P-36/Hawk 75 Bird of prey

摘要

The majority of accounts of the air war over France in the spring of 1940 focus on the fighter-versus-fighter contest. Those in service with both the RAF and France's Armee de 1'Air gave a good account of themselves between May 10 and June 25 of that year. The fighters mentioned the most in contemporary reports were the Hurricane and the Spitfire, but this is somewhat misleading. Even before the battle had begun French Hawk 75 units had scored most of the 70 confirmed victories for the loss of 28 fighters since September 1939.