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29th August 2006, 04:10
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Re: French Airforce on English soil May & June 1940...
A quick answer.
It was never planned that the Armée de l'Air will operate from Great Britain, but it was started when the French airmen were unable to support the Allied units surrounded around Dunkirk from their remaining bases in late May 1940. The Curtiss of GC II/8 were based in Lympne from 30 May to 12 June but IIRC flew only during the Dunkirk battle. They escorted French recon aircraft. So the forces based here were a Fighter "Groupe" (bigger than a RAF Sqn) and some recon aircraft (a small flight). From memory, also some aircraft of the Aéronautique Navale (Frenc Fleet Air Arm) were based in GB during the same period but I am not sure at all. More later 
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