[Snickering Hound]

They also had better fighter planes.

The German Bf-109e was the best fighter in the world in 1940.

The French air force had hapless types like Bloch MB.150, the prototype couldn't even get off the ground.

The M.S. 406 was 50mph slower than the 109

They had some American P-36's but again, they were no match for the 109.

To make things worse, most French fighters had no radios.

[Bulwyf]

Until later in the war, the spitfire was about the only plane to do well against the 109.