Camouflage & Markings of French Aviation 1939–1945

And since, as Napoleon might have said had Niepce been born a century earlier, a small photograph is worth more than a long speech, this book is packed with illustrations: nearly 500 photographs and 100 colour profiles, with numerous tables of unit insignia.

Profiles by Jean-Marie Guillou and Rodrigo Barraza

 The author reviews the practices — and the many exceptions — of the 1938–1940 period, then examines the specific features of Aéronautique navale aircraft, the particular markings of Vichy aviation and of the FAFL (from Africa, Great Britain and even Russia), before concluding this wide-ranging survey with the resumption of the fight alongside the Allies.

 If uniformity breeds boredom, one thing is certain: there is no risk of boredom with the camouflage and markings of French aircraft of 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.