SOCIETE NATIONALE DE CONSTRUCTIONS AERONAUTIQUES DE L'OUEST
FRANCE
Formed January 1937, incorporating Breguet and
46
Loire-
Nieuport establishments. Made series of Loire 46 gull-wing
single-seat fighters, some of which went to Spain
and fought in Civil War; also Loire-Nieuport LN
130
41 single-seat
cranked-wing dive-bombers, a few of which saw
action against advancing Germans in 1940. New company
had associations also with Loire 210 central-float
fighter seaplane of 1939; Loire 130 flying-boat for shipboard
catapult launch; and Loire 70 three-engined reconnaissance
flying-boat.