Roussel R-30

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Roussel R-30
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Role Fighter-bomber
National origin France
Designer Jacques Roussel
First flightAugust 1939
Number built1 prototype

The Roussel R-30 was a French light fighter-bomber prototype of the 1930s.

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Design and development

Only one prototype, similar to the Bloch MB.150 but reduced in size and weight, was constructed in 1938 armed with two 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons. Whilst being re-engined with a 600 kW (800 hp) power plant, the German invasion reached Paris. The airframe was transported to Bordeaux, where the sole R-30 was destroyed when the building it was being stored in was destroyed in a blaze. [1]

Specifications

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of fighters. London: Salamander Books Limited. ISBN   1-85833-777-1.

Bibliography

  • Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of fighters. London: Salamander Books Limited. ISBN   1-85833-777-1.
  • William Green, Gordon Swanborough, The Great Book of Fighters, Motorbooks International 10/2006, ISBN   0760311943.