1936 Bre 462

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A bomber for France

In 1936 the French firm Breguet began developing the prototype of a twin-engine medium bomber, the Breguet 462 Vultur. It was thus a question of responding to the pressing needs of the French Air Force for modern bombers, at a time when the German danger was beginning to assert itself.

A classically designed device

Of all-metal construction, but with canvas covering on certain portions of the wings and empennage, the Vultur was equipped with two star engines mounted in the nacelles. With its ventral gondola, typical of French bombing machines of the time, with its tail of traditional configuration, the Breguet 462 met the standards in use in the French aeronautical industry of the first half. from the thirties. In addition to the pilot and co-pilot, the crew included three machine gunners, a navigator-bomber and a radio operator.

One prototype among others

Designed according to quickly outdated designs, the Vultur had to remain, like so many other devices of the time, at the prototype stage. Breguet did not stop there, however, and created, from the 462, the prototype of a twin-engine airliner, the 470 Fulgur, which could carry 14 passengers. Only the fuselage, with an oval section, was different.