FRANCE
Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. In the post World War I era they started a new design series
originally based on the Bristol Jupiter, but evolving into the excellent 1,000 hp-class (750 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major
radial, which was likewise licensed and used around the world during World War II. They were a major supplier of engines to the
German Luftwaffe, producing both their own designs as well as German ones under licence. Their factories were the target of
highly accurate bombing, knocking them out of the war.
