SNCAC
Nationalised out of Farman and Hanriot in 1936, SNCAC flew the first Allied bombing raid on Berlin, built Luftwaffe transports under occupation and Fw 190s after liberation, then was wound up in 1949.
SNCAC: the company and the aircraft that made its name
Nationalised by the Popular Front
In 1936 France was falling behind a rearming Germany, and the new Popular Front government decided to nationalise two-thirds of the aircraft industry. The law of 11 August 1936 grouped private firms into six state companies by region. SNCAC, the company of the Centre, took the Farman works at Boulogne-Billancourt and the Hanriot factories at Bourges and Arcueil, with the state holding two-thirds of the shares. Farman’s big four-engined F.223 became the SNCAC NC.223.
The Jules Verne over Berlin
One NC.223.4 had begun life as the mail plane Jules Verne. Requisitioned by French Naval Aviation, it made history on the night of 7 June 1940 as the first Allied bomber to raid Berlin, dropping eight 250 kg and eighty 10 kg bombs on the German capital in what was largely a psychological operation. It went back three days later. Eight NC.223.3 bombers flew night raids on Germany before France fell.
German aircraft with French badges
Occupation brought odd work. The Germans ordered 455 Siebel Si 204 transports from Bourges and got 168 before liberation; France kept building them as the NC.701 and NC.702 Martinet, about 350 in all. From parts abandoned in an underground German factory at Cravant, SNCAC assembled 65–70 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s for the French Air Force as the NC.900. The Boulogne-Billancourt plant had been bombed by the Allies in March 1942. Judged too small, SNCAC was liquidated in 1949, its assets shared among SNCAN, SNCASO and SNECMA.
SNCAC in numbers
公司
- 简而言之
- 1936–1949
- Created by the nationalisation law of 11 August 1936
- Formed from Farman (Boulogne-Billancourt) and Hanriot (Bourges, Arcueil)
- Loire-Nieuport’s Issy-les-Moulineaux plant added in 1945
- Liquidated in 1949
生产
- 最出名的是
- NC.701/702 马蒂内特
- Martinet (French-built Siebel Si 204): about 350
- NC.900 (Fw 190): 65–70 assembled
- NC.223 four-engined bomber and mail plane
- NC.2001 Abeille helicopter, 1949
今天
- 现在
- 已停业
- Assets divided among SNCAN, SNCASO and SNECMA in 1949
这些数字
- Si 204s delivered to the Luftwaffe
- 168 of 455 ordered1942–1944
- Martinet built
- about 350
- NC.900 (Fw 190) assembled
- 65–701945
- State shareholding at creation
- 三分之二1936
Every notable SNCAC aircraft
| 飞机 | 角色 | 首航 | 建造 | 地位 | 笔记 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNCAC NC.223 | Four-engine bomber and mail plane | 13 | 已退休 | Ex-Farman F.223; NC.223.4 Jules Verne bombed Berlin on 7 June 1940; total counts prototypes, 8 NC.223.3 and 3 NC.223.4 | |
| SNCAC NC.600 | 战斗机原型 | 1940 | 已退休 | ||
| Siebel Si 204 / SNCAC NC.701 and NC.702 Martinet | Trainer and light transport | about 350 | 已退休 | German design built at Bourges; used by the French military and Air France | |
| SNCAC NC.900 | 战斗机 | 65–70 | 已退休 | Fw 190 A-5/A-6 assembled from abandoned German parts; withdrawn over BMW 801 engine problems | |
| SNCAC NC.840 Chardonneret | 轻型旅游飞机 | 1947 | 已退休 | ||
| SNCAC NC.2001 Abeille | Helicopter prototype | 1949 | 已退休 | ||
| SNCAC NC.3021 Belphégor | 高空科研飞机 | 已退休 |
SNCAC aircraft in the world’s air forces
1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew SNCAC types. 其中 0 辆仍在服役。.
| 空军 | 在服役 | 以前飞过 |
|---|---|---|
| 法国陆军轻型航空兵 | SNCAC NC.856 诺维吉 |
Where SNCAC built, who led it, what it achieved
工厂
- Boulogne-Billancourt · Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine — Ex-Farman; bombed by the Allies on 3 March 1942
- 布尔日 · Bourges, Cher — Ex-Hanriot; Si 204 and Martinet production
- Arcueil · Arcueil, Val-de-Marne — Ex-Hanriot
- Issy-les-Moulineaux · Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine — Ex-Loire-Nieuport, joined 1945
人们
- Henri de l’Escaille · president of the boards of the six nationalised companies
纪录和第一
- NC.223.4 Jules Verne: first Allied bomber to raid Berlin, 7 June 1940
- Farman F.223 prototype: record of 621 miles with a 22,046 lb payload, October 1937
SNCAC, year by year
Nationalisation law creates SNCAC from Farman and Hanriot
F.223 prototype sets a payload-distance record
First NC.223.3 bombers delivered
NC.223.4 Jules Verne bombs Berlin
Si 204 production for the Luftwaffe begins at Bourges
Boulogne-Billancourt works hit by Allied bombing
Loire-Nieuport plant at Issy joins; NC.900 Fw 190s assembled
SNCAC wound up; assets go to SNCAN, SNCASO and SNECMA
Everything people ask about SNCAC
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