In 1944, Luftwaffe issued an requirement to aviation industries for a heavy transport airplane as a prospective replacement for the Messerschmitt Me.322 Gigant. Breguet submitted the Br.760 proposal, and a design study have been undertaken. Development was delayed due to war situation. After D-day, French government could not afford second transport airplane other than the Sud-Est Se.161. Funding for the Br.760 project finally was found in 1949. Breguet decided to build three pre-production Br.761. The first Br.761 flew in 1951. At the time the French African colonies were beginning to revolt and the French Air Force urgently needed extra airlift capacity. A bigger Br.763 Provence was ordered for emergency trooping work. In 1955, the French Air Force wanted a more range Br.765 Sahara that it could use to Saigon and Tahiti. In 1974, after French nuclear testing finished, the military Pacific services supporting was no longer needed. All the Sahara were retired and scrapped in 1976.

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Long-range transport airplane

Use as a multi-role military transport.

42.60m.

28.94m.

9.65m.

4x Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA18 radial engine

390 km/h

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17,000 kg payloads

The model kit contents parts & decals able to build the Br.763 Provence or Br.675 Sahara optionally!

The Breguet Br.765 Sahara is suitable to group with the following collection series.

Post war propeller-driven long range cargo transport aircraft

Antonov An-12 Cub

Antonov An-22 Antei

Antonov An-26 Curl

Antonov An-32 Cline

Blackburn Beverley C.1

Boeing C-97

Breguet Br.765 Sahara

Convair C-131 Samaritan

Convair XC-99

Douglas C-118A Liftmaster

Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

Douglas C-133 Cargomaster

de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

Fairchild C-123 Provider

Handley Page Hastings

Lockheed C-121 Constellation

Lockheed R6O-1 Constitution

Nord 2501 Noratlas

Short SC.5 Belfast

Transall C-160

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Modern French aircraft