, with a rear skid. Crew of two: pilot and behind him observer/bombardier, sitting in tandem in open cockpits, with twin controls. A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings of similar spans, normally one mounted above, and the other level with, the underside of the fuselage. ... A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings of similar spans, normally one mounted above, and the other level with, the underside of the fuselage. ... Duralumin (or duraluminum) is an alloy of aluminium (about 95%), copper (about 4%), and small amounts of magnesium (0. ... Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, and other functions where sturdiness is required. ... Main and nosewheel undercarriage of a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 The undercarriage or landing gear is equipment which supports an aircraft when it is not flying. ... Tandem is a group of similar units arranged one behind the other and working together. ... Cockpit of a light aircraft, showing instrumentation dials and dual control yokes. ...

Armament: the pilot had a fixed 7.7 mm Vickers machinegun with interrupter gear, the observer had twin 7.7 mm Lewis machinegun. There was also the fourth machine gun, that could be fired by the observer downwards through an opening in a floor, which was not practical. According to some sources, fighter variants C2 and CN2 were fitted with two pilot's machineguns. A bomber variant could carry 472 kg of bombs under a fuselage, or in a vertical bomb bay (small bombs up to 50 kg). Reconnaissance variant could carry 120 kg bombs as a standard (12 x 10 kg). Reconnaissance variant had a camera, bomber variant could be fitted with it. All variants had radio. A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... The interrupter gear, also known as synchronisation gear, was a triggering device attached to a fighter aircrafts machine gun so that it would fire only at certain times. ... The Lewis Gun was a pre-WWI era British machine gun that continued to see service all the way through WWII. It is visually distinctive because of the wide tubular cooling shroud around the barrel, and the top mounted drum magazines. ... Massive ordinance air-burst bomb. ... A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. ...

Engine: single piston engine. There were used many different engines, mostly 12-cylinder inline engines, water cooled: An inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with cylinders aligned in one or several row. ...

• Renault 12Kb (450 hp), 12Kd (480 hp) - V12
• Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db (400 hp) - V12
• Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb (450 hp) - W12
• Hispano-Suiza 12Ha (450 hp), 12Hb (500 hp) - V12
• Farman 12W (500 hp).
• Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter (420 hp) (radial engine, in Yugo aircraft)

Fuel tank: standard - 365 l in a fuselage. Wooden propeller. A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... A W12 is a 12-cylinder engine in a W configuration. ... Radial engine of a biplane. ... A propeller can be seen as a rotating fin in water or a wing in air. ...

Specifications (Br.19 B2)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 9.51 m ( ft)
• Wingspan: 14.83 m ( ft)
• Height: 3.89 m ( ft)
• Wing area: 49 m² ( ft²)
• Empty: 1390 kg ( lb)
• Loaded: 2229 kg ( lb)
• Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
• Powerplant: 450 hp

Performance

• Maximum speed: 235 km/h ( mph)
• Range: 650 km ( miles)
• Service ceiling: 6000 m ( ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
• Power/mass:

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See also:

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