France 1940 Faux Pas

[wheaton]

The artwork for the Breguet 693 is gorgeous.
I would love to have it as a high res wallpaper for my desktop.
But the plane is painted w/colors of Vichy France.

It's a shame you cant play the french side. Are there any plans to add that?

[IainMcNeil]

You can in multiplayer but a campaign from the Fernch side is not planned as it would be hard to provide an interesting & fun campaign in the context of the war.

Not sure on the colouring - not heard that comment before!

[wheaton]

The bright red & yellow stripes on engine cowlings and tailplane are the give-aways.

From Wikipeida:

"Vichy and Berlin agreed, if reluctantly, that the Armée de l'Air de Vichy (Vichy French Air Force) was still needed in case French interests were to be attacked by the British once again – and, of course, for attacking the British themselves. Goering ordered that all Vichy French Air Force aircraft would henceforth be identified by special markings on the fuselage and tailplane of each one. Initially, the rear fuselage and tailplane (excluding the rudder) were painted a bright yellow, although the markings were later changed so that they consisted of horizontal red and yellow stripes. In all cases, French national markings (roundel on the fuselage and tricolor on the tailplane) were retained as before."

So from say, late July 1940 to Dec 1, 1942, the Armée de l'Air de Vichy had sporty racing stripes on its aircraft.