May 14th 1940 and few little things

[Petitpoucet]

Hi,

Few days ago, this forum showed aggressive attacks. I didn't want to react at this time, the discussion was impossible.
But i'm French, and i was not really pleased with what i read. Attacks against "the guy"becam attacks against french pilots and french Armée de l'Air.
So, for beginning, please excuse my poor english, and be sure that i don't want to be aggressive. I'd just like to answer to small points.

_For example, when i read that french officers kept for themselves victories claimed by polish pilots, i'd like to answer by another question : what happen in other Air forces when pilots claim more victories than the aircrafts effectively destroyed ? Some are confirmed, the others no. One error is possible, but many polish and czech pilots became aces during the battle of France, so i cannot admit this sentence as a generality.

_I read it and i can confirm it : there were no operationnal "Groupes de Chasse" (fighter groups) at villacoublay airbase when it was bombed in early June 1940. So, 30 fighters, all right, but how many armed, and how many operationnal pilots ? Who to give orders ? And what about the alarm, when was it given ? So many questions before concluding anything.

_May 14th 1940 : According to "secret" sources, four Battles from Squadron 142 were destroyed by GC III/7's Morane 406s. And the french pilots claimed Henshel 126s ...
Yes !!! Why not ?

The first to write that had a theory. This one, Arnaud Gillet, worked on original archives and did not find in the Luftwaffe any losses that matched. So, he concluded that they destroyed four Battles lost by the RAF in the same area.
But he made a mistake, Henschel 126s were detached in the Wehrmacht, and losses do exist. To name him, Jean-Yves Lorant found them.

"But Henschel 126s... " wrote someone. Seven pilots involved...
I was very sad, mister Brian, when i read your intervention. Were you really serious ?
I hope it was just the "Grozibou's effect".

Friendly,

Lionel Persyn