In the run up to World War Two, the French decided to develop a light weight fighter both to replace their older aircraft and for potential supply to allies.

This ended up as the C.714 a fighter built of wood and powered by a measly 500hp engine!

Despite this and the fact no one wanted to fly it it ended up fighting in the last desperate days of the Battle of France.

NOTE: I could only find two pictures of the aircraft in Polish service, so had to use some of the C.714 in French service to illustrate.

And yes, at 8:50 I screwed up my script. :(

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