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B.A.J. IVC.2

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First flight
  
1918

Manufacturer
  
Boncourt-Audenis-Jacob

The B.A.J. IVC.2 (or the Boncourt-Audenis-Jacob Type IV) was a French two-seat fighter designed and built by Boncourt-Audenis-Jacob at Bron.

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Design and development

The IVC.2 was an equal-span two-bay biplane powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Fb inline piston engine. It was fitted with a fixed and synchronised forward firing Vickers machine-gun and the observer had a mounted twin Lewis Gun. The type was ordered by the French government in May 1918 as the IVC.2 and by November the prototype was test flying from Villacoublay. The testing went well and the prototype was returned to Bron for repairs and was replaced by the second prototype. A fire in late 1918 at Bron led to the development of the type being abandoned.

Specifications

Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb inline piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp)

    • Armament

  • Guns: One fixed 0.303in Vickers machine-gun and an observer operated twin 0.303in Lewis gun

    • References

    B.A.J. IVC.2 Wikipedia
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