Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin farkon yakin duniya na biyu, nau'in ya iya riƙe kansa a lokacin da ake kira Phoney War. Duk da haka, a kan mamayewar Faransa da ya ɓarke da gaske a watan Mayu na 1940, an rasa kusan Moranes 400. Daga cikin wadannan, kimanin 150 aka rasa zuwa makiya mayakan da ƙasa wuta, yayin da wani 100 jirgin sama da aka hallaka a ƙasa a lokacin makiya iska hare-haren. Sauran da aka gangan hallaka Faransa soja ma'aikata don hana mayakan daga fadowa a cikin makiya hannayensu m. A sakamakon haka, sojojin M.S.406 na Faransa sun sami nasara 191 da aka tabbatar, tare da wasu 83 masu nasara. Ƙananan samar da irin wannan ya ci gaba a Faransa don wani lokaci bayan Armistice na 1940
karkashin kulawar Jamus.