The B.A.J. IV C2 (or the Boncourt-Audenis-Jacob Type IV) was a French two-seat fighter designed and built by Boncourt-Audenis-Jacob, (Monsieur Boncourt, Charles Audenis & Jean Jacob), at Bron.[1]
Design and development
The IVC.2 was an equal-span two-bay biplane powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Fb inline piston engine.[1] It was fitted with a fixed and synchronised forward firing Vickers machine-gun and the observer had a mounted twin Lewis Gun.[1] The type was ordered by the French government in May 1918 as the Type IV C2 and by November the prototype was test flying from Villacoublay.[1] Testing went well, but the prototype was returned to Bron for repairs, replaced by the second prototype.[1] A fire in late 1918 at Bron led to the development of the type being abandoned.[1]
