The Amiot 143 (sometimes written as 143M or 143 M.5) was a 1930s French 5-seat Multiplace de Combat (M.5) designed to meet 1928 specifications for a monoplane capable of day and night bombing, long-range reconnaissance and bomber escort.

2023年3月15日 · The Amiot 143 was a French bomber and reconnaissance craft first developed in 1928 that was heavily involved in the early stages of World War Two. Perhaps the most hideous aircraft ever made by a nation known for its fine forms, the Amiot 143 was not only ugly but a distinctively mediocre performer in the battlefield, where it achieved some ...

The French Air Force's Amiot 143 represented a further development of the Amiot piston-engine bomber family, replacing the 1931 Amiot 140. First flown in 1935, the Amiot 143 system is a humble building whose era is over the war years.

The Amiot 143M powered by Gnome Rh�ne 14 K Mistral Major of 740 CV with air-cooling made its first flight the 1st August 1934. It subsequently received GR 14 Kirs / Kjrs of 850CV.

2016年6月12日 · The Amiot 143 was a twin-engine bomber with a full compliment of 4 to 6 personnel. Design of quite unconventional. The system appeared as an amalgam of World War One and World War Two technologies with the boxy fuselage housing an …

Said to be one of the ugliest aeroplanes ever made, the Amiot 143M was evolved from the Amiot 140 that was designed in 1926 for a French air force requirement for a multiplace combat aeroplane. The first Amiot 143 flew in August 1934 and deliveries to the French air force continued until 1937 when the 138th and final one was delivered.

The Amiot 143 was one of the most numerous French bombers at the outbreak of the Second World War, but was virtually obsolete by the start of the German offensive in the west in May 1940 and the four bomber groups still equipped with the type suffered heavy losses.

beginning of the German invasion in 1940 Amiot 143s were used in night bombing raids on transport infrastructure in Germany, Belgium and France and proved fairly successful with two squadrons dropping between them 338,626 lbs of bombs for only four losses from 197 sorties.

The Amiot 143 was a twin engine French bomber which served during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Amiot 143 was originally designed as the Amiot 140, in response to a 1928 French Air Force requirement for a multicrew combat aircraft.

Between the German invasion of Poland in Sep 1939 and the invasion of France in May 1940, the 143M bombers were used in mostly night attacks on German lines of communications. They collectively dropped a total of 523 tons of bombs before the French surrender.