SNCAC Martinet

During the occupation , the SNCAC plant in Bourges (prior to nationalization owned by Aéroplanes Hanriot ) was tasked to organize the production of 455 light transport airplanes Siebel Si 204 for the Luftwaffe . Since 1942, at the time of the liberation of France, 168 copies were produced. It was decided to continue the production of this aircraft under the designation NC.700 , which was applied both to the only prototype built (with Renault 12S engines) and to the number of Siebel transporters left at the factory, inherited by the French Air Force.

In the future, the aircraft was produced in two versions: NC.701 Martinet with glazing of the cabin like the Si 204D, and NC.702 Martinet with the usual cabin of the type Si 204A.

In the French Air Force, individual aircraft served until 1963. A small number of them were used by civilian airlines, including Air France , but they were soon replaced by larger aircraft, such as the Douglas DC-3 . NC.701 / 702 was also used by the French Post, but this practice was discontinued after the F-BBFA crash of July 22, 1946. The "Martinets" of the National Geographic Institute of France were used for aerial photography; Poland and Sweden also acquired several aircraft for cartographic work.

NC.700

Si-204 with engines Renault 12S -00, the French version of the German As411 , 1 prototype and 21 aircraft assembled from the back of the details of the Si 204.

NC.701

Training modification with dual control and cockpit glazing, similar to Si-204D. Several types of training for various aviation specialties. Built 240.

NC.702

8-seater transport aircraft with a cabin of the type Si-204A. 110 copies.

  France

• French Air Force
  • training and connected air group 2/60 "GAEL" (1947-1948).
  • EROM 80
• French Navy Aviation
• Air france

  Morocco

  Poland

• LOT : 6 NC.701 was used in 1947-1948 for aerial photography. ^[one]
• The Polish Air Force , having received the same 6 aircraft from the LOT airline in 1948, used them in the same way ^[1] until the 1950s.

  Sweden

• Rikets Allmanne Kartverk used these aircraft for cartographic work.

• NC.702 282 Conservatoire de l'Air et de l'Espace d'Aquitaine (CAEA), France;
• NC.702 331 German Technical Museum in Berlin , Germany;
• NC.701 SE-KAL Aerospace Museum, Arlanda, Stockholm, Sweden.

The characteristics given below correspond to modification NC.701 ^[2] :

Data source: "Sky Corner"

Specifications

• Crew : 2 people
• Passenger capacity: 8 people
• Length : 12.81 m
• Wingspan: 21,828 m
• Height : 4.4 m
• Wing area: 46.0 m²
• Empty weight: 3,965 kg
• Maximum take-off weight : 5,735 kg
• Power point : 2 × air Renault 12S-00
• Engine power: 2 × 590 hp
• Propeller: Ratier
• Screw diameter: 2.65 m.

Flight performance

• Maximum speed: 350 km / h (per 3000 m)
• Cruising speed : 325 km / h
• Practical range: 810 km
• Practical ceiling : 7,500 m

• On July 22, 1946, the postal F-BBFA Air France crashed while landing near Pontarma , 2 people were killed ^[3]
• On October 25, 1947, NC.701 n ° 69 F-BAOQ of the National Geographical Institute Monument crashed while performing a mission in the region of Saint-Etienne, killing all 6 crew members ^[4] .

Cinema

• Normandy - Neman (film) (1960) ^[5]
• Triple Cross (1966)
• A Promise at Dawn , a film by Jules Dassin based on the novel by Romain Gary (1970)

Stand Modeling

• Kovozavody Prostejov: NC.701 KOV72054, 1:72;
• RV Aircraft: NC.701 RVA7204, 1:72.

• Aero C.3

• Taylor, Michael JH Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. - London: Studio Editions, 1989.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). - Orbis Publishing.
• J.Chillon, JP Dubois, J.Wegg. French Postwar Transport Aircraft. - Tonbridge, England: Air-Britain (Historian), 1980. - ISBN 0-85130-078-2 .

• Siebel Si 204 on westernfront.nl (Eng.) ( NID .)
• NC.701 on the site "Corner of the sky"
• NC.702 on the site "Corner of the Sky
• SNCAC Martinet on escadrilles.org (Fr.)
• short film Souvenirs de la SNCAC Bourges (1947) (fr.)
• Historique du GAEL (Fr.)
• Les avions de la guerre d'Algérie (Fr.)