Whatever one may think of the French in general, it is quite unfair to disparage Charles Nungesser. He was one of the greatest French great fighter aces of WW1 (45 victories). A visit here - http://usfighter.tripod.com/nungesser.htm - will provide some background on an extraordinarily brave man. The photo in the Daily Mail article shows on the fuselage side of the “Oiseau Blanc” the same wartime emblem which decorated Nungesser’s fighters during the war.
Likewise, Francois Coli was no coward, as his own WW1 service record will amply attest.
Yes I am aware of Nungesser’s wartime history and his accomplishments in the 1920s as a flyer.
I did not disparage his memory, instead I pointed out how the French like to rewrite history to make them look favorable. The part I wrote about the French stating that they really won by surrendering in the early days of WW2, was based on an interview I saw back in the early 1960s. This was later used in the book Catch 22.