Potez 25
Forty Potez 25 (Potez XXV) obtained in 1927 - 30(25?) Potez 25.18 A2B2 medium bombers and 10(15?) Potez 25.20 A2 reconnaissance versions. The Po 25 A2B2 was powered by a 450 hp Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb engine, and the Po 25 A2 by the 450 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Ha (12Jb?). The first Po 25 A2B2 was modified in France for long distance flying, nicknamed "Bombajac", and subsequently undertook a flight over the route Paris-Bombay-Belgrade. From 1928 to 1932, 220 Potez 25.27 A2 were licence-built by Ikarus - the first 10 being assembled from French-supplied kits. 420 hp IAM Jupiter 9Ad (9Ab?) engine. Single aircraft were later fitted with the 425 hp IAM Jupiter VII engine (in 1930) and 600 HP Gnôme-Rhône K-9 engine (in 1934). One aircraft was converted in 1933 to a Salon transport with an enclosed perspex canopy and one aircraft in 1936 into an air ambulance. In 1940, some (2 or 3) aircraft were re-engined with the locally-built 600 hp IAM K-9 engine. Still in service in April 1941. Eleven aircraft were captured by the Italians*, one by the Hungarians and at least 36 by the Germans - 27 of these latter going to the Croatian Air Force.

(*Construction numbers of these aircraft included 1005, 1010, 1029, 1052, 1078, 1079 and 1121).

Serial	c/no.	Prev. Identity	Delivered	Fate/Notes
1			April 1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2. modified for long-distance flights
2			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
3			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
4			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
5			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
6			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
7			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
8			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
9			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2, '5'
10			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
11			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
12			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
13			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
14			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
15			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
16			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
17			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2, '122' 1.Puk training Esk 1935
18			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
19			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
20			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
21			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
22			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
23			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
24			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
25			1927	Potez 25.18 A2B2
26			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
27			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
28			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
29			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
30			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
31			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
32			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
33			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
34			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
35			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
36			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
37			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
38			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
39			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
40			1927	Potez 25.20 A2
1			26 Oct 1928	Potez 25.27 A2
2			26 Oct 1928	Potez 25.27 A2
3			26 Oct 1928	Potez 25.27 A2
4			26 Oct 1928	Potez 25.27 A2
5			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
6			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
7			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
8			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
9			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
10			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
11			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
12			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
13			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
14			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
15			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
16			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
17			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
18			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
19			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
20			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
21			1928	Potez 25.27 A2, '6'
22			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
23			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
24			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
25			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
26			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
27			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
28			1928	Potez 25.27 A2, '32'
29			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
30			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
31			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
32			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
33			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
34			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
35			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
36			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
37			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
38			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
39			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
40			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
41			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
42			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
43			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
44			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
45			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
46			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
47			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
48			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
49			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
50			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
51			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
52			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
53			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
54			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
55			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
56			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
57			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
58			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
59			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
60			1928	Potez 25.27 A2
102			1928	Potez 25.27 A2, '5'
155			1929	Potez 25.27 A2, '57'
161			1929	Potez 25.27 A2, Jupiter VII + compressor Aug 1930, '5'
183			1931	Potez 25.27 A2, converted to ambulance June 1936, '45'
200			June 1932	Potez 25.27 A2
202			1932	Potez 25.27 A2, K-9 engine in NACA cowling Sept 1934
207			1932	Potez 25.27 A2, '33'
208			1932	Potez 25.27 A2, VIP transport later fitted with enclosed canopy
220			24 Oct 1932	Potez 25.27 A2
?			?	Potez 25.27 A2, K-9 engine, '2', captured by Hungary Apr 1941, to J102
?			?	Potez 25.27 A2, K-9 engine, '73'

Known losses: August 1927 - one Potez 25.18 crashed in Switzerland, 3 April 1941- one Potez 25 defected to Germans.

References:

• Potex 25 (Lela Press, 1996)