French Forces

Breguet Br.695

A Breguet Br.695, a version of the Br.693 two-seat attack bomber, but powered by two Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp Junior engines. This conversion was not particularly successful, the larger American engines increasing drag, reducing visibility and lowering performance. Nonetheless a shortage of engines and, some say, a decision by the French government that all combat aircraft had to be adapted for British and US engines allowed this aircraft to go into production. 30 were delivered, of which 2 were lost in action, some were later seized by the Germans in 1942, and handed up to the Italians which used them as trainers.