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carpenoctem1689
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mosquitoman said:Hows about the D.520?
carpenoctem1689 said:To me, those figures sound about right. I can highly doubt the the M.S406 could outscore the germans in a 109E. The 109E was a damn good fighter for the time, and the MS406, well, wasnt. The lack of gun heaters for the weak 7.5mm darne's reduced its altitude performance, giving the germans and much higher cieling of operation, and the ability to use theyre superiour diving and climbing characteristics to attack flights of the MS406's from above, and then climb up to altitudes where the Ms406 wouldnt be able to use its machine guns, run out of cannon ammo quickly with inferior sights, and be unable to reach, or even come too close to its maximum speed. The VG33 was the only major threat, besides maybe some hawks, that the 109E had to worry about. my opinion.
So one minute your flying over France fighting the Germans.
Then you fly to Tunisia/Syria and call yourself the Vichy Airforce and start shooting down Hurricanes and Kittyhawks, while some of your own mates pop over to Russia and have ago at the Germans on the Eastern Front while the other lot are still shooting down Allies.
Meanwhile waiting in England the Free French Air Force are preparing!!
"During his complicated combat career, Pierre Le Gloan shot down 18 aircraft (4 German, 7 Italian and 7 British), which gave him the 4th position among the French flying aces of the war."
What's all that about then???
I think you have that backward. Beginning in July 1940 Britain fought an undeclared war against the legitimate French government.Remember it was the French government (at least the one controlling some French soil) that turned against the allies.
..it's a shame that Kirkland's article got posted here - it's very misleading in certain respects. Certainly Glider's info about the Ms 406 was about right...