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The CAMS 55 was a reconnaissance flying boat built in France in the late 1920s which equipped the French Navy throughout the 1930s.

CAMS 55
Role Reconnaissance flying boat
Manufacturer CAMS
Designer Maurice Hurel
First flight 1928
Primary user French Navy
Number built 112

Design and development


The CAMS 55 design was derived from the unsuccessful CAMS 51 and followed the familiar Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) formula of a conventional biplane flying boat configuration with tandem tractor-pusher engines mounted in the interplane gap. The cockpit was open, and there were open gun positions in the bow and amidships. The bow also incorporated an observation balcony with windows sloped to afford a good downward view.[1]


Operational history


A single prototype was followed by two aircraft to compare different engine installations, one with air-cooled radials and the other a liquid-cooled V engine; in the end, the French Navy ordered some of each. Eventually, 15 escadrilles were equipped with CAMS 55s of various subtypes, replacing the Latham 47 in some units, and in turn being relegated to secondary duties when the Breguet Bizerte became available in 1936. Twenty-nine remained in service at the outbreak of World War II, with the last examples serving with Escadrille 20S in Tahiti until January 1941.


Variants



Operators


 France

Specifications (55/10)


Data from Aviafrance: CAMS 55/10[6]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Related lists


References


  1. Taylor 1986, p. 226.
  2. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 55/1". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 55/2". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  4. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 55/3". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  5. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 55/6". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  6. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 55/10". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  7. Parmentier, Bruno. "C.A.M.S. 55/11". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

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На других языках


[de] CAMS 55

Die CAMS 55 ist ein französisches Flugboot, das hauptsächlich in den 1930ern zum Einsatz kam.
- [en] CAMS 55

[fr] CAMS 55

Le CAMS 55 est un hydravion militaire de l'entre-deux-guerres réalisé en 1929 en France par les Chantiers aéro-maritimes de la Seine (CAMS).

[it] CAMS 55

Il CAMS 55 fu un idrovolante da ricognizione a scafo centrale, bimotore in configurazione traente-spingente e biplano, sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica francese Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) nei tardi anni venti.

[ru] CAMS.55

CAMS 55 — французский морской разведчик-бомбардировщик с экипажем из пяти человек, представлявший собой военный вариант удачной пассажирской летающей лодки CAMS 53[1]. Создан под руководством Мориса Юреля в 1928 году.



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