The Morane Salunier 474 Vanneau (Plover) was a naval version of the Morane Saulnier range of early post was training aircraft. They remained in service with the French Air Force and Navy into the late 1960s.

The Morane Saulnier MS 474 Vanneau IVwas a naval version of the MS 472 training aircraft.

Design work began in Vichy France and the prototype, the MS 470, made its maiden flight on 22 December 1944, not long after liberation and before the defeat of Germany in 1945.

Production of the MS472 began in 1946 and its success interested the aviation branch of the French Navy, the Aeronavale. Consequently a single MS 472 was given carrier equipment, leading to the MS 474, with deliveries beginning in December 1947.

A total of 70 MS474s were delivered to the French Navy and a total of 506 of all versions of the Vanneau were produced.

This model represents a Morane Saulnier 474 flying with Aeronavale Escadrille 54S in about 1952.

FCS Dujin 1/72 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in October 2025.