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Re: Armee de l'Air ground losses May-June 1940
Hello Olivier
IIRC according to old two part article in old Air Internationals there were altogether 815 MS 406s in continental France on 10.5.40, that incl. those in training units and in DATs, probably also some in depots. Some 66 were lost or badly damaged by then in action or in accidents and 60 exported (30 to Finland and 30 to Turkey) and 135 were on Corsica, in French North Africa and in Indochina.
So from these numbers and the number from your message one can also make a following calculation 815 - 340 = 475 and then the "grey area", those 220 out of 340 survivors which were not anymore combat ready. So it seems that some 475 were lost to all causes between 10.5. - 24.6.40. Would you like to comment these numbers?
TIA
Juha
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