The design of the two-deck transport aircraft Breguet 761 Deux Ponts began in 1944. The prototype was equipped with four star-shaped Gnome-Rhoen 14R engines with a capacity of 1580 liters. with., built by the company SNECMA, and made the first flight on February 15, 1949. It was a free-bearing midplane of all-metal construction. The retractable three-legged chassis had two-wheel main struts; tail empennage consisted of a high-lying horizontal and vertically spaced vertical stabilizer. Three pre-production Br.761S aircraft were distinguished by the star-shaped Pratt Whitney R-2800-B31 engines with the power of 2020 hp, as well as modified wing end parts, the third central keel and the crew of four. Company Air France in 1951. ordered 12 copies of the advanced version of Br.763 Provence. These machines were enlarged and the wing was reinforced, the crew cabin was redesigned for three people and more powerful Pratt Whitney engines were installed. The first aircraft flew on July 20, 1951, and since August 1952, This type began to be used by Air France. It accommodated 59 and 48 passengers on the upper and lower decks respectively, and with a high density of accommodation - 135 people. The aircraft was used as cargo-passenger, freight or transport. In 1964. the company transferred six Br.763 aircraft to the French Air Force, where they were given the name Br.763 Sahara. They were used in the transport squadron together with three Br.761S aircraft and four new variant cars that had sliding cargo doors. They could accommodate up to 146 servicemen, 85 stretchers and medical personnel or cargo, equipment and heavy equipment. In 1972 the last of them was decommissioned.
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