Lioré et Olivier LeO 7


The Lioré et Olivier LéO 7 was a French bomber escort biplane designed and built by Lioré et Olivier for the French Air Force.

Design and development

The LéO 7 was three-seat bomber escort biplane developed from the LéO 5 ground-attack biplane. Appearing in 1922 the production version had a wide-track landing gear and gunner's cockpits in the snub nose and amidships. The pilot was located in a cockpit just behind the wing trailing edge.

Operational history

Twenty LéO 7/2s were built followed by 18 LéO 7/3s which were a navalised version with increased wingspan.

Variants

;LéO 7
;LéO 7/2
;LéO 7/3

Operators