11/30/2013. Remarks by
Johan Visschedijk: "Conceived as a private venture single-seat lightweight fighter, the Roussel 30 was flown for the first time in April 1939, and featured a duralumin monocoque fuselage and all-metal wing with fabric covered movable surfaces. Powered by a 690 hp Gnome & Rhône 14M7 fourteen-cylinder radial, the Roussel 30 had provision for an armament of two wing-mounted 0.787 in (20 mm) cannon and a center line fuselage rack for a single 551 lb (250 kg) bomb.
Official trials were conducted from August 1939, and the prototype was in process of being re-engined with an 800 hp version of the Gnome & Rhône 14M when the Wehrmacht approached Paris. The aircraft was dismantled and trucked to Bordeaux, but was subsequently destroyed when the building in which it was stored caught fire."
