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built in

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in the early 1920s. It was designed in response to a

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requirement for new flying boats for various roles.

Design and development

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(CAMS) submitted

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aircraft in two categories for the Navy requirement - as both a reconnaissance aircraft and a transport. The design was a conventional

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flying boat with equal-span unstaggered wings and two

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mounted in a single

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in tractor-pusher configuration on struts in the interplane gap. Accommodation consisted of an open

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for two, plus open bow and dorsal gun positions on the reconnaissance machine, or an enclosed cabin for seven passengers on the transport version.

Operational history

The transport (33C or 33T) was passed over, but the armed reconnaissance version was accepted for production as the 33B. Twelve aircraft were eventually produced for the French Navy, these equipping Escadrille 1R1 at Cherbourg-Chantereyne.

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purchased another six machines. The 33T prototype flew under civil registration for a few years, but was unable to attract customers.Taylor 1989, p. 226.

Operators

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Specifications (33B)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Taylor, John W. R. and Jean Alexander. ''Combat Aircraft of the World.'' New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. . * Taylor, Michael J. H. ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation''. London: Studio Editions, 1989. . * ''World Aircraft Information Files.'' London: Bright Star Publishing, File 891, Sheet 02. {{CAMS aircraft 33 1920s French military reconnaissance aircraft Flying boats Biplanes Twin-engined push-pull aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1923