Re: French H-75A-4 aircraft
Hello Steven,
To confirm your mail.
From Air Enthusiast Vol 2 No:1 (Jan 72).
"It was proposed to assemble the Hawk 75A-4s at La Rochelle as well as Bourges, but only six had been officially taken on strength by the Armée de l' Airat the time of the Armistice. Thirty were in process of being unloaded at La Rochelle in June when the vessel that had transported them across the Atlantic was sunk, taking most of the fighters with it to the bottom of the harbour.
Seventeen others were disembarked at Martinique and a further six at Guadeloupe after the vessels carrying them to France had been diverted."
Also of the 135 A-3s two were kept in the USA for testing.
Alex
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