The Roussel R-30 was a French light
fighter-bomber
A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft. It differs from bomber and attack aircraft primarily in its origins, as a fighter that has been adapted into other roles, wh ...
prototype of the 1930s.
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
Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons. Whilst being re-engined with a power plant, the German invasion reached
Paris
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. The airframe was transported to
Bordeaux
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, where the sole R-30 was destroyed when the building it was being stored in was destroyed in a blaze.
Specifications
References
Notes
Bibliography
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*William Green, Gordon Swanborough, The Great Book of Fighters, Motorbooks International 10/2006, .
1930s French fighter aircraft
Single-engined piston aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
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