The French Stuka- Loire-Nieuport LN.40
Rob Arndt
Developed from the Nieuport Ni-140, the LN.40 was a French naval dive
bomber proposed for the French aircraft carrier Bearn. But due to the
French AF interference, another naval version was produced as LN.401
while the French AF developed the LN.411 w/o retracting naval wings .
Some of these total of 82 a/c participated in the 1940 Battle of
France and sustained heavy losses due to German flak that protected
the armored columns. Others attacked Italian shipping in the Med and
more produced secretly under Vichy France were confiscated by the
Germans in 1942.
Type: Dive Bomber
Crew: 1
Engine: Hispano-Suiza 12 cylinder, 690 hp
Speed: 380 km/h
Range: 1,200 km
Weight: 2,582 kg
Armament: 2x 7.5mm MGs/ 1x 20mm cannon/ 1x 500 kg bomb
Rob
Eunometic
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> while the French AF developed the LN.411 w/o retracting naval wings .
> Some of these total of 82 a/c participated in the 1940 Battle of
> France and sustained heavy losses due to German flak that protected
> the armored columns.
Which suggests those German half tracks with the FLAK were fairly
effective in protecting supply columns.