Dewoitine D.520 GC II/7 S/Lt Pommier-Layrarg 1940

An all-metal fighter aircraft, it made its first flight on October 2, 1938. Equipped with a Hispano-Suiza 12Y45 engine of 935 horsepower which gave it a maximum speed of 534 km/h and armed with 4 7.5mm machine guns in the wings and a 20mm cannon, the plane rivaled the German Messerschmitt fighters. Built with too much wait-and-see attitude and often with malevolence for the latter to play a decisive role in the beginning of the war. It equipped only 4 fighter groups during the Armistice of June 1940. The aircraft is with the colors group II/18 Saintonge de Doret 44/45. 750 specimens were produced, in spite of orders exceeding the 2250 specimens. Model: L37,50x44.50cm, made of solid wood, hand carved and painted, on a varnished Acacia base with engraved plaque. 1/28th century.