Potez 540

Potez 540
Aircraft Potez 54 fitted with 2 Hispano-Suiza 650 HP engines
General information
TypeReconnaissance/bomber
ManufacturerPotez
Primary userFrench Air Force
Number built192
History
Introduction date1934
First flight14 November 1933
Serial 'Ñ' Potez 542 of the Spanish Republican Air Force. Its crash would inspire French writer André Malraux to make a movie named L'Espoir.

The Potez 540 was a French multi-role aircraft of the 1930s. Designed and built by Potez, it served with the French Air Force as a reconnaissance bomber, also serving with the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War. Although obsolete as a bomber, it remained in service in support roles and in France's overseas colonies at the start of World War II.


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