P-63 King cobra & the French.

[lyric1]

Is this correct?



Was under the impression they got them too late for WWII?

[danny76]

May not necessarily have been WW2

[glzsqd]

These saw combat with the Russians despite what others will say.

[danny76]

I know, just saying maybe the French colours were post war

[Shifty]

Found this..

114 P-63Cs (not the 300 usually mentioned in the literature) were delivered to the French Armee de l'Air at the end of the war. However, the French Kingcobras were delivered too late to see any service in World War 2 in Europe.

Here.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p63_17.html

Also according to this sight the French P-63s did see action in Southeast Asia in the late 40s early 50s.

[danny76]

Found this..

114 P-63Cs (not the 300 usually mentioned in the literature) were delivered to the French Armee de l'Air at the end of the war. However, the French Kingcobras were delivered too late to see any service in World War 2 in Europe.

Here.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p63_17.html

Also according to this sight the French P-63s did see action in Southeast Asia in the late 40s early 50s.

Thanks for that, thought I was correct

[SirNuke]

Armee de l'air was a living WWII museum up until the 60's, as F4U-4's and other surplus airplanes lingered in service for a quite a while

[Ack-Ack]

These saw combat with the Russians despite what others will say.

Whether or not is saw combat with the Soviets in the Far East has never been in dispute, what is in dispute is whether or not the P-63 was ever credited with A2A kills as there is no official records other than 2nd hand accounts about any A2A kills.

ack-ack

[lyric1]

May not necessarily have been WW2

The image came from this book.

http://avaxhome.cc/ebooks/history_military/0897470591.html

The image itself is tucked in amongst other WWII images.

[Rich46yo]

Also according to this sight the French P-63s did see action in Southeast Asia in the late 40s early 50s.

Very interesting sight that chronicles how air power was acquired and used by the French in their Post-WW2 efforts to maintain Empire.
http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v3/v3n1/frcoin.html

[SirNuke]

Very interesting sight that chronicles how air power was acquired and used by the French in their Post-WW2 efforts to maintain Empire.
http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v3/v3n1/frcoin.html

very cool read, this part of history is never presented this way at school, I wonder why 

[danny76]

very cool read, this part of history is never presented this way at school, I wonder why 

Something about history being written by the victors

[Rich46yo]

Something about history being written by the victors

Nope. More like War Crimes. Even genocide. Anyway lets not drift. No Nation is without its sins and certainly America was more interested in helping the French check communism then they were in how they did it. Most of all after Korea. Older air power was used very effectively by the French in these low tech conflicts against enemies with no air power themselves, or very little.

I think the problem was there just wasnt enough of them. That and the French people were tired of foreign wars of Empire, and limited budgets of a country financially devastated after WW2 as so many in Europe were.

The A26 in particular shined for them as it did for us in S/E Asia. A very effective platform for sure and for sure the P-63 did a lot of work for them but i cant find much on its air to air operations.

[danny76]

Nope. More like War Crimes. Even genocide. Anyway lets not drift. No Nation is without its sins and certainly America was more interested in helping the French check communism then they were in how they did it. Most of all after Korea. Older air power was used very effectively by the French in these low tech conflicts against enemies with no air power themselves, or very little.

I think the problem was there just wasnt enough of them. That and the French people were tired of foreign wars of Empire, and limited budgets of a country financially devastated after WW2 as so many in Europe were.

The A26 in particular shined for them as it did for us in S/E Asia. A very effective platform for sure and for sure the P-63 did a lot of work for them but i cant find much on its air to air operations.

Rich, I think you are making my point from another angle

[Wmaker]

very cool read, this part of history is never presented this way at school, I wonder why  

French had the guillotine in use in the Far East way past WWII. And the Brits for example had concentration camps in Kenia way after WWII.