With the exception of aircraft relegated to secondary duties before September 1939 and fighters delivered by the Allies after November 1942, Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt has produced a reference study covering all aircraft used by front-line units of the Armée de l'Air and the Aéronautique navale during the period under consideration.
Even prototypes that had completed their maiden flight before 25 June 1940, and which could thus have entered service had events not decided otherwise, are covered. Each of these 22 French fighters is the subject of a detailed history covering its entire career from conception to the retirement of the last surviving example, including service in foreign air forces.
This meticulous work of 168 pages written by the founder of Aérojournal brings together approximately 180 photographs, a dozen five-view drawings and around fifty colour profiles signed by Jean-Marie Guillou. A landmark publication that will prove indispensable to every aviation enthusiast, or more broadly to anyone passionate about the Second World War!
Biography of Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt
An eminent specialist in aeronautical history, Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt has been writing about aerial warfare for more than 50 years. Founder of the magazine Aéro-Journal in 1972, he contributed actively, through the success of its successive formats, to the popularisation of aviation history in France. Independent editor-in-chief until 2007 and then with the éditions Caraktère, CJE has built up over the years an exceptional library and iconographic archive from which he has drawn extensively to document this work.
