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The armistice of 22 June 1940 did not necessarily mean the end of the war for French pilots, those who escaped from France fought on in the Royal Air Force, ultimately the Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres) and the Armée de l'Air under RAF Bomber Command and those who remained flew for the French Armistice Air Force on behalf of ...
Aircraft of the French Air Force and Naval Aviation during the Phoney War and the Battle of France, and aircraft of the Free French Air Force (FAFL). The list is not complete and includes obsolete aircraft used for training as well as prototype and pre-production aircraft. List is in alphabetical order by manufacturer or designer.
The Free French Air Forces (French: Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, FAFL) were the air arm of the Free French Forces in the Second World War, created by Charles de Gaulle in 1940. The designation ceased to exist in 1943 when the Free French Forces merged with General Giraud 's forces.
The (Free) French Air Force in 1940-1945 (Listing attempt) Article on the presence in Chad of French Air Forces (in French) Archived 12 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine; Two images of the Potez 63.11 in the markings of Free French Flight N° 2 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Table of French allied Air Force units in World War II ...
The Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air), usually referred to as the Air Force of Vichy (Armée de l'air de Vichy) or Armistice Air Force (Armée de l'Air de l'armistice) for clarity, was the aerial branch of the Armistice Army of Vichy France established in the aftermath of the Fall of France in June 1940. The Vichy French Air Force existed ...
The Dewoitine D.520 is a French fighter aircraft that entered service in early 1940, shortly after the beginning of the Second World War.. The D.520 was designed in response to a 1936 requirement from the French Air Force for a fast, modern fighter with a good climbing speed and an armament centred on a 20 mm cannon.
Nationalist Chinese Air Force ordered 12 aircraft in 1938 and they were shipped to Haiphong, but diverted to Escadrille EC 2, which fought against the Japanese and Thai in December 1940 [4] One or two aircraft may have reached the Chinese Air Force [32] Independent State of Croatia. Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske received 48 aircraft ...
The armistice in 1940 marked a low point, with Vichy France being allowed only reduced numbers and development halting. Many French aircraft were captured and used by Nazi Germany and its allies. Some aircraft that did escape served with the Allies or Free French forces, who also used many other types of allied aircraft.