Bernard 15

AB 15

Role	Single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB), sometimes referred to as Ferbois]]
Designer	Jean Hubert
First flight	1926
Number built	1
Developed from	Bernard SIMB AB 14

The Bernard 15 C1 or Bernard SIMB AB 15 was a 1920s French single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB).^[1]^[2] With the structural failure of the earlier Bernard 14 the Bernard 15 was an improved variant with a greater span upper wing. It was powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine and had a fixed tailskid landing gear.^[1] The performance was not an improvement on the Bernard SIMB AB 14 and only the prototype was built.^[1]

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General characteristics

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Armament

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Liron, J.L. (1990). Les avions Bernard. Paris: Éditions Larivère.

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