Armée de l'air de l'Armistice
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The Armée d l’air de l’Armistice (Vichy France Air Force) was the Air Force of Vichy France. It consisted in support units promoted and organized for Germans; raised after the Armistice signed between Pétain french government and Germans.
The signs were a coloured (Red-Yellow) horizontal bands in plane tail and engine cover, amongst the regular french roundels, squadron badges and tricolor (blue, white and red) in vertical aileron in tail.Vichy Air Force used in defensive pourposes Bloch MB.151,Bloch MB.152,Bloch MB.155,Caudron C.714 Cyclone,Dewotine D.501,Dewoitine D.520,Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 C1,Potez 631 C3, amongst other interceptors joining Luftwaffe units in area
Its responsiblity was to protect the territory of Vichy France of Allied raids and to provide cover to Axis Powers in proper these territoire and respective overseas colonies under your control in North Africa, Middle East, Djibouti, Madagascar and French Indochina, in particularly the last in support of japanese Army forces in area also.
After the German-French armistice, most of the survivings aircraft caught by the Germans hands others was ceded to newest Vichy French autorities under German autorization. These air units were coordinated by the German and Italian efforts to support at pro-Axis government in Irak with use of airfields in Syria; such movement provocked the Allied occupation of Syria.
Vichy French Air Force captured some Allied aircrafts and conducted some defensive operations against Allieds USAAC, USAAF, RAF and FAA in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), Syria and Madagascar with little success. These units were opposed also to pro Allied Free French Air Force, but not enter in combat in these period.
When Vichy French was occupied by Germans the airplanes of Vichy Air Force were taken for the Luftwaffe for own use amongst others ceded to Italian Regia Aeronautica, Romanian Fortelor Aeriene Regal ale Romania and Bulgarian Vazhdushnite na Negovo Velichestvo Voyski, for testings, training and defensive use.
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[edit] Units of Vichy French A.F.
- 4°Escadrile,GC II/9, Aulnat,South France (november 1942)
- 1°Escadrile,GBA I/151, Lezignan-Corbieres,South France (June 1942)
[edit] Distinguished Vichy France Air Aces
See: List of Vichy France Air Aces
[edit] Allied Airplanes Captured by Vichy France Forces
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensing Mk.I (captured)
- Fairey Fulmar Mk.I (captured)
[edit] Aircrafts of Vichy France Air Force
- Junkers Ju 52/3m g7e (?)
- Junkers Ju 88A-4 (?)
- Amiot 143M
- Amiot 354 B4
- Bloch Bl 81
- Bloch Bl 200
- Bloch Bl 210 BN5
- Bloch Bl 220
- Bloch Bl 131 RB4
- Bloch Bl 151
- Bloch Bl 152
- Bloch Bl 155
- Bloch Bl 174 A3
- Bloch Bl 175 B3
- Breguet Bre 693 AB2
- Caudron C.272 "Lucione"
- Caudron C.400
- Caudron C.445 "Goeland"
- Caudron C.600 "Algion"
- Caudron C.630 "Simound"
- Caudron C.714 C1 "Cyclone"
- Dewoitine D.501
- Dewoitine D.520
- Farman (Centre) F.222.2 BN5
- Farman (Centre) C.222.3 BN5
- Hanriot H.185 L2
- Liore-et-Olivier LeO 451 B4
- Loire Lo 130M
- Loire-Nieuport LN 401
- Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 C1
- Potez 25 TOE
- Potez 33
- Potez 540
- Potez 585
- Potez 631 C3
- Potez 633 B2
- Potez 63.11
- Potez 65
- Potez 662
- Curtiss P-36A (Hawk 75A)
- Douglas DB-7B Boston
- Martin 167A-3 Maryland
- Northrop A-17A Nomad
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