Friday, 22 September 2017

Amiot 352

Now it's the time for the Amiot 352 which was a project of an improved version of the Amiot 351/354 twin engined bomber intended to be powered by two Hispano-Suiza 12y 50/51 with a predicted power of 1100hp each of them. It was going to be technically the second member of the Amiot 350 family to be equipped with a Hispano-Suiza engine, as the first one was the Amiot 350.
Back in 1938 the French Air Ministry, issued a production contract for a number of Amiot 351 bombers, but due to shortage of Hispano-Suiza engines in January 1939 and the priority that the Armée de l'Air gave to the fighters, meant that the order was cancelled, so no Hispano-Suiza powered Amiots were ordered for most 1939, but, on 1st December 1939 the French Air Ministry modified all the production orders. A total of 880 Amiot bombers were ordered, among them 560 Amiot 352. It's not clear if this airplane went beyond the drawing board stage and, as we couldn't find any graphical evidence, the drawing should be considered as hypothetical.









Sources:
1. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiot_354 (translated)
2. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_amiot_352.html
3. Signal Squadron - Aircraft in Action 189 - French Bombers of World War II in Action

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