Loire-Nieuport LN.40. Drawing by Joan Mañé
The Loire-Nieuport LN.40 aircraft were a family of French naval dive-bombers for the Aeronavale in the late 1930s, which saw service during World War II.
Variants
- Nieuport Ni.140: Original Nieuport design first flown on 12 March 1935. Renamed Loire-Nieuport LN.140 after the merger of Loire and Nieuport.
- LN.40: Pre-production aircraft. Seven built.
- LN.41: Proposed land based LN.40
- LN.401: Production single-seat carrier-based dive bomber. 15 built.
- LN.411: Land-based 401, with naval equipment removed; 45 built.
- LN.402: One example fitted with a 860 HP (640 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Y-31 engine.
- LN.42: 1940 development which dispensed with the inverted gull wing.
