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prototype of the 1930s.

Design and development

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cannons. Whilst being re-engined with a power plant, the German invasion reached

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. The airframe was transported to

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, where the sole R-30 was destroyed when the building it was being stored in was destroyed in a blaze.

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Bibliography

* *William Green, Gordon Swanborough, The Great Book of Fighters, Motorbooks International 10/2006, . World War II French fighter aircraft 1930s French fighter aircraft {{aero-1930s-stub