Centre d'Archives de l'Armement et du personnel civil de Châtellerault (CAA).
This archive center situated between Paris and Bordeaux holds the technical archives of the military and armament industry. From submarines to guns and, of course, the aircraft manufacturers. Inside the center there are documents about some of the LW aircraft built in France during WWII. There are many files and traced design of the building of these aircraft. For example I have found drawings and technical data on Fieseler 156 and details of numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft built in France. These documents are all originals and can be interesting for the history researchers or for those that build kits. Amongst the 70,000 meters of archives there are also details of all the service equipment or vehicles.
Alas, the same volume of archives are not yet cataloged ! Maybe some very interesting documents are still unidentified in some cardboard boxes!
Opening hours :
Tuesday to Friday 8:30 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00.
Monday & Friday by appointment.
Xerox copies : 0.23 euro each (A4)
Centre d'archives de l'armement et du personnel civil
211 grande rue de Chateauneuf
BP650
86106 CHATELLERAULT Cedex
FRANCE