123
Potez 29
ont été construits dont 120 pour l'Armée de l'Air Française.
Seule la version Potez-29-2, utilisée par l'Armée
de l'Air. sera abordée dans la liste.
To
date, of the
123
aircrafts
manufactured,
20 are
listed in the list below
:
The Potez 29 is a derivative
version of the Potez 25, intended for civil and military transport.
The wing, tailplane, landing gear, and the Lorraine 12Eb 450hp engine
are retained, the main modification concerning the deeply reworked
fuselage. Its section is greatly enlarged to allow it to accommodate
five passengers in addition to the two crew members, all in a cabin
now closed. The prototype of the Potez 29 performs its flight tests
from 1927.
Eleven versions will be available,
the first Potez 29-2 aircraft being delivered to Yugoslav airline
"Aeroput". The French company "CIDNA" (International
Air Navigation Company) receives 13 copies of Potez 29-4, the LARES
(Liniile Aerienne Romane Exploatate of Statul 2) using the other
two Potez 29-4, but it is it. Air Force French who will be the largest
user with the version Potez 29-2. The other versions are differentiated
by their motorization, or by their equipment designed to transform
them into a Raid device.
The apparatus, is used abundantly
in the French colonies where it comes to renforce the squadrons
of Potez 25. The Potez 29 will realize until 1945, missions in the
service of the population, or the Army as apparatus of medical evacuation,
or simply transporting equipment.
Finally the surviving aircraft
were assigned to the GTI / 15 and GT II / 15 transport groups, some
of which will be destroyed on the ground by Allied hunters during
the landing in North Africa.
