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