SNCAC

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SNCAC

Société Nationale des Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre · Aérocentre

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.

1936Založeno
Defunct 1949Postavení
7Letadlo v záznamu
1Vzdušné síly létající na jeho typech
ZeměFrancieZaloženo1936ZakladateléFrench state (nationalisation law of 11 August 1936)VelitelstvíBoulogne-Billancourt and BourgesPostaveníDefunct 1949
Příběh

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.

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 · verified 2026-10-03
Na první pohled

SNCAC in numbers

Společnost

Stručně řečeno
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

Výroba

Nejznámější pro
NC.701/702 Martinet

  • 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

Dnes

Teď
Zaniklý

  • Assets divided among SNCAN, SNCASO and SNECMA in 1949

Čísla

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
two-thirds1936
Letadlo

Every notable SNCAC aircraft

Letadlo Role První let Postavený Postavení Poznámka
SNCAC NC.223 Four-engine bomber and mail plane 13 V důchodu 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 Prototyp stíhačky 1940 V důchodu
Siebel Si 204 / SNCAC NC.701 and NC.702 Martinet Trainer and light transport about 350 V důchodu German design built at Bourges; used by the French military and Air France
SNCAC NC.900 Bojovník 65–70 V důchodu Fw 190 A-5/A-6 assembled from abandoned German parts; withdrawn over BMW 801 engine problems
SNCAC NC.840 Chardonneret Lehké turistické letadlo 1947 V důchodu
SNCAC NC.2001 Abeille Helicopter prototype 1949 V důchodu
SNCAC NC.3021 Belphégor High-altitude research aircraft V důchodu
Kdo s nimi létá

SNCAC aircraft in the world’s air forces

1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew SNCAC types. 0 z nich stále má jeden v provozu.

Letectvo V provozu Dříve létal
Lehké letectvo francouzské armády SNCAC NC.856 Norvigie
Místa, lidé, rekordy

Where SNCAC built, who led it, what it achieved

Továrny

  • Boulogne-Billancourt · Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine — Ex-Farman; bombed by the Allies on 3 March 1942
  • Bourges · 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

Lidé

  • Henri de l’Escaille · president of the boards of the six nationalised companies

Rekordy a prvenství

  • 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
Časová osa

SNCAC, year by year

1936

Nationalisation law creates SNCAC from Farman and Hanriot

1937

F.223 prototype sets a payload-distance record

1940

First NC.223.3 bombers delivered

1940

NC.223.4 Jules Verne bombs Berlin

1942

Si 204 production for the Luftwaffe begins at Bourges

1942

Boulogne-Billancourt works hit by Allied bombing

1945

Loire-Nieuport plant at Issy joins; NC.900 Fw 190s assembled

1949

SNCAC wound up; assets go to SNCAN, SNCASO and SNECMA

Rodokmen

Before and after SNCAC

Přišel předtímFarmanBoulogne-Billancourt works nationalised into SNCAC, 1936Read the Farman pagePřišel předtímHanriotBourges and Arcueil works nationalised into SNCAC, 1936Read the Hanriot pagePřišel poSNCASO (Jihovýchodní Anglie)Received part of SNCAC’s assets on liquidation, 1949Přečtěte si stránku SNCASO (Sud-Ouest)
Otázky a odpovědi

Everything people ask about SNCAC

What was SNCAC?
The Société Nationale des Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre, a French state aircraft maker formed in 1936 from Farman and Hanriot and dissolved in 1949.
Which aircraft first bombed Berlin for the Allies?
The SNCAC NC.223.4 Jules Verne of French Naval Aviation, on the night of 7 June 1940.
What was the SNCAC NC.900?
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters assembled in France in 1945 from abandoned German parts for the French Air Force.
What happened to SNCAC?
It was liquidated in 1949 and its assets were divided among SNCAN, SNCASO and SNECMA.

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