Société des Avions Bernard
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| Industry | Aeronautics, defence |
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| Fate | Merged |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Founder | Adolphe Bernard |
| Defunct | 1936 |
| Headquarters | La Courneuve, France |
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Key people
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Jean Hubert |
| Products | Aircraft |
Société des Avions Bernard (French: Bernard Aircraft Company) was a French aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century. It was founded in April 1917 by Adolphe Bernard as Etablissements Adolphe Bernard to licence-built SPAD fighters. Immediately after the war the company was reorganised as Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois ("SIMB") to cover a wider product range. It built no new aircraft until 1922, when an aircraft division was formed with Jean Hubert as head designer. The company was bankrupt in 1927.
Bernard re-formed it a last time under the name Société des Avions Bernard to build a small production run of airliners for CIDNA. In 1935, Hydravions Louis Schreck FBA was purchased. However, the business was struggling again before the French aviation industry was nationalised in 1935.
The list shows those types which were at least partially built. Data and naming style from Liron (1990).
Etablissements Adolphe Bernard
Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (S.I.M.B.)
Société des Avions Bernard (S.A.B.)
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