Free French Blue Fighter Aircraft

Most of the time (barring a Sealion), it avoids scrambling round 1, heads to Morocco round 2, and is in Tunisia or Malta round 3. From there, it usually heads to Egypt.

Do you sometimes explicitly spare it from scrambling on G1 to use it later for other purposes?

Of course if the odds are good, scramble. But is it always just no scramble vs full scramble?

I have also experienced the annoyance that plane can cause for the axis…

@Koala:

Of course if the odds are good, scramble. But is it always just no scramble vs full scramble?

I’m yet to see a case where a partial scramble makes sense.

@simon33:

@Koala:

Of course if the odds are good, scramble. But is it always just no scramble vs full scramble?

I’m yet to see a case where a partial scramble makes sense.

Fair enough,
follow up:

If you do a full scramble, do you always sacrifice the french fighter before the uk fighters?

Basically the question behind the question: Is the french fighter more worthy than the uk ones because it has some unique usecases?

@Koala:

If you do a full scramble, do you always sacrifice the french fighter before the uk fighters?

Basically the question behind the question: Is the french fighter more worthy than the uk ones because it has some unique usecases?

UK realistically needs 1 fighter to send down on the Taranto raid.

@weddingsinger:

UK realistically needs 1 fighter to send down on the Taranto raid.

yeah, haven’t thought about that.

Then let’s say the german has only enough hits to kill one fighter.

I want to know if it’s an automatism to always kill the french fighter first. I think I’ve seen that a lot, but this thread keeps me questioning :-)

Just a thought: what if you land the french fighter on a US carrier in the Pacific? It will take two turns to get there, but it might work out nicely instead of using an ANZAC fighter to kill lonely Japanese transports.
Move US carrier forward and in the French turn fly of to kill.

I would sacrifice the French fighter first. The Scottish fighter can reach Taranto.

Correct, it makes a hell more sense for the Free French Airforce to be destroyed over London than a British one.

@Koala:

@simon33:

I would sacrifice the French fighter first. The Scottish fighter can reach Taranto.

@Caesar:

Correct, it makes a hell more sense for the Free French Airforce to be destroyed over London than a British one.

But isn’t the consensus of this thread that the french fighter has some unique applications?

The only advantage it has is that you can take it anywhere you need an extra fighter for defense without paying for it.

I guess its only unique application is its after Italy but before Germany.  Not a frequently useful window of opportunity.

If you wait until after G2 so you know no Sea Lion, the fighter can be in Moscow or Calcutta before G6/J6

@weddingsinger:

I guess its only unique application is its after Italy but before Germany.  Not a frequently useful window of opportunity.

If you wait until after G2 so you know no Sea Lion, the fighter can be in Moscow or Calcutta before G6/J6

Mostly my French Fighter ends up in Egypt.