...hter to intercept German bombers primarily coming from occupied Norway and France. The Firebrand was originally powered by a Napier Sabre inline engine, thou
...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
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...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
...oing production orders for the United States Marine Corps, but the fall of France in June 1940 caused the order to be shifted to the UK. In the Royal Navy's
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...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
...original plans, was unarmed. On its first operational sortie over occupied France, it easily outran three Messerschmitt 109s. The second major production var
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...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
...and was exporting to many countries such as Australia, the United States, France, India, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, West Germany, Venezuela, Sweden, Sou
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The aircraft that had not been sent from the USA before France was defeated were diverted to Britain for use by RAF Bomber Command. The RA
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...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
...were the first to see service, fighting German units during the Battle of France. The DB-7 would later serve in the air forces of multiple air forces as an
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...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
...de it ideal for the ground attack tactics employed by the RAF in 1943 over France. The Spitfires and Hurricanes were quickly replaced by the Typhoons in this
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...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
...feated by Germany in 1940, arrangements were made to ship the remainder of France's order to Britain. The DB7 initially entered service with the RAF as the B
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* North American [[F-86K (France)|F-86D]] Sabre
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* North American [[F-86K (France)|F-86D]] Sabre
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* [[F-84G-26-RE (France)]]
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...ult Aviation and introduced in 1952. It was a very important milestone for France at the time, since it was the first French-built jet powered aircraft, serv
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The Ouragan is a very capable air superiority fighter for its rank, lik
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...6-F''' in February 1939. Some minor changes were made during reassembly in France, including French radios and 7.5 mm machine guns, and the installation of d
...suspended armament: additional cannons under the wings, bombs, rockets and torpedoes. This section is especially important for bombers and attackers. If there i
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...n variant of the Potez 63 project, which was a project intended to provide France with modern heavy fighter capabilities and which eventually led to one of t
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]] along with the initial French aviation tree. The {{Specs|name}} is the s
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.... The A-35 had a better engine and other changes for flight performance. France would later receive almost 70 A-35A/Bs during the lend-lease program.
Introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]], the '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a fairly decent ground striker. It has thre
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...s the F6F Hellcat fighter-bomber was capable of performing the same tasks. France purchased 110 SB2C-5 Helldivers in 1949 in replacement of their own SBD Dau
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. US pilots may be familiar with the [[SB2C-1c]] and [[SB2C-4]] and this
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After World War II, France found itself lacking a proper military to maintain the domain of its overse
...uction to Rank 3 of French aviation. Succeeding the F6F-5 is the [[SB2C-5 (France)|French SB2C-5 Helldiver]], another export US naval aircraft.
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...}''' was acquired by France in the years following WWII. During the 1950s, France was still rebuilding its nation and its armed forces, and the easiest way t
It was introduced in [[Update 1.73 "Vive la France"]]. The ▄F6F-5N (N stands for Night fighter variant) is the French varian
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...ires donated by the RAF. Since the Viet Minh lacked any kind of air force, France used the P-63s as ground attackers. For this, the aircraft was adapted to c
...to 3 x 500 lb bombs, however more conventional bombers like the [[SB2C-5 (France)|SB2C-5]] are more suited for this task. There is an identical variant in t
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...f the last Corsairs to be produced in its long production run of 13 years. France began receiving the new Corsairs in 1953 and retired them 11 years later in
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