title: B.A.J. IVC.2
text: # B.A.J. IVC.2
  
  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.
  
  ## 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. It was fitted with a fixed and synchronised forward firing Vickers machine-gun and the observer had a mounted twin Lewis Gun. 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. Testing went well, but the prototype was returned to Bron for repairs, replaced by the second prototype. A fire in late 1918 at Bron led to the development of the type being abandoned.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 2
  * Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb inline piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
  
  Armament
  
  * Guns: One fixed 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine-gun and an observer operated twin 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis guns on a T.O.3 ring
  