George Pelletier d'Oisy during his attempt to reach Tokyo. The flight came unstuck when his aircraft crashed at Shanghai. Photo from: D.W.F Bonham-Carter DFC (via Jim Cownie)

Named after two airmen who disappeared in a transatlantic flight in May 1927.

The Bréguet 19 was a sesquiplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Production began in 1924 and over 2, 700 examples were built in multiple variants. The Super Bidon was created specifically for a transatlantic flight attempt. It was named Point d'Interrogation (The Question Mark) and in September 1930 flew from Paris to New York City, a distance of 6,200 km (3,900 mi) making the first non-stop east-west crossing of the North Atlantic.

The Breguet 19 was designed as a successor to a highly successful World War I light bomber, the 14. Initially, it was designed to be powered by a 340 kW (450 hp) Bugatti U-16 engine, driving a four-blade propeller, and such a prototype was shown on the 7th Paris Air Show in November 1921. A new design was flown in March 1922, featuring a conventional layout with a single 340 kW (450 hp) Renault 12Kb inline engine. The aircraft was built in a sesquiplane platform, with lower wings substantially smaller than the upper ones.

Replica 1:1 of CASA-Breguet XIX Super Bidon named "Cuatro Vientos" wich the spanish airmen Mariano Barberan de Tros Ilarduya and Joaquin Collar fly from Sevilla (Spain) to Camaguey (Cuba) the June 10th of 1933.

This aircraft was the first to make a non-stop westbound transatlantic crossing. On 1-2 September 1930 "Point D'Interrogation" flew 3900 miles from Le Bourget to New York City in 37 hours. The type is sometimes quoted as the Breguet 19 TF for 'Transatlantic Flight'.

Prior to the move of the Musee de l'Air to Le Bourget, many aircraft were stored or displayed at Chalais Meudon. This Breguet, named "Point d'Interrogation" set a world distance record of 4,912 miles (7905 km) in September 1929 by flying from Le Bourget to Manchuria. In 1930 it completed the first successful East-West crossing of the Atlantic, flying from Paris to New York.