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Re: May 14th 1940 and few little things
Well, there is another issue. Those 45 reports cover virtually all assigned airmen - they were filed by commanders of sections dispersed across France. I estimate that about 75 percent of reports representative for about 75 percent of 190 Polish fighter pilots, contain negative remarks against Frenchmen. The remaining 25 percent does not have any remarks, be it positive or negative. I presume authors did not like to write too much, more than necessary. It is worth to note that in many cases French pilot are described as great friends, and very pleasant people, this not referring at all to their combat abilities.
As an aside note, Lionel asked about GC II/1. Polish pilot of the unit, Marian Trzebiński noted, that the French officers avoided combat at all cost, and that it looked like within the month most Poles had more flights that those officers since the start of the war. He was nonetheless full of admiration for French NCO pilots, who led flights and squadrons instead of officers.
Certainly an extreme situation, nonetheless another piece of rather complicated situation in France.
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