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While I agree that Le Bourget could do a better job of presenting some of the collection, I am not surprised that they their WWII exhibit is weaker than other eras. They lost the Battle of France, if you remember, and French forces other than Vichy forces active in North Africa and the Free French forces fighting with the Allies were largely sidelined. If I remember correctly, they did have a Dewoitine D.520 and maybe a Morane-Saulnier MS.406, which were the principle French fighters of the Battle of France along with the Curtiss Hawk 75. The rest of the WWII exhibit *should* be common WWII allied types, though I thought they had Normandie-Niemen MIG as well. For me, the interesting stuff at Le Bourget is uniquely French: the early French pioneer and WWI planes, St. Exupéry's Caudron Simoun, Mignet Avionette and Pou-du-Ciel, and, as others have mentioned, the wacky 1950s-1960s prototypes.

<blockquote data-quote="cluttonfred" data-source="post: 342929" data-attributes="member: 2475"><p>While I agree that Le Bourget could do a better job of presenting some of the collection, I am not surprised that they their WWII exhibit is weaker than other eras.&nbsp; They lost the Battle of France, if you remember, and French forces other than Vichy forces active in North Africa and the Free French forces fighting with the Allies were largely sidelined.&nbsp; If I remember correctly, they did have a Dewoitine D.520 and maybe a Morane-Saulnier MS.406, which were the principle French fighters of the Battle of France along with the Curtiss Hawk 75.&nbsp; The rest of the WWII exhibit *should* be common WWII allied types, though I thought they had Normandie-Niemen MIG as well.&nbsp; For me, the interesting stuff at Le Bourget is uniquely French:&nbsp; the early French pioneer and WWI planes, St. Exupéry's Caudron Simoun, Mignet Avionette and Pou-du-Ciel, and, as others have mentioned, the wacky 1950s-1960s prototypes.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="cluttonfred, post: 342929, member: 2475"] While I agree that Le Bourget could do a better job of presenting some of the collection, I am not surprised that they their WWII exhibit is weaker than other eras. They lost the Battle of France, if you remember, and French forces other than Vichy forces active in North Africa and the Free French forces fighting with the Allies were largely sidelined. If I remember correctly, they did have a Dewoitine D.520 and maybe a Morane-Saulnier MS.406, which were the principle French fighters of the Battle of France along with the Curtiss Hawk 75. The rest of the WWII exhibit *should* be common WWII allied types, though I thought they had Normandie-Niemen MIG as well. For me, the interesting stuff at Le Bourget is uniquely French: the early French pioneer and WWI planes, St. Exupéry's Caudron Simoun, Mignet Avionette and Pou-du-Ciel, and, as others have mentioned, the wacky 1950s-1960s prototypes. [/QUOTE]

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