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Probably, yes! It's not a CR42 neither a fighter. It's a liaison plane. https://www.historynet.com/angels-from-above-pioneering-air-evacuation-of-wounded-in-world-war-ii/

The P-40's wing profile was the same used in Dauntless. It generates a lot of drag. P-51 has another interesting feature: the radiator generates thrust. Cheers Pepe

Not in service, but with a terrific performance: The Heinkel He100 and the Focke Wulf FW187 with DB 600 engines.

I made a lot of remarks above. The French Fleet received similar orders and scuttled its ships when German forces approached Toulon. No German regiment ever reached Algeria and Morocco at WW2... The fleet was safe at North Africa and the British action just put it at German reach. About Bader...

Where I say Vichy was a paragon of democracy? Legally its not democratic synonym. You can have a legally formed state that it's not democratic and USA supported a lot of them in Latin America. Judge Le Gloan and La Meslée by today's standards it's not fair. About joining Free French, that was...

No, what I'm saying is that British action at Mers-el-Kebir aroused a lot of hate at French forces, even at the Free French soldiers. Even Admiral Summerville, the task force commander, was critic about the action. About Vichy legitimacy, the decision to give Petain was taken by French...

Only TWO WW2 fast bombers were effective: Mosquito and Petlyakov Pe-2...

Pétain received his power from the National Assembly. Democratic elected representatives formally and legally considered the French State as the right successor of the Third Republic. Vichy France kept its neutrality even after British forces attacked Mers-el-Kebir, killing 1,297 French sailors...