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Originally Posted by Shikhov
May be some french reseachers has studied another figures ?
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MS.406: 150+250=400
H.75: 29+71=100
Hi Shikhov,
Most of the work is still to be done as CJE said, but we may give rough numbers. Here is a few sample with rounded numbers of something that might answer your question :
MS.406 production = 1,080 - 60 (export) = 1,020
French inventory on July, 1940 = 570 - 100 (error) = 470
split is :
- Indochina = 10
- Lebanon = 20
- North Africa = 100
- France = 340
Then, losses are = 1,020 - 470 = 550
But if you consider the remaining 340 in France, you won't find more than 120 still fligth worthy. Due to their current state (destroyed, heavy dammaged, dammaged or potentially dangerous to fly) they should be as well considered as losses which would make another bunch of 220 and then, the total would be 550 + 220 = 770 overall, not including another 50 more lost in the colonies (Lebanon + North Africa).
At this point, what would be difficult to answer in your question would be the cause for each loss because many are related to several and not only one like : air combat, ground attack, scuttling, capture, accident, technical or any combination of all the previous.
The loss number is again about twice for the H-75s', a rough figure closer to the reality would be then twice the numbers mentioned with a lot of work remaining to do to address any single case to one or several causes. Then you may add again all other type as well as non-combat airplanes and you will find that the complete figure would be actually very high.
Here is Aulnat where most MS.406 have been regrouped for spare parts and then, discarded from the inventory :
Regards,
Olivier Bacca.