Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by

Émile Dewoitine Émile Dewoitine (26 September 1892 – 5 July 1979) was a French aviation industrialist. Prewar industrial activities Born in Crépy-en-Laonnais, Émile Dewoitine entered the aviation industry by working at Latécoère during World War I. ...

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in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by the

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but purchased in large quantities abroad and licence-built in Italy, Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia. The company was liquidated in January 1927, with the only remaining active programme (the D.27) being transferred to EKW in Switzerland. The company was re-established in Paris in March the following year as Société Aéronautique Française (Avions Dewoitine) or SAF. After briefly continuing D.27 production, the reconstituted firm produced a range of fighters that became a mainstay of the French airforce during the 1930s, the D.500 family. It also developed important civilian airliners, such as the D.333 and its derivative the D.338, designed for pioneering routes to

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(Vietnam), and eventually Hong Kong. The firm was nationalised in March 1937 into the short-lived SNCA du Midi or SNCAM, and produced the D.520 as France's best-performing fighter at the outbreak of war, albeit in too small numbers to pose any serious opposition to the

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in the

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. The end of Dewoitine as a recognisable entity was its absorption into SNCASE in December 1940, by which time Émile Dewoitine had departed to establish

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, and no further aircraft were produced under the Dewoitine name.

Aircraft

Dewoitine D.1 The Dewoitine D.1 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1920s, built by the French industrial company Dewoitine. Development The D.1 was the first airplane designed by Emile Dewoitine after he established his own company. The D.1 was ...

* Dewoitine D.2 project * Dewoitine D.3 project * Dewoitine D.4 project * Dewoitine D.5 project * Dewoitine D.6 project * Dewoitine D.7 *

Dewoitine D.9 The Dewoitine D.9 was a French monoplane fighter built by Dewoitine and built under licence in Italy as the Ansaldo AC.3. Design and development The D.9 was a single-seat high-wing monoplane with a conventional landing gear and powered by a Gn ...

* Dewoitine D.10 project * Dewoitine D.13 project * Dewoitine D.14 * Dewoitine D.15 * Dewoitine D.17 project * Dewoitine D.18 project * Dewoitine D.19 * Dewoitine D.21 * Dewoitine D.22 project * Dewoitine D.23 project * Dewoitine D.24 project *

Dewoitine D.25 The Dewoitine D.25 was a single-engine, two-seat, parasol-wing fighter aircraft built in France in the 1920s. The 1925 French two-seat fighter programme was cancelled before any orders were placed, but four examples were exported to Argentina. ...

Dewoitine D.26 The Dewoitine D.26 was a military trainer developed in Switzerland for the Swiss Air Force in parallel with the D.27 fighter. Design and development The D.26 airframe was similar to that of the D.27. Differences included: *The engine cowli ...

Dewoitine D.27 The Dewoitine D.27 was a parasol monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Émile Dewoitine in 1928. Design and development After the end of World War I, the slump in demand for aircraft forced Dewoitine to close his company and move to Switzerland ...

* Dewoitine D.28 * Dewoitine D.30 *

Dewoitine D.33 The Dewoitine D.33 was a single-engine low-wing all-metal monoplane aircraft designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Dewoitine.Durand, William Frederick - ''Aerodynamic Theory. A General Review of Progress. Under a Grant of the G ...

Dewoitine D.35 The Dewoitine D.35 was a small, single-engine passenger transport aircraft built and flown by Dewoitine in France for their own use in the early 1930s. Only one was produced. Design and development The D.35 was built solely as a company taxi t ...

Dewoitine D.332 The Dewoitine D.332 was a 1930s French eight-passenger airliner built by Dewoitine. Design and development The D.332 was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane. The pilot and co-pilot were seated side by side in a cabin located forward of ...

* Dewoitine D.338 *

Dewoitine D.371 The Dewoitine 37 was the first of a family of 1930s French-built monoplane fighter aircraft. Design and development The D.37 was a single-seat aircraft of conventional configuration. Its fixed landing gear used a tailskid. The open cockpit was lo ...

* Dewoitine D.372 * Dewoitine D.420 project * Dewoitine D.430 * Dewoitine D.440 project * Dewoitine D.450 project * Dewoitine D.470 project * Dewoitine D.480 *

Dewoitine D.481 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by t ...

* Dewoitine D.490 project *

Dewoitine D.500 The Dewoitine D.500 was an all-metal, open- cockpit, fixed- undercarriage monoplane fighter aircraft designed and produced by French aircraft manufacturer Dewoitine. Developed from a specification issued by the French Air Ministry during 1930 ...

* Dewoitine D.513 *

Dewoitine D.520 The Dewoitine D.520 was a French fighter aircraft that entered service in early 1940, shortly after the beginning of the Second World War. The D.520 was designed in response to a 1936 requirement from the French Air Force for a fast, modern fi ...

* Dewoitine D.551 *

Dewoitine D.560 __NOTOC__ The Dewoitine D.560 was a prototype French single-seat fighter developed by Dewoitine as an alternate to the Dewoitine D.500. The design failed to better the performance and only one aircraft was built. Development To provide an alterna ...

* Dewoitine D.580 project * Dewoitine D.590 project * Dewoitine D.600 project *

Dewoitine D.640 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by t ...

project * Dewoitine D.650 project *

Dewoitine D.660 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by th ...

project * Dewoitine D.680 project * Dewoitine D.710 project * Dewoitine D.750 * Dewoitine D.760 project * Dewoitine D.770 * Dewoitine D.800 project * Dewoitine D.810 project *

Dewoitine D.820 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by th ...

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Dewoitine D.860 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by th ...

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Dewoitine D.900 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by th ...

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Dewoitine HD.460 Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by th ...

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Dewoitine HD.730 The Dewoitine HD.730 was a prototype French reconnaissance floatplane of the 1940s. It was a single-engined, low-wing monoplane that was designed as a catapult-launched reconnaissance aircraft to operate from warships of the French Navy. Two flew ...

* Dewoitine P-1

References

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