Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Arsenal VG 33
Interesting French fighter type that has featured on the Luftwaffe blog before, including rare views of the machine being tested at Rechlin courtesy of Jean-Yves Lorant.
http://falkeeins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/arsenal-vg-33-tested-by-luftwaffe-at.html
The Arsenal VG 33 was the most visible model of a ‘family’ of light, fast and manoeuvrable French fighter types being developed during 1939 - 1940 to replace the Ms 406. In fact many sources quote the VG 33 – of which only a handful of examples approached service due to production difficulties – as being somewhat superior to the Dewoitine D.520 although this judgement is dubious...read more here
http://falkeeins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/arsenal-vg-33.html
Two views -new to me- of an Arsenal VG 33 still under French ownership (judging by the beret-wearing figure in the lower image) courtesy of Kurmark Antik and shown here courtesy of the seller Oliver Rogge - click on the images for a full screen view..
Note the alternative ventral radiator configuration in the lower image - this prominent feature may have made operations from grass strips somewhat problematical
Kurmark Antik's current Ebay sales listings can be viewed here
http://www.ebay.de/sch/kurmark-antik/m.html?item=390605754676&pt=Militaria&autorefresh=true&hash=item5af1ead134&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562