The Lost Hopes, Polish Fighters over France in 1940"
The French Minister of Air, Guy de Chambre, inspected the 1/145 squadron on May 25th, and after hearing the litany of "Cyclon's" defects, suspended all the flying on this aircraft. He was told about the aircraft's poor climb rate, a weak landing gear and its faulty lowering mechanism, as well as an imperfect propeller's pitch-changing device, cowling's swelling during diving and unreliable cockpit's dashboard instruments. Minister's reaction was a proper one, however, it deprived Polish pilots of the only aircraft available to them. The very next day, however, they decided to continue flying the defective Caudrons.