ANF Les Mureaux
A licence-building shop west of Paris merged with a railway works and produced France’s standard parasol-wing spy plane of the 1930s, nearly 300 of which went to war in 1940.
ANF Les Mureaux: the company and the aircraft that made its name
Built under licence
Les Ateliers des Mureaux was founded in 1918 at Les Mureaux, on the Seine west of Paris, to build other people’s aircraft. Through the 1920s it turned out Vickers Vimys and Breguet 14s under licence while its head designer, André Brunet, experimented with a handful of parasol-winged fighters of his own. In 1928 it bought the seaplane maker Besson, and in 1930 it amalgamated with the Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France, a railway firm, taking the long name that gave it the initials ANF.
Railway money and metal wings
Brunet’s breakthrough came from an air ministry call to replace the Breguet 19 in the two-seat reconnaissance role. Working out a new technique for building in riveted duralumin strips, the firm produced the all-metal Familia Mureaux 110, first flown in 1931. The 113 went into production with 49 built, 40 of which became night fighters in 1934–1935, followed by 119 of the bomb-carrying 115 and 115 of the 117.
Into the Battle of France
By September 1939 the 115 and 117 equipped eighteen observation groups. Some 228 were on strength when the German offensive began in May 1940, and only 62 were intact at the armistice. By then ANF Les Mureaux no longer existed as such: it had been nationalised in 1937 and folded into SNCAN.
ANF Les Mureaux in numbers
La empresa
- En breve
- Founded 1918
- Founded at Les Mureaux as a licence builder
- Bought Besson seaplanes 1928
- Merged with a railway works 1930 to become ANF
Producción
- Más conocido por
- Familia Mureaux 110
- About 285 of the 110 family built
- Licence-built Vickers Vimy and Breguet 14
Hoy
- Ahora
- Part of SNCAN
- Nationalised and absorbed into SNCAN in 1937
Los números
- Mureaux 110 family built
- about 285
- Aircraft on strength, May 1940
- 228
Every notable ANF Les Mureaux aircraft
| Aeronave | Role | Primer vuelo | Construido | Estado | Nota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Mureaux 1 C.1 Express-Marin | Naval fighter | 1924 | 1 | Jubilado | |
| Les Mureaux 3 C.2 | Combatiente | 1927 | 1 | Jubilado | |
| ANF Les Mureaux 113 | Reconnaissance, night fighter | 1931 | 49 | Jubilado | 40 converted to 113 CN night fighters |
| ANF Les Mureaux 115 | Bombardero de reconocimiento | 1935 | 119 | Jubilado | Equipped nine observation groups in 1939 |
| ANF Les Mureaux 117 | Bombardero de reconocimiento | 1935 | 115 | Jubilado | |
| ANF Les Mureaux 120 | Reconocimiento | 1931 | 2 | Jubilado | |
| ANF Les Mureaux 170 | Combatiente | 1932 | 1 | Jubilado | |
| ANF Les Mureaux 190 | Combatiente | 1936 | 1 | Jubilado |
Where ANF Les Mureaux built, who led it, what it achieved
Fábricas
- Les Mureaux works · Les Mureaux, Yvelines
Gente
- André Brunet · head designer — Designer of the 110 family
ANF Les Mureaux, year by year
Les Ateliers des Mureaux founded
Buys seaplane maker Besson
Amalgamates with Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
110 family first flies
113 enters production
Night-fighter conversions of the 113 begin
Nationalised into SNCAN
Only 62 Mureaux observation aircraft left at the armistice
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Verificado el 3 de octubre de 2026.