Amiot 356

The Amiot 356 was a variant of the Amiot 351/354 twin-engined bomber that was to be powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin X engines delivering each of them 1030hp of power.
Thirty-five of them were ordered in January 1939 together with on-hundred of the 353 type. On 1st December 1939, the order was increased to forty.
It made its maiden flight on 18th March 1940 in Villacoublay but, due to the German invasion and it was flown to Tolouse, in southern France, where it was storaged. In April 1941 it was one of the five aircrafts that was part of the Vichy's fleet that had their weapons removed and used by Air France and, between July 1941 and November 1942 was used as a liaison aircraft between metropolitan Vichy France and the colonies in North Africa.
As it had British engines, we thought it would've been feasible that some units of the Royal Air Force would've used it if France had resisted the Blitzkrieg.