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1940


New derivatives of the MB 150-157 fighter series are launched: MB 1010 and 1011 feature more powerful engines, and MB 1040 is a two-place design with turret gun.
1940


MB 800 twin-engine training and liaison aircraft are produced at Saint-Cloud until the occupation. A postwar derivative called the SO 90 is built by Sud-Ouest.
1940


The occupation period. During this bleak time, the Vichy government assigns provisional administrators to run the aircraft factories, but Bloch's own men retain a measure of control. And his top engineers continue to work in great secrecy.
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To build the MB 800, Bloch erected a large factory in the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud. Today, it is the headquarters of Dassault's design and engineering departments.
   


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