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{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = Br.19
  |image =File:Breguet 19 A2.JPG
  |caption = The Breguet Br.19A2 two-seat attack bomber
  |type = [[Light bomber]]/[[Aerial reconnaissance|reconnaissance aircraft]]
  |manufacturer = [[Breguet Aviation]]
  |designer = Marcel Vuillerme
  |first_flight = March [[1922 in aviation|1922]]
  |introduction = 
  |retired =
  |status = retired
  |primary_user = [[French Air Force]]
  |more_users = 
  |produced = 1924-
  |number_built = ~ 2,700
  |variants = 
}}

The '''Breguet 19''' (Breguet XIX, Br.19 or Bre.19) was a [[sesquiplane]] [[bomber aircraft|bomber]] and [[Aerial reconnaissance|reconnaissance aircraft]] which was also used for long-distance flights and was designed by the French [[Breguet Aviation|Breguet]] company and produced from 1924.

== Development ==
[[File:Breguet_XIX_prototype_L'Aerophile_December,1921.jpg|thumb|Breguet XIX prototype. Photo from L'Aerophile December,1921]]
The Breguet 19 was designed as a successor to a highly successful [[World War I]] [[Breguet 14]] [[bomber]]. Initially, it was to be powered by a {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} [[Bugatti U-16]] engine, driving a four-blade propeller, and a [[prototype]] was shown on the 7th [[Paris Air Show]] in November 1921 with this engine.<ref name=bugattirevue>{{cite web|url=http://www.bugattirevue.com/revue3/rev3-4.htm#leviathan |title=Bugatti Powered Aircraft |publisher=the Bugatti revue |date=1922-06-30 |access-date=2010-07-30}}</ref> A revised design was flown in March 1922 with a single {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} Renault 12Kb [[inline engine (aviation)|inline engine]]. After trials, the Breguet 19 was ordered by the [[French Army]]{{'}}s [[French Air Force|''Aéronautique Militaire'']] in September 1923.

Mass production, both for the ''Aéronautique Militaire'' and export, began in France in 1924.

==Design==
The Breguet 19 was a [[sesquiplane]] in which the lower wing was substantially smaller than the upper wing, with a conventional layout and braced wings. The [[fuselage]] was ellipsoid in cross-section and built up from a frame of [[duralumin]] pipes. Breguet made extensive use of [[duralumin]] as a construction material which resulted in an unusually light structure for its size, instead of steel or wood. It was faster than other bombers, and even many [[fighter aircraft]] which resulted in widespread interest which was further increased by successful record flights. The forward fuselage was covered with duralumin sheets, while the tail, rear fuselage and wings were covered with [[linen]]. It had a conventional fixed [[landing gear]] with a tail skid. The crew of two, pilot and observer/bombardier, sat in [[tandem]] in open [[cockpit]]s and were provided with dual controls. 

A wide variety of engine types were fitted, mostly water-cooled V-12 or W-12 inline engines, including the following:
*[[Breguet-Bugatti U.16]]: {{cvt|500|hp|order=flip}} - used on Br 19 and Br 23
*[[Farman 12We]]: {{cvt|500|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19-5
*[[Gnome & Rhône 9Ab Jupiter]]: {{cvt|420|hp|order=flip}}  used on Br 19 for Yugoslavia
*[[Gnome & Rhône 9C Jupiter]]: {{cvt|420|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19-4
*[[Gnome & Rhône 14Kbrs]]: {{cvt|700|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19-8
*[[Hispano-Suiza 12Ha]]: {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19
*[[Hispano-Suiza 12Hb]]: {{cvt|500|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19-6, Br 19 B2 and Br 19 CN2 
*[[Hispano-Suiza 12Lb]]: {{cvt|600|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19ter
*[[Hispano-Suiza 12Nb]]: {{cvt|650|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19-7
*[[Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs]]: {{cvt|860|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19-9
*[[Renault 12Kb]]: {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} -  used on Br 19
*[[Renault 12Kd]]: {{cvt|480|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19
*[[Liberty L-12]]: {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19bis
*[[Lorraine 12Da]]: {{cvt|370|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19
*[[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db]] V12: {{cvt|400|hp|order=flip}} - used on Br 19
*[[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb]]: {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19
*[[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Ed]] [[W12 engine|W12]] with reduction gear: - used on Br 19
*[[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Hfrs]]: {{cvt|720|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19-10 and Br 230
*[[Salmson 18Cma]]: {{cvt|500|hp|order=flip}} - used on  Br 19-3

A fixed {{cvt|7.7|mm|3}} [[Vickers machine gun]] with an [[Synchronization gear|interrupter gear]] was operated by the pilot, while the observer had twin {{cvt|7.7|mm|3}} [[Lewis Gun]]s on a gun ring. There was also a fourth machine gun, which could be fired by the observer downwards through an opening in the floor. The '''Br.19CN2''' night fighter variant was fitted with two fixed forward-firing machine guns.<ref name=claveau>Claveau, March–April 1997</ref> The bomber could carry up to {{cvt|472|kg}} of [[bomb]]s under the fuselage, or small bombs up to {{cvt|50|kg}} vertically in an internal [[bomb bay]]. The reconnaissance variant could carry 12 x {{cvt|10|kg}} bombs. The reconnaissance variant had a camera mounting, which was optional on the bomber variant. All variants were equipped radio.

==Operational history==
The Breguet 19 had its baptism of fire in the [[Spanish Civil War]] where it was the mainstay of the [[Spanish Republican Air Force]]'s (the Government's) bomber fleet.

===Greece===
In the [[Greco-Italian War]] which took place during [[World War II]], 18 Breguets were operational at the outbreak of war, with 1 Observation (or Army Cooperation) ''Mira'', under I Corp Command, based at [[Perigiali]], near [[Corinth]] and with 2 Observation ''Mira'' under II Corps command, based at [[Larissa]] and [[Kozani]].<ref name=Carr17>Carr, 2012, p.17</ref> On 4 November 1940, a Royal Hellenic Air Force Breguet from 2 ''Mira'' was sent looking for the attacking [[Julia Division|3rd Julia Alpine Division]], locating it in a mountain pass near [[Metsovo]]. Three more Breguets sent to bomb the Italian division were in turn attacked by three [[Fiat CR.42]] fighters. A Breguet was shot down, one crash-landed and the third returned to base, badly damaged.<ref name=Carr30-31>Carr, 2012, pp.30-31</ref>

==Variants==
;Br.19.01: The first Breguet 19 prototype, which first flew in March 1922 which was later bought by the [[Spain|Spanish]] government.<ref name=claveau/>
[[File:Bréguet 19 Hinaidi.jpg|thumb|Breguet Bre.19 No.3, flown by French aviator Georges Pelletier d'Oisy, at [[RAF Hinaidi]], [[India]] en route from [[Paris]] to [[Tokyo]] in 1924]]
;Br.19.02 to Br.19.02.011:Pre-production aircraft, whose fuselage was lengthened by {{cvt|600|mm}}. Br.19.02 was evaluated by [[Yugoslavia]] in 1923.<ref name=claveau/>
[[File:Pelletier-Doisy-1924.jpg|thumb|Breguet Bre.19 No.3 flown by French aviator Georges Pelletier d'Oisy crashed at Shanghai on 20 May 1924, during Pelletier d'Oisy's Paris to Tokyo flight, which was completed in [[Breguet Bre.14A2]] No.2097]]
;Br.19 A.2:Two-seat reconnaissance aircraft.
;Br.19 B.2:Two-seat light bomber biplane. These first two variants were the most numerous, and were practically identical. They used a variety of engines, the most popular being the {{cvt|400|hp|order=flip}} [[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db]], the {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} [[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb]], the [[Renault 12K]], the [[Hispano-Suiza 12H]] and the [[Farman 12We]].<ref name=claveau/>
;Br.19 CN.2:[[Night fighter]] version, almost identical to the B2 reconnaissance variant with two additional forward-firing machine guns.<ref name=claveau/>
;Br.19 GR: (Grand Raid) A variant specially modified for long-distance flights, after early long-range attempts were made with the regular Br.19 A2 no.23 fitted with additional fuel tanks. The first Br.19 GR (no.64) had a [[fuel tank]] of about {{cvt|2000|L}} and captured the world distance record in 1925. 
;Br.19 GR 3000 litres:In 1926, three additional aircraft were modified to '''Br.19 GR 3000 litre''' specifications. They had larger fuel tanks fitted in the fuselage, with a total capacity between {{cvt|2900|and|3000|L}}. The cockpit was moved slightly aft, and the [[wingspan]] was increased to {{cvt|14.83|m}}. The three aircraft were fitted with different engines: the first one had a {{cvt|500|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12Hb]], the others had {{cvt|550|hp|order=flip}} [[Renault 12K]] and {{cvt|520|hp|order=flip}} [[Farman 12Wers]] engines. In 1927, one aircraft received a new {{cvt|600|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano 12Lb]] engine, its fuel capacity was extended to {{cvt|3500|L}} and its wingspan was further increased by {{cvt|1|m}}. It was christened ''[[Charles Nungesser|Nungesser]] et [[François Coli|Coli]]'' after the two airmen who disappeared in a transatlantic flight attempt in May 1927. A fifth aircraft was built for Greece, called ''Hellas'', with a {{cvt|550|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano 12Hb]].<ref name=claveau/> (Other Br.19 aircraft may have received additional fuel tanks for long distance flights, but these were not officially called Br.19 GR. Some sources mention a Belgian Br.19 GR, maybe a confusion with the Belgian Br.19 TR.)
[[File:Breguet XIX TR Bidon "Jesus del Gran Poder" (5381217697).jpg|thumb|''Jesus del Gran Poder'' in the ''[[Museo del Aire (Madrid)|Museo del Aire]]'' at [[Cuatro Vientos Air Base]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]]]
;Br.19 TR Bidon:Built in 1927 with various aerodynamic refinements and {{cvt|3735|L}} of fuel in the fuselage. With an additional fuel tank in the wing, the total fuel capacity was {{cvt|4125|L}}. Five were built by Breguet and two by the Spanish company [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]]. Three of the French aircraft had a {{cvt|600|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12Lb]], one had a {{cvt|550|hp|order=flip}} [[Renault 12K]], and one had a {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} [[Lorraine 12Eb]]. The first Bidon Hispano was sold to Belgium, and the Bidon Renault was sold to China after a Paris–Beijing flight. The third Bidon Hispano became the French Br.19 TF.<ref name=claveau/> The second Spanish Bidon was christened ''Jesús del Gran Poder'', and flew from Sevilla to [[Bahia]] (Brazil).<ref name=SanEmeterio>{{cite web|last1=Pérez San Emeterio|first1=Carlos|title=Entre Oriente y Occidente: Los vuelos del Jesús del Gran Poder|url=http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/stweb/ea/ficheros/pdf/540906BC15203C9EC12574E10048B743.pdf|website=ejercitodelaire.mde.es|publisher=Ejército del Aire|access-date=7 August 2014|language=es|archive-date=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413185215/http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/stweb/ea/ficheros/pdf/540906BC15203C9EC12574E10048B743.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Breguet 19 Point D'interrogation (MAE).JPG|thumb|''Point d'Interrogation'' at the [[Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]] at [[le Bourget airport]]]]
;Br.19 TF Super Bidon:The last and most advanced long-distance variant, built in 1929, and designed for [[transatlantic flight]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Swopes|first=Bryan R. |url=https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-2-september-1930/|title=1-2 September 1930|work=[[This Day in Aviation]]|date=September 2, 2021|access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> The French Super Bidon was the third Br.19 TR Hispano, named ''Point d'Interrogation'', with a modified fuselage, a wingspan of {{cvt|18.3|m}}, and {{cvt|5370|L}} total fuel capacity.<ref name=capacity>Sources differ by a small amount on the exact fuel capacity.</ref> It was powered by a {{cvt|600|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12Lb]] engine, later replaced by a {{cvt|650|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12NLb]]. Another aircraft, with a closed canopy, was built in Spain in 1933. Christened ''Cuatro Vientos'', it flew from Sevilla to Cuba, and disappeared while attempting to reach Mexico.<ref name=Betes>{{cite web|last1=Betes|first1=Antonio|title=Gloria y Tragedia del Vuelo Sevilla-Cuba-Méjico|url=http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/stweb/ea/ficheros/pdf/34BBB165546B71ADC12574DD00226847.pdf|website=ejercitodelaire.mde.es|publisher=Ejército del Aire|access-date=7 August 2014|language=es|archive-date=24 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724101051/http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/stweb/ea/ficheros/pdf/34BBB165546B71ADC12574DD00226847.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Br19sb cuatrovientos.jpg|thumb|A replica of the ''Cuatro Vientos'' in the ''[[Museo del Aire (Madrid)|Museo del Aire]]'' at [[Cuatro Vientos Air Base]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]]]
;Br.19 ter:Utilizing the experience with long-distance variants, this improved reconnaissance variant was developed in 1928, maybe for export purposes. It remained a prototype only (with civilian register F-AIXP).<ref name=claveau/>
;Br.19.7:The most popular of the late variants developed in 1930 with a {{cvt|600|hp|order=flip}} Hispano-Suiza 12Nb engine, giving a maximum speed of {{cvt|242|km/h}}. The first five machines were converted in France for [[Yugoslavia]], then a number were built in Yugoslavia, and a further 50 built in France for export to [[Turkey]].
;Br.19.8:With a {{cvt|780|hp|order=flip}} [[Wright GR-1820-F-56 Cyclone]] radial engine, 48 Br.19.7 [[airframe]]s were eventually completed as Br.19.8's in Yugoslavia. Maximum speed was {{cvt|279|km/h}}.
;Br.19.9:A single prototype developed in Yugoslavia with a {{cvt|860|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs]] engine.
;Br.19.10:A single prototype developed in Yugoslavia with a {{cvt|720|hp|order=flip}} [[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Hfrs Petrel]] engine.
;Br.19 hydro:('''Breguet 19 seaplane''') Fitted with twin floats as a [[seaplane]], a single prototype (no.1132) was produced for France. Another aircraft sold to Japan was fitted with floats built there by [[Nakajima Aircraft Company|Nakajima]].<ref name=claveau/>
;Nakajima-Breguet Reconnaissance Seaplane: Nakajima built Breguet 19-A2B seaplanes.
;Br.19T:
;Br.19T bis:
;Br.19 Limousine: (for six passengers, with a thicker fuselage), but these were never built.<ref name=claveau/>
;[[Breguet Br.26T]]: (1926)
;[[Breguet Br.26TSbis]]:
;[[Breguet Br.280T]]:
;[[Breguet Br.281T]]:
;[[Breguet Br.284T]]:

In total, more than 2,000 Breguet 19s were manufactured in France, and about 700 license-built by Spanish [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]], Japanese [[Nakajima Aircraft Company|Nakajima]], Belgian [[SABCA]] and the Yugoslavian aircraft factory in Kraljevo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/BregeriePierre/9607.htm |title=Breguet 19 |publisher=1000aircraftphotos.com |access-date=2010-07-30}}</ref>

==Operators==
;{{ARG}}
*[[Argentine Air Force]] operated 25 Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb powered aircraft.<ref name=ae7p168>{{cite journal|author1=Green|author2=Swanborough|author3=Layvastre|title=The Saga of the Ubiquitous Breguet|author-link1=y|journal=Air Enthusiast|date=July–September 1978|page=168}}</ref>
;{{BEL}}
*[[Belgian Air Force]] bought six Br.19 B2s in 1924, and further 146 A2s and B2s were manufactured in under licence by the [[SABCA]] works in 1926–30. They were powered with [[Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb]] and [[Hispano-Suiza 12Ha]] engines, and used until the late 1930s.
;{{BOL}}
*[[Bolivian Air Force]] bought ten aircraft and used them during the [[Chaco war]] against [[Paraguay]].
;{{BRA}}
*[[Brazilian Air Force]] operated five aircraft.
;{{China as ROC}}
*[[Manchuria]]n warlord [[Zhang Zuolin]] is claimed to have ordered 70 Breguet 19s, but these were not delivered. Similarly, an order for four Br.19s from the central government was not met. Manchuria did acquire a single Br.19A2 in 1926 and a Br.19.GR in 1929.<ref name=Andersson253>Andersson 2009, p.253</ref>
;{{flag|Independent State of Croatia}}
*''[[Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia|Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske]]'' seized 46 aircraft used for [[Partisans (Yugoslavia)|anti-partizan]] missions.
;{{FRA}}
* The [[French Army]]{{'}}s [[French Air Force|''Aéronautique Militaire'']] operated its first Breguet 19s in the A2 variant from the autumn of 1924, the B2 variant from June 1926, then the fighter C2 and CN2 variants. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, they were the most numerous French combat aircraft. In metropolitan France, they were withdrawn from service in the early 1930s; the last Br.19 CN2 was withdrawn in 1935. Until 1938, they were still used by the [[French Air Force]] (successor to the ''Aéronautique Militaire'') in colonies in the [[Middle East]] and North [[Africa]] - among others, they were used there to suppress native rebellions.
*[[French Navy]]
;{{flag|Greece|old}}
*[[Hellenic Air Force]] acquired 30 Breguet 19 A2s and some were used against [[Greco-Italian War|invading Italian forces]] in 1940, delivering valuable information on Italian movements.
;{{flag|Italy|1861}}
*''[[Regia Aeronautica]]'' bought one aircraft for tests.
;{{JPN}}
In April 1925, the factory Nakajima Hikoki KK acquired two aircraft. The purchase was the work of the well-known promoter of aviation, the Asahi Shinbun newspaper group. A production license was acquired.  Nakajima offered a float-equipped version to the navy, and another was entered into a competition for maritime reconnaissance, but was unsuccessful.  One plane flew again with wheeled undercarriage and civilian designation J-BBFO as a mail plane.
;{{flagicon|Iran|1925}} [[Iran]]
*[[History of the Iranian Air Force|Iranian Air Force]] operated two aircraft.
;{{POL}}
*[[Polish Air Force]] bought 250 Breguet 19 A2s and B2s, with {{cvt|450|hp|order=flip}} Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb engines, in 1925–30. 20 aircraft were reportedly the longer-range reconnaissance variant, but details are not known. the first Br.19 entered Polish service in 1926, but most were delivered in 1929–30. They were withdrawn from combat units in 1932–37, and used in training units until 1939. They were not used in combat during the [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|Invasion of Poland of 1939]] and most were destroyed on the ground.
;{{flag|Romania}}
*[[Royal Romanian Air Force]] bought 50 Breguet 19 A2s and B2s in 1927, then 108 Br.19 B2s, and five Br.19.7's in 1930. They were in service until 1938.
;{{USSR}}
*[[Soviet Air Force]] bought one aircraft for tests.
;{{flagicon|Spain|1785}} [[Kingdom of Spain]] & {{flagicon|Spain|1931}} [[Second Spanish Republic|Spanish Republic]]
*[[Spanish Air Force|Aeronáutica Militar]] bought a prototype and a license in 1923, and started production in the [[Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA|CASA]]| works, in A2 and B2 variants. The first 19 aircraft were imported, the next 26 completed from French parts, then 177 were manufactured (50 of them had Hispano-Suiza engine, the rest the Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb engine). The Breguet 19 was the basic equipment of Spanish bomber and reconnaissance units until the initial period of the [[Spanish Civil War]]. In July 1936, there were less than hundred in service in the [[Spanish Republican Air Force]]. They were actively used as bombers during the war, especially on the government's side. In 1936, the Nationalists bought an additional twenty from Poland through the [[SEPEWE]] syndicate. With an advent of more modern fighters, the Br.19 suffered many losses, and after 1937 were withdrawn from frontline service. The Republican side lost 28 aircraft, and Nationalists lost 10 (including 2 Republican and 1 Nationalist aircraft, that deserted). The remaining aircraft were used for training until 1940.

[[File:Breguet 19 Sabiha.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Sabiha Gökçen]] holding a bomb before the bombardment mission over Dersim with her Breguet 19.]]
;{{TUR}}
*[[Turkish Air Force]] bought 20 Br.19 B2s, then 50 Br.19.7s in 1932. Some of these aircraft were used in bombardment and reconnaissance missions during the [[Dersim Rebellion]].

;{{UK}}
*[[Royal Air Force]] bought one aircraft for tests.
;{{URU}}
*[[Uruguayan Air Force]]
;{{flag|Venezuela|1930}}
*[[Venezuelan Air Force]] operated 12 aircraft.
;{{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
*[[Yugoslav Royal Air Force]] bought 100 Br.19 A2s in 1924, and in 1927 acquired a license to manufacture them in a new factory in [[Kraljevo]]. The first batch of 85 aircraft were assembled from French parts, and a further 215 were built from scratch. The first 150 aircraft in Yugoslavian service had Lorraine-Dietrich engines, the next 150 – {{cvt|500|hp|order=flip}} [[Hispano-Suiza 12Hb]] engines, and the last 100 – {{cvt|420|hp|order=flip}} [[Gnome-Rhone Jupiter 9Ab]] radial engines. From 1932, the Br.19.7 variant was manufactured – the first five were built in France, the next 75 in Kraljevo (51 according to other publications), and a further 48 aircraft, lacking engines, were completed in 1935–1937 as Br.19.8's, with {{cvt|780|hp|order=flip}} [[Wright Cyclone]] radial engines. (Some publications give different numbers of Yugoslavian Bre.19s). Some of these Yugoslavian aircraft were used in combat after the [[Operation Marita|German attack on Yugoslavia]] in 1941.
;{{YUG}}
*[[SFR Yugoslav Air Force]] operated one Croatian Br.19 taken by its pilot and delivered to the partisans of [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]], and used in June–July 1942, until it was shot down. Another two, captured by the new Communist government forces in April 1945, were used to pursue [[Ustashe]]s.

==Record variants==
Both standard and modified Breguet 19s were used for numerous record-breaking flights. The first was the Br.19 prototype, which won a military aircraft speed contest in Madrid on 17 February 1923. On 12 March 1923, it also set an international altitude record of {{cvt|5992|m}} carrying a {{cvt|500|kg}} load. It was later bought by the Spanish government.
[[File:Jesus del gran poder.jpg|thumb|The ''Jesús del Gran Poder'', a special version of the Breguet 19 that flew to Brazil from Spain in 1929]]
Many crews made long-distance flights in Br.19s. In February 1925, [[Edmond Thieffry|Thieffry]] flew from [[Brussels]] to [[Kinshasa|Leopoldville]] in central Africa, a distance of {{cvt|8900|km}}. Two Br.19 A2s were bought by the Japanese [[Asahi Shimbun]] newspaper and fitted with additional fuel tanks. They were flown by H. Abe and K. Kawachi on the [[Tokyo]]-[[Paris]]-[[London]] route in July 1925, covering {{cvt|13800|km}}. Between 27 August and 25 September 1926, the Polish crew of [[Boleslaw Orlinski]] flew the [[Warsaw]]-[[Tokyo]] route ({{cvt|10300|km}}) and back, in a modified Br.19 A2, despite the fact that one of its lower wings was broken on the way. On 8 June 1928 a modified Greek Br.A2 ("ΕΛΛΑΣ" en: Hellas), flown by C. Adamides and E. Papadakos, embarked on a long distance tour around the Mediterranean landing without incident at Tatoi airfield, Athens, on 1 July. Between 1927 and 1930, Romanian, Yugoslavian and Polish Br.19s were often used in [[Little Entente]] air races.
[[File:Point d'interrogation Musee du Bourget P1010705.JPG|thumb|Point D'Interrogation at Le Bourget]]
Breguet 19 GRs and TRs set several world records, mostly of long-distance non-stop flights, starting with Arrachart and Lemaitre's {{cvt|3166|km}} flight from [[Paris]] to [[Dakhla, Western Sahara|Villa Cisneros]] in 24½ hours on 2–3 February 1925. On 14–15 July 1926, Girier and Dordilly set a new record of {{cvt|4716|km}} between Paris and [[Omsk]], beaten on 31 August-1 September by Challe and Weiser's {{cvt|5174|km}}, and on 28 October by [[Dieudonne Costes]] and Rignot's {{cvt|5450|km}}. From 10 October 1927 – 14 April 1928, Costes and Le Brix flew a Br.19 GR (named ''[[Charles Nungesser|Nungesser]]-[[François Coli|Coli]]'') around the world, covering {{cvt|57000|km}} - though the journey between [[San Francisco]] and [[Tokyo]] was taken by ship.

The Super Bidon was created especially for the purpose of a [[transatlantic flight]]. It was named [[Point d'Interrogation (aircraft)|''Point d'Interrogation'']] ("The Question Mark"). Dieudonne Costes and [[Maurice Bellonte]] set a non-stop distance record of {{cvt|7905|km}} from Paris to [[Moullart]] on 27–29 September 1929 on this aircraft. Then on 1–2 September 1930, they flew from Paris to [[New York City]], a distance of {{cvt|6200|km}} making the first non-stop east-west crossing of the North Atlantic by a fixed-wing aircraft.<ref name=popmech1230>{{cite journal|title=Captain Costa's World Famous Question Mark|journal=Popular Mechanics|date=December 1930|page=908|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOIDAAAAMBAJ&q=Popular+Science+1930+plane+%22Popular+Mechanics%22&pg=PA908|access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref> The second Super Bidon, the Spanish [[Cuatro Vientos (aircraft)|Cuatro Vientos]], vanished over [[Mexico]] with M. Barberan and J. Collar Serra, after a transatlantic flight from [[Seville]] to [[Cuba]] on 10–11 June 1933.

== Surviving aircraft ==
* Breguet Br.19 GR no.1685 ''Nungesser et Coli'', in the [[Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]] of [[Le Bourget]], near Paris (not in public display as of 2009)<ref>[http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/breguet19nungessercolipag.html Pictures of the ''Nungesser et Coli''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301182004/http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/breguet19nungessercolipag.html |date=2012-03-01 }} stored in the museum.</ref>
* CASA Br.19 TR Bidon ''[[Jesús del Gran Poder (aircraft)|Jesús del Gran Poder]]'', in the [[Museo del Aire (Madrid)|Museo del Aire]], [[Cuatro Vientos Airport|Cuatro Vientos]], Madrid
* Breguet Br.19 TF Super Bidon ''Point d'Interrogation'', in the [[Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]] (restored, on public display)<ref>[http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/point_d_interrogationpag.html Pictures of the ''Point d'Interrogation''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301182020/http://www.pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/point_d_interrogationpag.html |date=2012-03-01 }} in the museum.</ref>

==Specifications (Br 19 A.2)==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=''The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft''<ref>{{cite book | editor = David Donald | title = The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft | year = 1997 | publisher = Aerospace Publishing | isbn =1-85605-375-X }}
</ref>
|prime units?=met
|crew=2
|length m=9.61
|span m=14.83
|height m=3.69
|wing area sqm=50
|empty weight kg=1387
|max takeoff weight kg=2500
|fuel capacity= {{cvt|365|L}}
<!--Powerplant-->
|eng1 number=1|eng1 name=[[Lorraine 12Ed Courlis]]|eng1 type=W-12 liquid-cooled piston engine|eng1 hp=450
<!--Performance-->
|max speed kmh=214
|range km=800
|ceiling m=7200
<!--Armament-->
|guns=1 × fixed, forward-firing {{cvt|7.7|mm}} [[Vickers machine gun]], and two flexible, rearward-firing {{cvt|7.7|mm}} [[Lewis Gun]]s.
|bombs= Provision for light bombs.
}}

==See also==
{{Aircontent|
|related=
*[[Breguet 280T]]
|similar aircraft=
*[[Fairey Fox]]
*[[Polikarpov R-Z]]
*[[Potez 25]]
|lists=
*[[List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II]]
*[[List of aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force]]
*[[List of aircraft of World War II]]
*[[List of interwar military aircraft]]
|see also=
*The Breguet XIX played a central role in Nevil Shute's second published work "[[So Disdained]]".
}}

==References==
===Notes===
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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