The Norécrin was developed to meet a French ministry of transport sponsored design competition. The Norécrin is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear and the prototype (Nord 1200) was designed to receive a nose-mounted 75 kW (100 hp) Mathis G4-R piston engine but flew only with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4Pei (first flight on 15 December 1945 with Georges Detre as test pilot). The production version had three-seats and was designated the Nord 1201 Norécrin I. A number of variants were produced with different engines fitted. Later variants had four-seats and the Nord 1203 Norécrin V was a two-seat military variant with machine-guns and rockets. It was a successful design and 378 aircraft were built.
Variants
1200 Norécrin
Prototype with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4Pei engine.
1201 Norécrin I
Three-seat production variant with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4P-01 engine (22 built)
1202 Norécrin
Prototype four-seat variant with a 120 kW (160 hp) Potez 4D-01 engine
1203 Norécrin II
Production variant with 101 kW (135 hp) Regnier 4L-00 engine.
1203 Norécrin III
Norécrin II with modified landing gear.
1203 Norécrin IV
Powered by a 130 kW (170 hp) Regnier 4L-02 engine.
1203 Norécrin V
Armed military variant.
1203 Norécrin VI
1955 production variant with a 120 kW (160 hp) Regnier 4L-14 engine.
1203 Norécrin M1
1955 prototype with a 130 kW (180 hp) Lycoming O-360 engine, derated to 120 kW (160 hp) .
1204 Norécrin
Powered by a 93 kW (125 hp) Continental C125 flat-four engine.
1204/II Norécrin
Powered by a 108 kW (145 hp) Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.
