Obsolete French fighters

[dragos03]

What did the French do with their obsolete inter-war fighters (such as Morane-Saulnier 225 or Dewoitine 500 series)? Did they see any combat in 1939-1940?

Also, was there any plan to supply these fighters to friendly nations (such as Romania)?

[Vuk]

Well, the the Dewoitine 500 series and some SPAD510 saw service in the Regional Fighter Groups (ERC), other substandard equipment such as Caudron C.714 were given to Polish and Finnish Forces, from what I know none were given to Romania (by France).

This post has been edited by Vuk on April 03, 2006 12:46 am

[dragos03]

Thanks Vuk.

What about the Bloch 210? How did these obsolete bombers perform in Romanian service?

[Vuk]

The Bloch 210 wasn´t obsolete when romania aquired them, during WW2 they were AFAIK only used as trainers and transports by the romanian airforce. But it´s probably better if someone more familiar with the ARR should give you answers.

[Dénes]

Vuk is partially correct, namely when the Bloch 210 night bombers were ordered, the type was still up-to-date.
The Bloch bombers did perform daylight combat missions in the ARR's first campaign of 1941, with satisfactory results.

Gen. Dénes