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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

These look like they would’ve all very quickly become incredibly outdated, if they weren’t already by the time they started flying. The only one that looks remotely ready for World War II is the Dewoitine D.513, and that’s still very much the prototype for what’s to come, not the polished products that the British, Americans, Japanese, and Germans would be building by 1940.