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Aircraft of the French Armée de l'Air during the Battle of France in 1940. The nationalization of French military companies by the newly elected leftist government in 1936 severely damaged the aircraft industry. Many of the more advanced designs being worked on were seriously delayed, and development was hampered by organizational inefficiencies from the poorly implemented nationalization. In addition, there was a lack of higher output engines comparable to those installed in the latest Luftwaffe fighters. As a result, by 1938 France had placed orders with other countries to get more planes, including large orders with the U.S..
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- Most Produced: Potez 63 series
- Second Most Produced: Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
- 'Best' French Fighter Design (Pre-Surrender): Dewoitine D.520 (little or no dispute over best title)
List in alphabetical order by manufacturer:
(note: list not complete)
Amiot
- Amiot 143M bomber
- Amiot 354 bomber
Arsenal
- Arsenal VG 33 interceptor-fighter
Blériot
- Blériot S.510 fighter
Bloch
(later, name changed to Dassault)- Bloch MB.81 light transport
- Bloch MB.131 reconnaissance bomber
- Bloch MB.150+ series, fighter (Bloch MB.150 to MB.157)
- Bloch MB.150 (prototype), 1936
- Bloch MB.151 first production design
- Bloch MB.152 increased power, (593 produced by surrender)
- Bloch MB.155 used by Vichy France
- Bloch MB.157 (prototype), not put into production
- Bloch MB.162 long range heavy bomber
- Bloch MB.174 light bomber
- Bloch MB.175 light bomber
- Bloch MB.200 medium bomber
- Bloch MB.210 medium night bomber
- Bloch MB.220 transport
Breguet
C.A.M.S.
- C.A.M.S. 37 ship-borne flying boat
- C.A.M.S. 55.10 maritime reconnaissance flying boat
Caudron
- C.272 "Luciole" liaison
- C.400 liaison
- C.600 "Algion" liaison
- C.630 "Simoun" transport
- C.714 "Cyclone" interceptor-fighter
Dewoitine
Gourdou-Leseurre
- GL-810 ship-borne observation floatplane
Hanriot
Koolhoven
- Koolhoven F.K.58 single-seat fighter plane
Latécoère
- Laté 29 torpedo bomber float plane
- Laté 298 torpedo bomber float plane
- Laté 302 long range flying boat
- Laté 523 long range flying boat
- Laté 611 long range flying boat
Levasseur
Lioré-et-Olivier
- LeO H-43 observation float plane
- LeO 206 heavy bomber
- LeO H-246 flying boat
- LeO H-257 torpedo bomber float plane
- LeO H-451 medium bomber
- LeO H-470 flying boat
Loire
- Loire 46 fighter
- Loire 501 liaison
- Loire 70 flying boat
- Loire 130 flying boat(land/sea)
- Loire 210 ship-borne fighter floatplane
Loire-Nieuport
- LN 401 ship-borne dive bomber
Maillet
- Maillet 201 liaison
Morane-Saulnier
Mureaux
- Mureaux 115 observation
- MB-411 submarine-borne float plane
Nieuport-Delage
- Ni-D.622 fighter
Potez
- Potez 25 army support
- Potez 29 transport
- Potez 33 liaison
- Potez 39 observation
- Potez 402 transport
- Potez 452 ship-borne flying boat
- Potez 141 flying boat
- Potez 540 bomber
- Potez 585 liaison
- Potez 63 series, twin-engine multirole fighter/light bomber,(630, 631, 633, 637, 63.11), 1200+ produced
- Potez 630 day/night fighter, (first 80 production;grounded)
- Potez 631 day/night fighter, (200+ made)
- Potez 633 light bomber, (many export variants)
- Potez 637 army support/reconissaince
- Potez 63.11army support/reconissaince, (900+ made)
- Potez 65 transport
- Potez 662 transport
SNCAO
- C.A.O.200 interceptor fighter
Sud-Est
- SE 200 transport flying boat
Wihault
- Wihault 283T transport
See also
- List of military aircraft of France
- List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II
- List of aircraft of the USAAF, World War II
- List of aircraft of the RAF
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