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I did some research and there is in fact no evidence that the Liberators were actually being dropped in France or wherever in Europe... the mysteries continue!Originally posted by Tomt View PostComment
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To make a long story VERY short:Originally posted by R. Schmitt View Post
For two main reasons the pistols were not dropped in occupied Europe (France).
The free french government in exile did not like the idea at all. The main reason was that they did not have any control over who actually received the arms. They were afraid that the weapons would be used against them by the french communists after the liberation.
There was not at all any capacity to transport the arms to France by air. This had very low priority compared to other tasks.
The arms were stuck in GB, hundreds of thousands were later shippet to India to be stored, a number of them ended up in China and the Philipines, but most of them were later either dumped at sea or melted down for the metal.
I read somewhere a few years ago that about 30.000 of these pistols were not accounted for.Comment
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Where does this evidence that they were not dropped into France come from? Assuming that everythign has been declassified, which I'm sure it has not.Comment
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In the book "THE FP-45 LIBERATOR PISTOL 1942-1945" by Koch (an excellent book btw) this is discussed quite thoroughly.
I have to correct myself a little: what I meant to say was that the original plans to widely distribute the pistol in France (and other occupied European countries) were definitely cancelled. HOWEVER, there were probably shipped a small number of guns, but I don't have my books right here...
Koch's book is long out of print, but can be found:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...n=koch&y=0&x=0Comment
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Wow $195 for a book. So much knowledge for so less.Comment
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