Unknown plane ? (Potez 540)

[Richthofen]

Hello,
anybody familiar with this plane ?
TX

[Avis 1]

My Dear Baron

Aeroplane looks very much like a Potez 540

Cheers
Stig

[Seapaws]

I hate to say yes....I believe it is French..rather old. Seapaws

[von thoma]

Here the Potez:

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Photo:http://airminded.org/2007/03/07/flying-fortresses/

[Cantankerous]

The baseline Potez 540 had V-cylinder engines, as did the Potez 542 variant. The Potez 540 prototype became the Potez 541 after it was re-engined with two Gnome-Rhône 14Kdrs radial engines, and the production derivative of the Potez 541 was called Potez 543.