The Wib 13 was Avions Marcel Wibault's response to a call from the Service Technique de l'Aéronautique (S.T.Aé, Technical Department of Aeronautics) for a chasseur légere (light fighter).

A pair of synchronised 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine guns fixed to the fuselage fired forwards through the propeller arc.

[1] The Wib 13's 400 hp (298 kW) water-cooled V-12 Hispano-Suiza 12Jb engine was totally enclosed under a cowling which fitted closely around each cylinder bank.

The fighter had a fixed conventional undercarriage with mainwheels on a split axle attached to the fuselage underside, supported by a pair of V-struts; there was a small tailskid.

[1] The Tornade was first seen in public at the Paris Salon d'Aéronautique in December 1928 and was test flown at Villacoublay early the following year.