Messerschmitt Me.208 / Nord 1100 Noralpha

During the occupation of France, the production of the Messerschmitt Bf.108 was transferred to the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Nord (commonly known just as "Nord"), at the French city of Les Mureaux, West of Paris in 1942. The company built two prototypes of the Me.208, an expected successor to the Messerschmitt Bf.108 during 1943. It was basically an enlarged version of the Bf.108 with a tricycle landing gear powered by an Argus As 10P which delivered 237 hp of power during take-off and drove a two-bladed propeller. The prototype flew for the first time in January 1944. Apparently there was a second prototype.
It was expected Nord to take the bulk of the manufacturing process in order to replace the existing, and ageing, Bf.108 that were already in service with the Luftwaffe. However, the course of the war prevented its mass production and only one prototype survived the War, which was renamed as Nord 1100.
After the War, Nord produced a re-engined version of the Me.208/Nord 1100 powered by a Renault 6Q-10 engine which delivered 233 hp of power and was designated as Nord 1101 Noralpha by the company and Ramier I (Woodpigeon I in English) by the French Armée de l'Air.
A single Nord 1101 was refitted with a Potez 6D-0 engine, yielding 240 hp of power for engine trials and was designated as Nord 1104. Two more Nord 1101 were converted with a Turbomeca Astazou II turboshaft engine in 1959 and were known as S.F.E.R.M.A. Nord 1100 Noralpha, being SFERMA a filial of SNCASO.
Both Noralpha and Me.208 were low-wing cantilever monoplane with a braced horizontal tail surface and single rudder. They had a retractable tricycle landing gear. In both cases the engine was mounted on the nose and they had an enclosed cabin with side-by-side seating for two and room behind for two passengers more.
Two-hundred exemplars of the Nord 1101 were manufactured and they served as communications aircraft with the Armée de l'Air and the Aéronavale. Later, many of them were civilianized with the final Air Force Noralphas being replaced in service with the Centre d'essais en Vol (CEV) at Bretigny-sur-Orge during 1974-1975 with some few ones serving with the Navy for a further brief period.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Noralpha
2. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_208 (translated)
3. https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/messerschmitt-me208-walkaround/
4. https://www.valka.cz/Messerschmitt-Me-208-t57830
5. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_1100_Noralpha (translated)