#morane-saulnier

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Morane-Saulnier monoplane on an aviation event in Angers, Anjou region of France

French vintage postcard

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Chasseur Morane-Saulnier MS.406

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Privately owned 1952 French Morane-Saulnier MS.317 at Breighton Airfield

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MS.760 Paris

Morane-Saulnier MS-760 Paris de la Armada francesa. Autor desconocido.

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Rathenau-7k - "The Chariot of the First Aces"

Role: Early Scout Served With: Macchi, UWF & Allies First Flight: 1581 Strengths: Agile, High Boost Weaknesses: Underarmed, Fragile Inspiration: Morane-Saulnier L (1914)

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Though there are many historians who dispute it, the Rathenau-7a is the first combat scout, as defined as a single-seat plane with fixed forward weapons designed to attack other aircraft. It achieved this by mounting deflector plates on the propeller of an unarmed Rathenau-7 observer. It was soon outclassed by Gotha’s Arntwerke c.10.

The design of the engine mount, using a looped wire cage, made retrofitting an interrupter gear impractical. Before large scale revisions could correct this issue, the much better Rathenau-9 came into operation, using overwing guns and later interrupter gears themselves.

The largest operators of the Rathenau-7 were the various principalities of Lohner fighting alongside the UWF, and many of them remain in the hands of militias, usually upgraded to Schreiber B.IX engines from downed Singvogels.

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1916 03 Verdun, Morane Saulnier N Nr. 394 Escadrille MS 16 vs Fokker EIV - box art Eduard

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Reportedly Jean Chaput flew this machine on the Verdun front along with a Nieuport 11 between March and April, 1916. This Morane was apparently one of only two available in the entire sector at the time. Caput reportedly flew it on operations. He was pretty brave to do so because it seems his Morane kept getting mistaken for a Fokker Eindecker and was regularly shot at by French FLAK. Incidentally this is also the reason for the 'Tricolor' bands on the fuselage.

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Morane Saulnier Type N. Pilot Lt. Jules Vedrines

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look at the gams on that plane!

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F-AYNY, Morane Saulnier MS60 Gipsy Moth, Legend'Air en Limousin, St Junien, 7 September 2019 by Gordon Riley Via Flickr: ex G-AANV

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Morane-Saulnier monoplane leavings its hangar

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1913 to Montbard, France

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Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

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1940 05 10 Morane-Saulnier aces MS 406 cover- Mark Postlethwaite

Formed in December 1939, GC III/1 had few opportunities to clash with the Luftwaffe during the ‘Phoney War’ period. However, when the Blitzkrieg commenced on 10 May 1940, pilots from the unit were roused from their sleep at 0400 hrs by a low-flying aircraft that they misidentified as Junkers Ju 88.

It was in fact a Heinkel He 111P of 3./KG 27, which strafed the airfield at Norrent-Fontes and fled before a patrol of MS.406s was scrambled. Among the French pilots who took off as the day was dawning was Sgt Kléber Doublet.

In the meantime, more He 111s of KG 27 appeared over Norrent-Fontes and were immediately attacked by the French fighters. Having been unable to stay in formation due to mechanical problems, Doublet missed the melee that ensued over the airfield, but he was able to chase down the lone ‘Ju 88’ that had initially attacked Norrent-Fontes, this aircraft remaining in the area to check on the results of the bombing by the main formation from KG 27.

Doublet made several passes from dead astern, avoiding the return fire from the gunners and probably killing one of them. The He111 subsequently performed a wheel‑up landing near Hazebrouck at 0520 hrs, with one member of its crew having been killed. The remainder were captured, including Hauptmann Dr Walter-Julius Bloehm, a then famous novelist and screenwriter. He was duly released in late June 1940 following the French capitulation, and ended the war with the rank of major, having served in various headquarters.

Kléber Doublet was mortally wounded on 11 June 1940 when the engine of his MS.406 engine refused to start after GC III/1 had been ordered to retreat to Valence, in southern France. He was still standing by his crippled Morane when German bombers arrived overhead, targeting Rozay-en-Brie airfield. Doublet suffered terrible wounds to both of his legs, the six victory ace succumbing to his injuries the next day in hospital.

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Morane Saulnier MS 406 vs Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Artist: Lucio Perinotto

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À plein temps / Full Time Eric Gravel. 2021

Interview 6 Av. Morane Saulnier Immeuble Le Crystalys, 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay, France See in map

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F-AZRP / 147 - Morane Saulnier MS-733 Alcyon by Laurent Quérité Via Flickr: Cervolix Meeting Aérien Airshow Cocardes Marine Aérodrome d'Issoire Le Broc LFHA Issoire Puy de Dôme France IMG_3930

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So I was reading about this thing, the very first 4-engined plane and.. "Sikorsky's aspirations for the Russky Vityaz proved to be short-lived. While parked on the runway on 23 June 1913, the aircraft was crushed by an engine that fell off a single-seat Morane-Saulnier aircraft during a landing." Fell off??? Planes just....lost their engines back in the day?