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__NOTOC__ The Morane-Saulnier BB was a military observation aircraft produced in France during World War I for use by Britain's Royal Flying Corps.〔Taylor 1989, 684〕〔"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft", 2538〕 It was a conventional single-bay biplane design with seating for the pilot and observer in tandem, open cockpits. The original order called for 150 aircraft powered by 110-hp Le Rhône 9J rotary engines, but shortages meant that most of the 94 aircraft eventually built were delivered with 80 hp Le Rhône 9C rotaries instead.〔 A water-cooled Hispano-Suiza engine was trialled as an alternative in the Type BH, but this remained experimental only.〔 The type equipped a number of RFC and RNAS squadrons both in its original observation role and, equipped with a forward-firing Lewis gun mounted on the top wing, as a fighter.〔 ==Operators== ; * Royal Flying Corps〔Bruce 1982, p.306.〕 * * No. 1 Squadron RFC * * No. 3 Squadron RFC * * No. 12 Squadron RFC * * No. 60 Squadron RFC * Royal Naval Air Service * * No. 1 Squadron RNAS * * No. 3 Squadron RNAS * * No. 4 Squadron RNAS ; * Spanish Air Force ; * Imperial Russian Air Service 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morane-Saulnier BB」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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