40 HB2 was a three-seated French, amphibious biplane aircraft that was designed in 1917.

[1] The Finnish Air Force purchased 12 Georges Levy G.L.

Three aircraft were lost in accidents that claimed lives — and it was given the nickname "the flying coffin" in the 1920s[citation needed].

In 1920, the Belgian government started an airline in the then Belgian Congo: Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (LARA) operated six Levy-Lepen hydroplanes along the Congo River from Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) upstream to Stanleyville (now Kisangani), a distance of 1725 kilometres.

Data from Thulinista Hornetiin – 75 vuotta Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneita[2]General characteristics Performance Armament