Cliffs of Dover: Tobruk

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Father Ted

Quote from: MengJiao on December 05, 2021, 09:39:41 PM

Still I think the D520 was a match some early war fighters like the Hurricane or the CR 42.   One of the top D520 pilots claimed 5 of each of those in 1940 and 1941.

Which air force(s) was he flying for? French and then Vichy French?

MengJiao


  Right, in 1940 he flew for The Third Republic (your basic France) -- downed a total of 5 CR 42.  In 1941, he flew against the British Empire in Lebanon, got 5 Hurricanes (these are claims, mind you, but while the Empire lost quite a few Hurricanes, they only lost one Tomahawk on that front).  Later he died in a P-39 crash flying for the Free French (not yet the 4th Republic)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Le_Gloan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_D.520