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Site in French
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Historical
On May 10, 1940, the GB II/12 is attached to the Group n°6 of the 1st Air Division of the ZOAN (North Air Operations Area)
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GB II/12
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| Commander
DE-LA-HERVERIE Yves |
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November
13,1939
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Commander
RUTH
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November
14,1939
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Commanders
of the 3rd Squadron
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Lieutenant
LABARRE
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Captain
KNIPPING Max
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Commanders
of the 4th Squadron
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| Captain
RUTH |
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November
13,1939
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Captain
TONON Joseph
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November
14,1939
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Personnel
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Pilots
and crew of the Group
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Names
of crew members
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Rank
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Function
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Sqn.
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Informations
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Photos |
Citations
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| ANNON |
Sergeant
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| ARACHEQUESNE
Maurice |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 n°38 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew was killed.
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| AUGE
Paul |
Adjutant
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Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 n°37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| BACOT |
Lieutenant
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| BAERT
Albert |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 n°152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew, injured, parachuted.
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| BARBIER |
Sergeant
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| BARDOLLET
Jean |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
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Pilot
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| BEUVIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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On November
13, 1939, the LEO 451 n°1 took off to join Oran, struck
a MB210 bloch on the ground and crashed. Staff Sergeant BEUVIN
is injured.
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| BOMO |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 n°208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Sergeant BONNET and Adjutant
PRENEZ are injured
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| BONNET |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 n°208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Sergeant BONNET is injured.
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| BORGNIET |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Navigator
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On November
13, 1939, the LEO 451 n°1 took off to join Oran, struck
a MB210 bloch on the ground and crashed. Sub-Lieutenant BORGNIET
is killed.
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| BRISSET
Lucien |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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The LeO
451 n°42 damaged by the Flak on 16 May 1940, was destroyed
on landing by striking LeO451 n°78 of the GB I/31. Adjutant
BRISSET is unharmed.
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| BRISSON |
Sergeant
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| CADIOU
Félix |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Leo
451 n°152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew, injured, parachuted.
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| CAILLET
Lucien |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 n°151 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Sergeant
CAILLET was killed.
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| CHOUREAUX |
Sergeant
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| COURREGES |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Leo
451 n°80 was hit by the Flak May 16, 1940, and must land
in the countryside. The crew, unscathed, burned the aircraft.
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| DARNAL |
Sub-Lieutenant
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| DE
LA HERVERIE Yves |
Commander
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Cder of
Group
Pilot
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On November
13, 1939, the LEO 451 n°1 took off to join Oran, struck
a Bloch MB210 on the ground and crashed. Commander DE LA HERVERIE
is killed.
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| DELACOURT |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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The Leo
451 n°80 was hit by the Flak May 16, 1940, and must land
in the countryside. The crew, unscathed, burned the aircraft.
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| DEPRETTE
Michel |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| DESSAULT |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
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| GENTIER
Maurice |
Sergeant
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Radio
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The Leo
451 n°38 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew was killed.
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| GENTY
René |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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Born
in Monthermé, in the Ardennes, he joined the air
force in April 1936.
The Leo 451 n°151
was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Lieutenant GENTY,
injured, parachuted.
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| GOBEAU
Gustave |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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| GUERCHON
Paul |
Corporal
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Cannoneer
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| JACQUET
Lucien |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Machine
Gunner
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The LeO451,
n°46, was hit by an armored vehicle during the attack
of a column on May 11, 1940, and crashed on the ground; Sub-Lieutenant
JACQUET is killed.
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| JACQUOT
Charles |
Sergeant
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Radio
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The Leo
451 n°151 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Sergeants
JACQUOT was killed.
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| KES-LOMBARDIE |
Sergeant
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| KNIPPING
Max |
Captain
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| LABARRE |
Lieutenant
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| LAMBERT
Robert |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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The n°451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| LE-GOYAT
Yves |
Master-Corporal
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Machine
Gunner
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The n°451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| LEGROS |
Adjutant
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Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 n°80 was hit by the Flak May 16, 1940, and must land
in the countryside. The crew, unscathed, burned the aircraft.
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| LESUEUR
Robert |
Master-Corporal
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| LEVRAY |
Sergeant
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| MAHAUT |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 n°208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Chief Warrant Officer MAHAUT
is unharmed.
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| MARAULT
Adrien |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Machine
Gunner
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The LeO
451 n°42 damaged by the Flak on 16 May 1940, was destroyed
on landing by striking LeO451 n°78 of the GB I/31. Chief
Warrant Officer MARAULT seriously injured
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| MASCLAUD
Aimé |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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The n°451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| MAYER
André |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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The Leo
451 n°152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew, injured, parachuted.
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| MERCIER
Emile |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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| MICHELET
André |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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The Leo
451 n°37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| MOQUELET
Jean |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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The LeO451,
n°46, was hit by an armored vehicle when a column was
attacked on May 11, 1940, and crashed to the ground. Chief
Warrant Officer MOQUELET parachutes, but low and crashes to
the ground.
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| MOREL
René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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The LeO451,
n°46, was hit by an armored vehicle when a column was
attacked on May 11, 1940, and crashed to the ground. Lieutenant
MOREL, badly burned, dies on May 28, 1940.
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| NATTA
Maurice |
Adjutant
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Radio
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The LeO451,
n°46, was hit by an armored vehicle when a column was
attacked on May 11, 1940, and crashed to the ground. Adjutant
NATTA manages to parachute, but is taken prisoner on the ground
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| PAUMIER
Alphonse |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Leo
451 n°38 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew was killed.
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| PETIT
Raymond |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Leo
451 n°151 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Staff-Sergeant
PETIT, injured, parachuted.
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| PINTEAUX
Robert |
Lieutenant
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Staff-Sergeant
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| PONSIN
Jean |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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On May
11, 1940, the LeO 451 n°45, the train damaged by the Flak,
crashes on landing: the crew is unscathed.
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| PRENEZ |
Adjutant
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Radio
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On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 n°208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Adjutant TAKE is injured.
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| PRETOT |
Sergeant
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| REYRE |
Chief-Warrant
Offier
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| ROCHER
André |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
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The n°451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| ROQUES
Gilbert |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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The Leo
451 n°37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| ROZOY |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mécanicien
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On November
13, 1939, the LEO 451 n°1 took off to join Oran, struck
a Bloch MB210 on the ground and crashed. Staff Sergeant ROZOY
is injured
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| RUTH
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Captain
Commander
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Cder 4th
Sqn.
Cder of
Group
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| SAUSSINE
Yves |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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The Leo
451 n°38 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew was killed.
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| SCHNEIDER
Pierre |
Captain
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| SERVAIS |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Leo
451 n°37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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| SIMON
Jean |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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| TONON
Joseph |
Captain
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Cder 4th
Sqn.
Crew Chief
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The LeO
451 n°42 damaged by the Flak on 16 May 1940, was destroyed
on landing by striking LeO451 n°78 of the GB I/31. Captain
TONON is unscathed.
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| TRICOT |
Adjutant
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| VASSEUR |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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On May
11, 1940, the LeO 451 n°45, the train damaged by the Flak,
crashes on landing: the crew is unscathed.
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| VERLET
Anthèlme |
Sergeant
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Radio
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The Leo
451 n°152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The
crew, injured, parachuted
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Stories
of crews
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Crews
of Group
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Names
of crew members
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Rank
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Function
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Sqn.
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Informations
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Crew
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DE
LA HERVERIE Yves |
Commander
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 1 : Destroyed by accident at takeoff on November
13, 1939. Commander DE LA HERVERIE and Sub-Lieutenant BORGNIET
are killed. Staff Sergeant BEUVIN and ROZOY are injured |
| BORGNIET |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Navigator
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| BEUVIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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| ROZOY |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mécanicien
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Crew
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MOREL
René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 46 : Hit by an armored vehicle during the
attack of a column on May 11th, 1940, he crashed on the ground:
the crew was killed, except the Adjutant NATTA who managed to
jump in parachute: he was taken prisoner when arriving at the
ground |
| JACQUET
Lucien |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Machine
Gunner
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| NATTA |
Adjutant
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Radio
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| MOQUELET
Jean |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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Crew
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VASSEUR |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 45 : Hit by the Flak May 11, 1940, he crashed
on landing: the crew is unscathed |
| PONSIN |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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Crew
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BRISSET |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n°42 : Hit by the Flak on May 16, 1940, it was
destroyed on landing by hitting the n°45 GB I/31 . Chief
Warrant Officer MARAULT seriously injured |
| TONON |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
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| MARAULT |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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COURREGES |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 80 : Touched by the Flak May 16, 1940, it
is destroyed by posing in the countryside. The crew is unscathed |
| DELACOURT |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| LEGROS |
Adjutant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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MASCLAUD
Aimé |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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Léo
451 n° 40 : Destroyed by the Flak May 17, 1940.
The crew is killed. |
| ROCHER
André |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
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| LAMBERT
Robert |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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| LE-GOYAT
Yves |
Corporal-Chef
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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SERVAIS |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 37 : Destroyed in air combat on May 20, 1940.
The crew is killed. |
| MICHELET
André |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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| ROQUES
Gilbert |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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| AUGE
Paul |
Adjutant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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PAUMIER
Alphonse |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 38 : Shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940.
The crew is killed. |
| SAUSSINE
Yves |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| GENTIER
Maurice |
Sergeant
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Radio
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| ARACHEQUESNE
Maurice |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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PETIT |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 151 : Shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940.
Sergeants JACQUOT and CAILLET are killed. Lieutenant GENTY and
Staff-Sergeant PETIT, injured, parachute. |
| GENTY |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| JACQUOT
Charles |
Sergeant
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Radio
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| CAILLET
Lucien |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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CADIOU |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 152 : Shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940.
The crew, injured, parachutes. |
| MAYER |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| VERLET |
Sergeant
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Radio
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| BAERT |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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BOMO |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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LéO
451 n° 208 : On June 9, 1940, his crew was forced
to abandon him in flight (Accident?). Sergeant BONNET and Adjutant
PRENEZ are injured |
| MAHAUT |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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| PRENEZ |
Adjutant
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Radio
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| BONNET |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Airfield
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Airfields
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Period
of use of airfields
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Names
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County
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| Damblain |
88
-Vosges
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September
1, 1939
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| Orléans-Bricy |
45
- Loiret
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September
8, 1939
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| Caen-Carpiquet |
14
- Calvados
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September
10, 1939
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| Orange
Plan-De-Dieu |
84
- Vaucluse
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November
21, 1939
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| Salon
de Provence |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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December
13, 1939
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| Persan-Beaumont |
95
- Val D'Oise
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April
20, 1940
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| Orléans-Bricy |
45
- Loiret
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May
20, 1940
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| Montbard |
21
- Côte d'Or
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June
1, 1940
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| Dôle
Tavaux |
39
- Jura
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June
3, 1940
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| Istres
Paty |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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June
15, 1940
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Itinerary
of the GB II/12
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Aircrafts
The GB II/12 was equipped
since its creation, following aircrafts :
The used aircrafts
are described in the accessible file by the link below. You will find
N ° of series, Registration, date of affectation to the group, and
fate of the plane there.
In
this list are identified :
- 30 Lioré & Olivier
LeO 451
Casualties
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Crewmen
killed
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19
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Sub-Lieutenant
BORGNIET (Accident)
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November
13, 1939
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Commander
DE LA HERVERIE (Accident)
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November
13, 1939
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Sub-Lieutenant
JACQUET (Combat)
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May 11,
1940
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Sub-Lieutenant
MOREL (Combat)
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May 11,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer MOQUELET (Combat)
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May 11,
1940
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Captain
ROCHER (Combat)
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May 17,
1940
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Sub-Lieutenant
MASCLAUD (Combat)
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May 17,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer LAMBERT (Radio)
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May 17,
1940
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Corporal-Chef
LE-GOYAT (Combat)
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May 17,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer MICHELET (Combat)
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May 20,
1940
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Staff-Sergeant
SERVAIS (Combat)
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May 20,
1940
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Staff-Sergeant
ROQUES (Combat)
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May 20,
1940
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Adjutant
AUGE (Combat)
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May 20,
1940
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Lieutenant
SAUSSINE (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Staff-Sergeant
PAUMIER (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Sergeant
GENTIER (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Sergeant
ARACHEQUESNE (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Sergeant
JACQUOT (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Sergeant
CAILLET (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Crewmen
injured
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12
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Staff-Sergeant
BEUVIN (Accident)
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November
13, 1939
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Staff-Sergeant
ROZOY (accident)
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November
13, 1939
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Adjutant
NATTA (Combat)
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May 11,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer MARAULT (Combat)
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May 16,
1940
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Lieutenant
GENTY (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Staff-Sergeant
PETIT (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Lieutenant
MAYER (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Staff-Sergeant
CADIOU (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Sergeant
VERLET (Combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Sergeant
BAERT (combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Adjutant
PRENEZ (Accident ?)
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June
9, 1940
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Sergeant
BONNET (Accident ?)
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June
9, 1940
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Sources
- The
dates and places of birth of the Group's personnel are taken mainly
from the site : "Mémoires
des Hommes"
- Book : "Ils étaient
là" by Mr Jacqueline and Paul MARTIN - Editions Aéro-Editions
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