In June 1940 there was still usually no blackout over Berlin as the Germans were confident that allied aircraft wouldn't get anywhere near the city; in particular the air Reichsmarschall, Hermann Göring, had boasted to Hitler, "If any bombs fall on Germany you can call me Meyer" (sometimes quoted as "if any bombs fall on Berlin ..."). Meyer, or Meier, was a common German name, especially in Göring's native Bavaria and "call me Meyer..." was a common German expression along the lines of "if this happens call me Meyer" similar to saying in English "if this happens I'm a monkey's uncle", ie call me an idiot.

Here's the French aircraft in question, the "Jules Verne", civil registration no. F-ARIN:



Along with other aircraft it was destroyed in November 1940 by the Resistance, to prevent it falling into German hands.

It is interesting to note that the "Jules Verne" had four engines [not readily visible from the image], there were two engines on each of its two housings, one to the front, the other to the rear, most unusual.

I didn't know that but yes so it did, how unusual:

There's a video about the raid. (ignore the first minute, it's a product promotion)

Pull/push (or push/pull) engine layouts were not that uncommon

see https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Push-pull_configuration

Here's an extract :-

Claudius Dornier embraced the concept, many of his flying boats using variations of the tandem "push-pull" engine layout, including the 1922 Dornier Wal, the 1938 Dornier Do 26, and the massive 1929 Dornier Do X, which had twelve engines driving six tractors and six pushers. A number of Farmans and Fokkers also had push-pull engine installations, such as the Farman F.121 Jabiru and Fokker F.32.