France

Picture	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
100_1115	Amiot	143	This bomber was obsolescent on the eve of the war, but it accomplished some night bombing missions.
100_1159	Amiot	351	An excellent medium bomber. Built from scratch.
100_1147	Arsenal	VG-33	Another one of the VG series which went nowhere.
100_1133	Arsenal	VG-36	This was of a series of VG fighters which featured a bewildering variety of engines, fuselages, wings etc. instead of concentrating on one type and getting it built. In the event, not a single one went to production.
101_0081	Arsenal-Delanne	10	This 2-seat unorthodox fighter made 15 flights under the Vichy government. Built from spare parts and sheet plastic.
101_0079	Besson	MB-411	A tiny floatplane designed to fly from the large French submarine Surcouf. Only two were made. I built this one from a Spad fuselage, sheet plastic wings and spare floats.
100_1152	Bloch	131	France had several excellent medium bombers at the beginning of the war. This was one of them. Built from scratch.
100_1142	Bloch	174	Reconnaissance plane.
100_1112	Bloch	200	One of several bombers in the French Armée de l'Air.
100_0861	Bloch	MB 200 BN4	The Czechs used some of these French bombers.
100_1126	Bloch	MB-152	This was one of the better French fighters to oppose the Germans, but they were too few. After the war, Bloch became Dassault Aviation.
100_0832	Bloch	MB-155	One of the better French fighters, it came too late to be of much use.
100_1606	Bloch	MB-157	This exceptional French fighter was able to reach 441 mph in 1940, something most other fighters took several years to reach. Unfortunately, France collapsed and the only prototype was captured by the Germans. Built from scratch.
100_1158	Bloch	MB-700	This was a really tiny fighter---a length of 16 ft. and a wingspan of 19 ½ ft. Built from scratch.
100_1129	Breguet	270	This French observation plane had a distinctive tail boom.
100_1143	Breguet	693	This fine light bomber suffered the ignominy of having to wear surrender colors.
101_0080	Breguet-Dorand	Gyroplane Laboratoire	The French had a practical helicopter early on (1935). Built from scratch.
100_1028	C.A.M.S.	37	Way back in 1927, the Portuguese got 7 of these small flying boats.
100_1108	C.A.M.S.	55	Medium-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat; 110 were built.
100_1116	C.A.O.	200	Only the prototype flew before the French defeat in 1940.
100_2470	Caudron	C.R.44 Goéland	Belgium had 2 of these DC-3 look-alikes. Originally intended for training twin-engine bomber crews, they were instead used for liaison out of Evère Airfield (Brussels).
100_0891	Caudron	C.714	Fifty of these lightweight French fighters were shipped to Finland, but only 6 reached their destination. This is one of them.
100_1114	Caudron	C.714	Caudron built 90 of their lightweight fighters. Some of them equipped this squadron of Polish pilots who escaped in 1939 to continue the fight, only to have to move on to England the next year.
100_1012	Dewoitine	D.501	This was a pre-war French fighter, but I was unable to ascertain how the Chinese got them, or how many.
100_1021	Dewoitine	D.501	Out of 308 fighters that were made, some got to Spain.
100_1141	Dewoitine	D.501	Many of these were exported, but France kept some for itself.
100_1138	Dewoitine	D.520	The Dewoitine was generally acknowledged to be the best of the French fighters, but they were far too few to effectively oppose the Bf 109s. Old kit.
100_1139	Dewoitine	D.520-02	The second prototype.
100_1155	Dewoitine	D.720	Reconnaissance plane. Built from scratch.
101_0076	Hanriot	H.232.01	A very stylish little trainer plane. Built from scratch.
100_1157	Hanriot	NC-530	Reconnaissance plane. Built from scratch.
101_0078	Hanriot	NC-600	Small observation plane. Built from scratch.
100_1151	Heinkel	He 274V1	In order to solve the frequent fires in the He 177, Heinkel was working on the He 277V1 4-engine conversion in violation of German government orders, but at the same time, they were having the French work on this version, also with 4 engines, and a twin tail. It was completed and flown after the war. I made this one by modifying a He 177 kit.
100_1121	Latécoère	298A	France had numerous types of floatplanes. This is a fine Latécoère product for reconnaissance and torpedo bombing.
100_1110	Lioré et Olivier	451	An excellent medium bomber with a long-barreled 20mm. cannon for rear protection.
100_1156	Loire	130	About 150 of these were manufactured, and they served the French, the Vichy French and the Free French. Catapult-launched from French cruisers and battleships.
100_1729	Loire	50	This was the prototype for the French Navy Loire 501 amphibian production model (6 made in 1933). Maximum speed was only 121 mph. on 350 hp. Built from scratch.
100_1017	Loire	46	Of the 70 fighters that were built, some got to Spain and fought on the Republican side.
100_1966	Morane	Morane 230	This captured French trainer was used by the Luftwaffe as a glider tug.
100_0222	Morane Saulnier	M.S. 405	The Swiss built 82 of these under license. The 405 led to the better-known 406.
100_1145	Morane Saulnier	M.S. 406	The M.S.406 was by far the most numerous fighter available to the French at the beginning of the war. Old kit.
100_1146	Morane Saulnier	M.S. 406	This M.S.406 has the yellow and red Vichy surrender markings.
100_1109	Morane Saulnier	M.S.225	A good fighter, but a little old for the competition.
100_1149	Morane Saulnier	M.S.230	Graceful single-seat fighter.
100_1130	Mureaux	M.151 R.282	A venerable observation plane.
100_2197	Nieuport-Delage	NiD 622	With a top speed of 155 mph, the NiD was hardly a world-beater in the early 1930's, but 360 were nevertheless built. Hopefully, most of them had been retired before they had to encounter 300 mph Me 109s.
100_2469	Potez	33	Belgium used 8 of these for liaison and casualty evacuation. Built from scratch.
100_1154	Potez	230	Another tiny fighter. Built from scratch.
100_1125	Potez	452	This obsolescent observation plane served on French cruisers and battleships.
100_1111	Potez	631	The prolific Potez family included night fighters like this one.
100_1120	Potez	631	After the French capitulated, the Germans required the Vichy government to paint all their aircraft in these bright yellow and red surrender colors. Makes for a lot of hand painting.
100_0844	Potez	6311	French ground attack aircraft in Rumanian colors.
100_1148	Potez	6311	Reconnaissance plane.
100_1153	Roussel	30	Right before the war, the French developed a trio of very lightweight fighters. This one was only 20 ft. long. Only one was built and flown. Built from scratch.
100_2008	SCAN	SCAN-20	The French designed and built this trainer flying boat in secret during the German occupation. After the war, 23 were made for the French Navy. Built from scratch.
100_2161	SIPA	S.12	This long, swoopy advance trainer actually started life as the Arado Ar 396 V1 which first flew on Dec. 29, 1944, after the Germans had been kicked out of France. The French had been forced to develop it for the Germans, and they just took over production.
100_1131	SNCAO	LN 411	This Aéronavale dive bomber looked remarkably like a Stuka. They made several brave attempts at knocking out bridges that the Germans were using in their advance in May 1940, but they were decimated.
101_0082	Sud-Est	S.E. 100	A large and clumsy-looking long-range escort and attack fighter. Two prototypes were built. An interesting feature was the undercarriage which had a huge nose wheel and two small wheels under the large tail fins. It had a long-barreled 20mm. cannon for rear defense. Built from scratch.