Roughly 60 Dewoitine D.520 fighters entered service with the Regia Aeronautica, taken from captured French stocks. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aircraft #aeroplane #airplane #RegiaAeronautica #DewoitineD520 #fighter #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar

When Germany invaded Vichy France in November 1942 they captured 246 #DewoitineD520 s Of these #fighter, 96 were sent to Bulgaria and 60 to Italy. The remaining fighters were used as advanced trainers by the #Luftwaffe www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #WWII

Dewoitine D.520 n°302, one of the two D.520s captured by the Free French in the Levant www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #DewoitineD520 #fighter #FreeFrench #FreeFrance #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar

#DewoitineD520 #fighters saw extensive action under Vichy control during the Syria–Lebanon campaign though limited logistics and spares constrained sortie rates. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #vichyfrance

Dewoitine D.520 in French Service Morocco Post-war with unusual striped markings www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #dewoitineD520 #armeedelair #fighter

Bulgaria received 96 captured French #DewoitineD520 fighters from Germany in late 1943, using them primarily for defending against Allied bomber raids on Sofia alongside Messerschmitt Bf 109s www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #fighter #BulgarianAirForce #WW2