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Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :
« on: November 17, 2008, 10:39:01 AM »
Hi all, :-salut


In my reply to N°1, I told that the 20 German Si 204 of the "armée de l'air" included those given by the RAF. It's a mistake : there were 21 planes in German standards (N° 1000 to 1020) and the RAF gave 35 Si 204 Ds which were added to the number of "armée de l'air" Siebels.
There were 350 NC 701/702 "Martinet" produced but we find numerals out of sequence which may be either wrong transcriptions or the last digits of German Werknummern.

A photo of a Si 204 D in German standards (N° 1005, actually the 6th Si 204 D produced by the SCAN at Bourges) on 9 January 1950. This photo was given to me by an "old timer" :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/Si204D_N1005_.jpg
Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :


And some pictures found in documents which were to be destroyed...

NC 701 "Martinet I", N° 14, with German engines but with French instrumentation :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/NC701_N14_avg_.jpg
Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :


Other "Martinet I" on an unknown airfield, but I guess that was Avord :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/NC701_aligne_.jpg
Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :


Maintenance on a "Martinet I" at Avord :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/NC701Nxx_entretienl_.jpg
Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :


An inflight view of NC 701 "martinet I", N° 90, which was later destroyed on the ground by a storm :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/NC701N90_en-vol_.jpg
Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :


A NC 702 "Martinet II" (N° 327) at Avord :

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/NC702_avd_.jpg
Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :


Cheers,  :-wave

Jicehem  :)


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Re: Siebel 204 and NC 701/702 in French AA :
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2008, 10:52:07 AM »
Fantastic info mate  :-clap Some time ago one publisher have released detailed book about this plane and I hope that I will get sample for review.

Cheers  :-flo