Breguet 19

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The Breguet 19 was a French-designed, two-seat light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft widely used by numerous air forces during the interwar period and early 1930s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane
light bomber
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
aircraftConfiguration single-engine
two-seat
airframeMaterial metal structure with fabric covering
armament fixed forward-firing machine guns
flexible rear machine gun
internal bomb load
countryOfOrigin France
crew 2
designer Louis Breguet
developedFrom Breguet 14
engineType Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 12Hb V-12 engine
enteredServiceWith French Air Force
era interwar period
firstFlight 1922
introduced mid-1920s
manufacturer Breguet Aviation
maximumSpeed approximately 230 km/h
notableVariant Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Breguet 19 A.2 reconnaissance version

Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Breguet 19 B.2 bomber version

Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Breguet 19 GR long-range version

Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Breguet 19 TR bidon long-distance record version
numberBuilt over 2000
powerplant 1 × liquid-cooled piston engine
primaryRole light bomber
reconnaissance
range approximately 900 km
serviceCeiling approximately 8000 m
usedBy Argentine Air Force
Belgian Air Force
Brazilian Air Force
Chilean Air Force
Chinese Air Force
French Air Force
Hellenic Air Force
surface form: Greek Air Force

Polish Air Force
Romanian Air Force
Hellenic Air Force
surface form: Royal Hellenic Air Force

Yugoslav Royal Air Force
surface form: Royal Yugoslav Air Force

Spanish Air Force
Turkish Air Force
usedFor long-distance record flights
usedInConflict Chaco War
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Spanish Civil War
early stages of World War II
wingConfiguration sesquiplane

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Breguet 19 notableVariant Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Breguet 19 A.2 reconnaissance version
Breguet 19 notableVariant Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Breguet 19 B.2 bomber version
Breguet 19 notableVariant Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Breguet 19 GR long-range version
Breguet 19 notableVariant Breguet 19 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Breguet 19 TR bidon long-distance record version