Night fighter squadron ECN V/13

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Historical

Escadrille ECN V / 13 was formed on January 18, 1940 from ECN 2/562

On the date of the outbreak of the German attack of May 10, 1940, the ECN V / 13 is attached to the Air Forces Reserved ZOAA (Alps Air operations Area)

From June 15, the Group retreats to finish at Marignane. It will finally be dissolved on August 10, 1940.

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Staff

Commander of the Squadron ECN V/13
Captain PERROLAZ

 

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Pilots

Pilots and crew of the Group
Names of pilots	Rank	Squadron	Victories		Informations	Civil Statut	Photo	Citations
			Sure	Prob.
BIREMBAUT	Adjutant-Chef	Machine-Gunner
DAVID Edmond	Sergeant	Machine-Gunner			Wounded in aerial combat on June 01, 1940.
EBERHARDT	Adjutant-Chef	Pilot
FARRIOL	Sergeant	Pilot
PERDRIZET	Captain	Pilot
PERROLAZ	Captain	Commander of the Sqn.
PETERS	Sergeant-Chef	Pilot
SEYRAL	Adjutant	Machine-Gunner

 

 

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Airfield

Airfields Period of use of airfields Names County Montpellier-Fréjorgues 34 - Hérault 01 Octobre 1939 Lyon-Bron 69 - Rhône 19 Décembre 1939 Loyettes 01 - Ain 07 Janvier 1940 Marignane 13 - Bouches du Rhône 21 Juin 1940

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Itinerary of the ECN V/13

 

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Aircrafts

The ECN V/13 was equipped since its creation, on January 18, 1940, following aircrafts :

- Potez 631

The used aircrafts are described in the accessible file by the link below. You will find Nb of series, Registration, date of affectation to the group, and fate of the plane there.

In this list are identified :

- 5 Potez 631

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Records

The GCN V / 13 did not obtain victories during the Campaign of France

 

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Casualties

Injured aircrew	1
Sergeant DAVID (Combat)	June 1, 1940

 

 

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Sources

- The citations or decorations listed are extracted from the Official Journals archived in « Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France »

- 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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