Bloch MB.131

MB.131
General information
TypeReconnaissance-bomber
ManufacturerBloch / SNCASO
Primary usersFrench Air Force
Number built143
History
Introduction dateJune 1938
First flight29 June 1934 (MB.130)
16 August 1936 (MB.131)

The Bloch MB.130 and its derivatives were a series of French monoplane reconnaissance-bombers developed during the 1930s. They saw some limited action at the beginning of World War II but were obsolete by that time and suffered badly against the Luftwaffe. After the fall of France, a few were pressed into Luftwaffe service.