Loire 46

Loire 46
General information
TypeTrainer/fighter
ManufacturerLoire Aviation
Statusretired
Primary userArmee de l'Air
Number built61
History
Introduction date1936
First flight1 September 1934
Retired1940
Loire 46 of the Spanish Republican Air Force

The Loire 46 was a French single-seater fighter aircraft of the 1930s. A high-winged monoplane designed and built by Loire Aviation, it was purchased by the French Air Force. It was also supplied to the Spanish Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War, but was almost out of service by the outbreak of World War II.