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Dewoitine D.520 at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.

The Dewoitine D.520 is a French fighter aircraft. Its first flight was in 1938. It was, with the Morane Saulnier MS.406, the main fighter aircraft used by the French Air Force at the beginning of World War II. It was used in the Battle of France against Nazi Germany Luftwaffe fighters like Messerschmitt Bf 109. After the 1940s French defeat, some of there were delivered to Bulgaria and Luftwaffe.

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    The D.520 on display at Le Bourget showing the pilot's seat and armour plate

  • D.520 Le Bourget Cckpit01

    Gunsight and instrument panel from the D.520 on display at Le Bourget

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    D.520 40s.

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    Dewoitine D.520 on display at Le Bourget

  • Dewoitine D.520 (MAE)

    Dewoitine D.520 exhibited at the Air & Space Museum at Le Bourget

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