In May 1940, contrary to preconceived ideas France possessed many aircraft, she was balancing her fleet between outdated machines, which were thus quite vulnerable, and truly modern aircraft, which were nonetheless too weak in number and suffered from many defects that new models most often incur.
Breffort and Jouineau have joined forces again to provide a newly expanded edition from two volumes of the Avions& Pilotes collection under the same title. This complete panorama of fighter aircraft of the period extends from the beginning of World War II to the dissolution of the Vichy Regime’s aviation program.
From Amiot to Potez, all the fighters, bombers, reconnaissance and observation aircraft utilised by the French Air Force between 1939 and 1942, whether they were produced in France or purchased abroad, are presented here in alphabetical order; an overview made complete with the presentation of the principle prototypes that were built but which were never made it to the production line due to a variety of circumstances.
- ISBN10 2352501970
- ISBN13 9782352501978
- Publish Date 1 June 2011
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 January 2014
- Publish Country FR
- Imprint Histoire & Collections
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English