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Old December 5th, 2003, 11:08 AM
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"western front" facts

About Mid June 1940

http://aerostories.free.fr/dossiers/AA/vichy/page8.html

Also, in other parts of the French Colonial Empire; Indochina, Syria, Madagascar, Equatorial Africa, Western Africa, the strength of the French Air Force was still intact.


In North Africa alone (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), nearly 640 airplanes were available
( after evacuation from France ). It consisted of H-75s, D-520s, MS-406s fighters, Glenn Martin, LeO-45, DB-7s, Amiot 351s bombers, and miscellaneous airplanes such as the Potez 63-11s, and MB-174s.

Certain facts must however be brought up. A large number of miscellaneous airplane types have never constituted an Air force. Furthermore, it is legitimate to ask how a totally disorganized Air Force could have effectively become operational in a few days.
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