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The problem of protecting groups of day-bombers from fighter attack was recognised in the 1920s. One possible solution was, rather than arm individual aircraft with vulnerable gunners, to have heavily armed escorts. Blériot's analysis led them to prefer this conclusion and the bomber-like Blériot
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448:"Le monoplan Blériot, type 127"
390:"Le monoplan Blériot, type 117"
292:3 m (9 ft 10 in)
175:housed the pilot and mechanic
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984:1920s French fighter aircraft
388:Serryer, J. (23 April 1925).
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310:4,400 kg (9,700 lb)
304:3,000 kg (6,614 lb)
994:Aircraft first flown in 1924
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61:Blériot Aéronautique S.A.
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265:General characteristics
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116:Design and development
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414:(87): 93. March 1925.
408:"Le monoplan Blériot"
318:Lorraine-Dietrich 12D
260:Les Ailes, April 1925
184:Lorraine-Dietrich 12D
18:B117 (disambiguation)
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187:V12 engines
148:and had an
110:Blériot 127
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978:Categories
362:References
322:V12 engine
296:Wing area:
133:cantilever
452:Les Ailes
394:Les Ailes
284:Wingspan:
258:Data from
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221:tailplane
194:radiators
161:longerons
126:monoplane
499:aircraft
432:24 April
330:2-bladed
210:nacelles
157:fuselage
123:mid-wing
493:Blériot
290:Height:
278:Length:
169:cockpit
150:aileron
138:plywood
106:fighter
34:escort
647:XXXVII
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349:Range:
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98:French
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146:spars
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31:Role
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