Potez 63.11 advice

[+LloydNB 212]

I'm looking to make changes to  the .data file for the Potez 63.11.  The books say it also had a small internal bomb bay that held 8 10kg bombs.  its not clear where the bomb bay was located as none of the panel line drawings or cut-out diagrams I have show it.

My guess is that it was under the pilot, close to the centre of mass. The gunner had to be able to man both the ventral and dorsal gun. The orientation of the bombs was probably horizontal in two stacks of five - there doesn't appear to be space for vertical bombs, such as in the p.633.

What do you think?

 

LloydNB

[Wilches 1,171]

It demands a more accurate research. Good idea!

[Gatling20 753]

I have the Profile Publications No.195 on the Potez 63 series, and it says that the 63.11 had a "vertical bomb bay between the two crew members", which held eight 10kg bombs, but only on aircraft delivered before 1 January 1940. Hope this helps. 

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by Gatling20

[+LloydNB 212]

Thanks guys

Well, that complicates things. The squadrons I'm skinning for the Battle of France and North Africa had a mix of aircraft - some with the bomb bay and some without.

An Aero Journal edition I have has the actual serial numbers for each GAO squadron, from which you can determine the correct under wing codes.  Perhaps that means I'll do an early war version of the .data file, allowing the section of mixed squadrons.

 

LloydNB