French Amiot 354 Bomber Plane

By Crusader1307

The Amiot 354 was the last French Air Force produced Medium Bomber deployed during The Battle for France against Germany in World War II. It was a twin-engined Medium Bomber first produced in 1934. Only 80 were produced of which there were 10-variants. Crewed by 4, The Amiot was 40-feet long with a wingspan of 75-feet. It was powered by Twin Gnome Rhone 14-cylinder Engines, capable of producing over 1,000-HP each. The Amiot had an operational ceiling of 32,000-feet, making it surprisingly effective for a Medium Bomber. It’s airspeed was 300-mph. The standard armament for The Amiot was (3) 7.5mm Machine Guns and (1) 20mm Cannon. They were capable of supporting 3,000-pounds of Ordnance. After The Fall of France, some Amiot Bombers were captured and pressed into Service with Germany’s Luftwaffe as Transport Planes.