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- 1. Amiot 354 photo L'Aerophile February 1940: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Amiot 354 was the last in a series of fast, twin-engine bombers which fought with the French Air Force in limited numbers during the Battle of France.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 22.8 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 3.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22.8 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 3,500 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939-01-21
- introduced
- 1940
- number built
- 86
- role
- bomber
- engines
- 2× Gnome-Rhône 14N-48 / Gnome-Rhône 14N-49
- crew
- 4
- length
- 14.5 m
- wingspan
- 22.8 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.3 t
- top speed
- 480 km/h
- cruise speed
- 349 km/h
- range
- 3,500 km
- ceiling
- 10,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q471931, Wikipedia: Amiot 354 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.