The Morane-Saulnier MS.230 aircraft was the main elementary trainer for the French Armée de l'Air throughout the 1930s.

Almost all French pilots flying for the Armée de l'Air at the outbreak of World War II had had their earliest flight training in this machine.

It saw service with military flight schools throughout France and was exported to the air forces of numerous other countries.

One was used in 1967 to act as camera-ship for air-to-air filming of Darling Lili at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Ireland.

Examples are preserved on display in museums in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Spain and the United States of America.