Book on French AF 1939-40?

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by Grozibou

As you can see all this vicious anti-French propaganda, libelling and insulting is devoid of any justification.

After reading this I'm surprised that you come up with the following text, which is at the least just as offensive.

Admittedly all French pilots (who were well-trained) possibly were not geniuses at the same time as angels and aces - they did their best and fought to the death. Obviously Polish pilots wrere MUCH, MUCH better - and so honest and objective including in their hundreds of victory claims won flying aircraft which were able to fly only thanks to repairs performed with tape and strings and with stones as ammunition. Engine fuel for the Poles was water (big improvement as compared to the hundreds of gallons of alcohol they used to drink) and they even had to ride French cows because the naughty French would not give them any aircraft, not even some made of paper and glue. At least cow-milk could be used as aviation fuel in French engines.

I must say that I am disappointed, this cannot lead to anything constructive and therefor I will close the tread.