Lioré et Olivier LeO 20


The Lioré et Olivier LeO 20 was a French night-bomber aircraft built by Lioré et Olivier.

Development

The LeO 20 was a development of the LeO 122 prototype. It won the 1926 French ministry competition for a new night-bomber, and received an order for 50 aircraft. The first were delivered at the end of 1926 and flight tested at Villacoublay in 1927. A total of 311 aircraft were delivered to the French air arm, ending in December 1932.

Variants

;LeO 20:twin-engine night bomber with Gnome-Rhône 9Ady engines
;LeO 201:re-designation for parachute trainers converted from LeO 20
;LeO 203:four-engine version with Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engines
;LeO H-20/4:floatplane version of LeO 203
;LeO 206:production version of LeO 203 with revised nose, ventral "balcony" and tail gun
;LeO 207:similar to LeO 206 but with different nose and smaller "balcony"
;LeO 208:similar to LeO 20 but with enclosed cabin and Gnome-Rhône 14Mrs engines

Operators/Units using this aircraft