page_title: French Naval Aviation
section_title: Retired Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: French Naval Aviation / Retired Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: A French Aéronavale Grumman TBM-3E Avenger of Flotille 4F.
context_page_description: French Naval Aviation is the naval air arm of the French Navy. The long-form official designation is Force maritime de l'aéronautique navale. Born as a fusion of carrier squadrons and the naval patrol air force, the Aéronavale was created in 1912. The force is under the command of a flag officer officially named Admiral of Naval Aviation with his headquarters at Toulon naval base. It has a strength of around 6,800 military and civilian personnel. It operates from four airbases in Metropolitan France and several detachments in foreign countries or French overseas territories. Carrier-borne pilots of the French navy do their initial training at Salon-de-Provence Air Base after which they undergo their carrier qualification with the US Navy.
context_section_description: Amiot AAC.1 (Junkers Ju 52)
  Avro Anson
  Avro Lancaster Mk.VII
  Beechcraft SNB-5/JRB-4
  Blanchard Brd.1 HB3
  Blériot-SPAD S.42
  Bloch MB.151 C1
  Borel-Odier T BO-2
  Breguet BRE.14B2/A2
  Breguet BRE.19 B2
  Bréguet 521 Bizerte
  Bréguet 1050 Alizé
  Bréguet 1150 Atlantic
  CAMS 30E
  CAMS.37A/37²/37.11/Lia
  CAMS 46 Et2
  CAMS 55.1/55.2/55.6/55.10
  Caudron Cau 59 ET2
  Caudron C635 Simoun
  Caudron C.445 Goéland
  Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard II
  Chance Vought F4U-7/AU-1 Corsair
  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
  Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
  Coutant RMC Type 17
  Curtiss SBC4/SB2C5 Helldiver
  Dassault MD 312 Flamant
  De Havilland 100 Vampire Mk.V
  Dewoitine 7 C1
  Dewoitine D.373/D.376
  Dewoitine D.510
  Dewoitine D.520
  Donnet-Denhaut 140/150 hp
  Donnet-Denhaut 160 hp
  Donnet-Denhaut 200 HP HS Triplace/RR/BB
  Donnet-Denhaut 275hp
  Donnet-Denhaut bimoteur
  Dornier Do 24T
  Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
  Douglas C-47D Dakota
  Farman Lévy HB2 450 hp
  Farman F60 Torp Goliath/F65
  Farman F.165/F.166/F.168 Torp
  Farman F.223.4
  FBA Type C
  FBA Type H
  FBA Type S
  FBA type 14 HE2
  FBA.17HL1/HL2/HMT2/HE2
  FBA.19HMB2
  Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr
  Dassault Étendard IVM/P
  Georges Lévy 280 HB.2
  Gourdou Leseurre ET1 Type 22
  Gourdou Leseurre LGL.32
  Gourdou Leseurre GL.810/811/812/813 HY
  Gourdou Leseurre GL.832 HY
  Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat
  Grumman TBM-3S/E/W/UT Avenger
  Grumman JRF-5 Goose
  Hanriot HD.2 C.1
  Hanriot HD.3 C.2
  Hanriot HD.14 E.2
  Hanriot HD.17 E.2
  Hanriot H.41
  Junkers Ju 188
  Latécoère 290
  Latécoère 298
  Latham 43 HB.3
  Levasseur PL.4 R3b
  Levasseur PL.5 C2b
  Levasseur PL.7 T2B2b
  Levasseur PL.10 R3b/PL.101 R3b
  Levasseur PL.14 Tb2B2
  Levasseur PL.15 T2B2
  Lévy Besson 200 hp
  Lioré et Olivier LeO.7.3
  Lioré et Olivier LeO.20 Bn3
  Lioré et Olivier H.13/H.136
  Lioré et Olivier H.43
  Lioré et Olivier H.193
  Lioré et Olivier H.257 Bis/H258
  Lockheed P2V-1 Ventura
  Lockheed P2V-6/7 Neptune
  Loire 130 C.l
  Loire 210
  LTV/Vought F-8E(FN) Crusader
  Martin 167-A3
  Martin P5M-2 Marlin
  Maurice Farman Type 1910
  Morane Saulnier MoS.130 Et2
  Morane Saulnier MoS.149 Ep2
  Morane Saulnier MS.225 C1
  Morane Saulnier MS.230 Et2
  Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
  Morane Saulnier MS.500/MS.502 Criquet
  Morane Saulnier MS.733 Alcyon
  Morane Saulnier MS760 Paris
  Nieuport IV.H
  Nieuport VI.H
  Nieuport 12
  Nieuport N.21/N.23
  Nieuport NiD.62 C1/NiD.622 C1
  Nord 262 Frégate
  North American NAA.57 P2
  North American SNJ-3/4/5
  Piper PA-31 Navajo
  Potez 25 A2/TOE
  Potez 452
  Potez 567
  Potez 631 C3
  Salmson Sal.2 A2
  SCAN 20
  Short Sunderland Mk.III/V
  SNCAC/Farman NC.470
  SNCAC NC.701/NC.702 Martinet
  SNCAN N.1001/N.1002 Pingouin
  SNCAN N.1101 Noralpha
  SNCAN N.1402 Noroit
  SNCAN SV.4C Stampe
  SNCAO/Loire-Nieuport LN.401/LN.411
  SNCASE R.82 Romano
  SNCASE Leo.451
  SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc/Bloch MB.160
  SNCASE Aquilon
  SNCASO/Bloch MB.175
  SNCASO SO.94/95 Corse
  SNCASO SO.30P Bretagne
  SOCATA MS.880 Rallye
  Sopwith Sop.1 A2
  Sopwith Baby/130hp Clerget
  Sopwith Triplan C.1
  SPAD S.VII C.1
  SPAD S.XIII C.1
  SPAD XIV Canon
  Stinson 105
  Supermarine Seafire Mk.III/IX/XV
  Supermarine Sea Otter
  Supermarine Walrus
  Tampier T.4
  Taylorcraft L-2
  Tellier Canon 200 hp
  Tellier 200 hp
  Tellier 350Hp
  Tellier BM 400 hp
  Villiers Vil.2AM C.2
  Vickers Wellington
  Voisin 13,5m
  Voisin Canard
  Voisin III
  Voisin VIII
  Vought V.156-F
  Wibault Wib.74 C.1
caption: From 1951 to 1956, 164 Grumman Avengers were delivered to French Naval Aviation. They remained in service until 1965.
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