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Cargando... French Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 28)por Barry Ketley
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Not bad, not great. Ketley is best at examining the French air arm through the defeat of France, and then covering the so-called "Armistice Air Force" through the collapse of the Vichy regime. This is before wrapping up with examinations of French pilots serving with the RAF and the famous "Normandy-Nieman" Regiment on the Eastern Front. What there is virtually no coverage of is French fighter units in the West, post-Vichy. This topic could really stand to be revisited, with one booklet being devoted to the "Armee de l'Air" and the Armistice Air Force, one to the Free French Air Arm, and one for "Normandy-Nieman." ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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French pilots endured fighting both with and against the Allies during World War 2. Possessing obsolescent aircraft at the outbreak of the war, the Armée de l'Air was decimated in the wake of the Blitzkrieg; however, a number of fighter units still achieved creditable scores flying Curtiss Hawks, Morane MS.406s and Dewoitine D.520s. Following the capitulation of France at the end of June 1940, many aces continued to fly with the now Vichy French Squadrons that were stationed in North Africa, and a number of these pilots subsequently saw action against their former Allies there. Numerous French pilots also escaped to Britain, and a handful achieved notable sucess with the RAF flying Hurricanes, Spitfires and Tempests. In Russia, the formation of the French-manned ‘Normandie-Niemen’ regiment in 1943 also saw near on 40 pilots achieve ace status flying Yak fighters on the Eastern Front. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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