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Dewoitine

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Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine
Company typePrivate
IndustryAerospace
FoundedOctober 1, 1920; 106 years ago (1920-10-01) in Toulouse, France
FounderÉmile Dewoitine
DefunctDecember 1940 (1940-12)
FateIntegrated into SNCASE
Headquarters
Toulouse (initially), later Paris
,
France
ProductsMilitary and civil aircraft

Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aviation manufacturer established in Toulouse by Émile Dewoitine in October 1920. The company initially specialized in producing metal parasol-wing fighter aircraft, which saw limited service with the French Air Force but were extensively exported and produced under license in Italy, Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia. The firm was dissolved in January 1927, with its ongoing project, the D.27, being transferred to EKW in Switzerland.

In March 1928, the company was reconstituted in Paris under the name Société Aéronautique Française (Avions Dewoitine) or SAF. It briefly continued manufacturing the D.27 before developing the D.500 series of fighters, which became a significant element of the French Air Force during the 1930s.

Dewoitine also contributed to civil aviation by producing airliners such as the D.333 and its successor, the D.338, engineered for pioneering air routes to French Indochina (present-day Vietnam) and Hong Kong.

Following nationalization in March 1937 as SNCA du Midi (SNCAM), the firm manufactured the D.520, recognized as France's most capable fighter at the start of World War II. Nevertheless, production setbacks curtailed its effectiveness during the Battle of France.

The Dewoitine name disappeared after integration into SNCASE in December 1940, coinciding with Émile Dewoitine's exit to establish SIPA. Subsequently, no aircraft were produced under the Dewoitine designation.

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