Re-engined Bloch 152

Discussions on all aspects of France during the Inter-War era and Second World War.
Post Reply
OldBill
Member
Posts: 358
Joined: 04 Mar 2012, 10:19

Re-engined Bloch 152

#1

Post by OldBill » 28 Feb 2015, 03:48

Does anyone have any more information on which engines they used for this? (taken from Wikipedia article:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.150 ) This is an interesting bit of trivia.

"In 1944, several surviving MB.152s were liberated at an airfield in mid-southern France. After being flight-tested and evaluated, and painting out the balkenkreuzen and swastikas, they were fitted with more powerful American engines and went up against the last remnants of the Luftwaffe with the Free French"

OldBill
Member
Posts: 358
Joined: 04 Mar 2012, 10:19

Re: Re-engined Bloch 152

#2

Post by OldBill » 01 Mar 2015, 18:29

I managed to dig up a bit more information. If anyone has any more, please post it. If you've any ideas on performance, likewise post it.

"The MB-153 was an attempt to improve the MB-152 by fitting it with a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine. It first flew on 8 April 1939, and was accepted by the French Air Force in May 1940. It appears to have survived the collapse of France, retreating south into unoccupied France. No order was placed for this type. " Source: http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/we ... mb153.html


Orwell1984
Member
Posts: 578
Joined: 18 Jun 2011, 19:42

Re: Re-engined Bloch 152

#3

Post by Orwell1984 » 05 Mar 2015, 18:15

Attached is a picture of page 43 from Serge Joanne's history of the Bloch MB-152.
Unfortunately it is written in French but easy enough to translate. Brief history of the 153 as well as three pictures.
Attachments
Bloch 153 - Copy.JPG
Bloch 153 - Copy.JPG (138.78 KiB) Viewed 1394 times

OldBill
Member
Posts: 358
Joined: 04 Mar 2012, 10:19

Re: Re-engined Bloch 152

#4

Post by OldBill » 06 Mar 2015, 10:47

Many Thanks Orwell! I'll have a go at the translation this weekend. Cool name btw. I always liked Orwell's works.

Post Reply

Return to “France 1919-1945”