The Arsenal VG-33 was a French light fighter aircraft under development at the start of World War II, but which matured too late to see extensive service in the French Air Force during the Battle of France.
The continual production problems that plagued the VG-33 meant that it never took part in combat. Only 19 aircraft, out of about 40 completed (and about 160 close to completion), had been received by the Armée de l’Air by the time of Armistice. Only two machines ever flew in an active unit – GC 1/55 which commenced operations under chaotic conditions, four days before the capitulation.
German authorities confiscated 12 VG-33s, which may have been used by the Luftwaffe for training purposes.
