The company was founded in April 1917 by Adolphe Bernard as Etablissements Adolphe Bernard to licence-built SPAD fighters. Immediately after the war the company was reorganised as Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois ("SIMB") to cover a wider product range. It built no new aircraft until 1922, when an aircraft division was formed with Jean Hubert as head designer. The company was bankrupt in 1927.
Bernard re-formed it a last time under the name Société des Avions Bernard to build a small production run of airliners for CIDNA. In 1935, Hydravions Louis Schreck FBA was purchased. However, the business was struggling again before the French aviation industry was nationalised in 1935.
Aircraft
The list shows those types which were at least partially built. Data and naming style from Liron (1990).
Etablissements Adolphe Bernard
Bernard AB 1 Twin engine medium bomber. 11 built. 1918. The AB 2 was a proposed higher power version.
Bernard AB 3 Post carrying version of AB 1, 1920.
Bernard AB 4 Unfinished passenger version of AB 2, exhibited 1919.
Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (S.I.M.B.)
Bernard AB.C1 Fighter, 1922 redesignated AB 10 before first flight.
Bernard SIMB AB 3M Twin-fuselage, three-engine bomber. Two unfinished, 1923. The AB 3 T was a proposed civil version.
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