Did Swiss airforce attack German planes in WW2?

Answer 1

Switzerland was a neutral country. They did have an air force for the protection of their country. Also, any airplane that landed within the Swiss boundary were confiscated and sometimes used for their air force. The pilots were imprisoned until their country could negotiate a release.

One of Germany's night fighter aircraft with secret radar installation had to make an emergency landing in Switzerland. They negotiated for a release of the airplane and gave(or sold) Switzerland seven(7) of their best Bf-109 fighters. These German fighers were painted in Red/White Swiss markings, including Red/White stripes on the wings.

Answer: Yes the Swiss air force could attack any plane that they felt was a threat to their country.

AnswerSwitzerland didn't give Germany the option to have the nightfighter back in fact - they agreed to destroy it (so nobody would get the secret equipment). And they got 12 Bf 109 G-6 fighters for money (poorly produced though).

Just to prevent any misunderstandings... Switzerland already had fighters... the 406 Morane (french) and exactly the Bf 109 Messerschmitt (in D-1 and E-3a version). The German fighters were already ordered back in 1937 after the international airmeeting in Switzerland (war in fact started in 1939).

The Swiss air force was there to intercept foreign aircrafts and to force them to land - mainly by escort (and not by attacking them). This worked relatively well with allied planes (especially US bombers - flying at daytime) and therefore Switzerland got a huge bomber armada at the end of war :-) . A lot of mainly US airmen stayed in Switzerland when war ended. Exceptions were i.e. the "empty" bombers (when the crew had bailed) that were shot down to prevent accidentally groundings on populated area. US P-51s shot down 2 Swiss fighters on escort in 1944 (killing one) because they apparently thought this would be Germans attacking the bombers. On the other hand Swiss air force once shot down a bomber not following their leading commands.

Back to the German Luftwaffe... Germans took short-cuts in mid 1940 to attack France as they didn't expect any interference. But Swiss air force attacked and shot down some bombers. The main clashes were around 4th and 8th of June 1940... when overall 3 Swiss aircraft (3 dead) were shot down... German Luftwaffe lost about 15 planes (mainly bombers and fighter-destroyers). This in fact were (besides Yugoslavia) the few early times when Germans had to face opponents with the same 109 state-of-the-art fighters... with negative outcome (as the Swiss simply knew the territory much better).

Answer 2

The Switzerland stayed neutral if the Swiss started fighting in any way the Germans would have moved in this is why Germany never attacked switzserland because it remained a neutral country throughout the whole off World War 2