SNCAN

It was founded in 1936 by the merger of the nationalized ^[1] . factories of firms Potez ( Meolt , Picardy ), CAMS ( Sartruville ), ANF ( Le Muro , Amiot / SECM ( Codbeck-en-Co ) and Breguet ( Le Havre ). ^[2]

In the pre-war period, SNCAN continued to produce aircraft previously manufactured at these plants under its original names. Of the new developments, only the Potez 630 managed to reach the stage of mass production. ^[3]

After the fall of France , the company's facilities were in the occupied zone , work was stopped, and only in 1944 it was possible to start licensed production of Me 108 ; after the war, the release of his modifications continued under the Nord Pingouin brand.

During this period, SNCAN developed several aircraft projects that were already produced under the Nord brand; the most successful of them was the transport Nord Noratlas , the main transport of the French Air Force of that period. However, many interesting designs have remained prototypes, such as the Noreclair bomber, or the Norelic helicopter.

After the dissolution of the SNCAC group in 1949, part of its assets went to SNCAN; however, five years later, a similar fate awaited her: on October 1, 1954 she was merged with SFECMAS (formerly Air Arsenal ), in January 1958 the association was called Nord Aviation.

It lasted until 1970, when after another merger, this time with Sud Aviation , Aérospatiale (now EADS ), the main French aircraft manufacturer, was formed.

Bf 108 taifun

• Nord 1000 Pingouin (1945), a single-engine four-seater multi-purpose aircraft, a copy of the Messerschmitt Bf (Me) 108 with Argus , Renault 6Q 11 (Nord 1001) and 6Q10 (Nord 1002) engines manufactured in Le Muro;
• Nord 1101 Noralpha / Ramier (1946), development of Me.208 with Renault 6Q11 engine, 200 copies;
• Nord 1203 Norecrin (1945), produced in 1949-55. single-engine three-seater aircraft with Renault 4P and Régnier 4L engines
• Stampe SV-4b (1946), training biplane, 961 copies built in France and Algeria;
• Nord 1220 Norélan (1948) 3-seater multi-purpose
• Nord 1300 (1945) glider, copy of the German Grunau Baby ;
• Nord 1400 Noroit (1946), twin-engine flying boat, later converted into an amphibian;
• Nord 1700 Norélic helicopter prototype;
• Nord 2100 Norazur (1947);
• Nord 2501 Noratlas (1949), twin-engine transport aircraft, 425 copies.

• SNCAC (Center)
• SNCAM (Midi)
• SNCAO (Ouest)
• SNCASO (Sud-Ouest)
• SNCASE (Sud-Est)
• SNCM

• Angelucci, Enzo; Matricardi, Paolo: World Aircraft World War II Part I (1978) Sampson Low Guides SBN 562 00095 X
• Hartmann, Gerard :: Les realizations de la SNCASE (pdf) (French)

• SNCAN technology on Aviafrance website (fr.)
• SNCAN and Nord Aviation aircraft at Sky Corner website