Aircrafts-GR-II-33

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POTEZ 542

Potez 542

120

X-194

Assigned to GR II / 33, 3rd Squadron. It is on these Aircrafts that the GRII / 33 was mobilized in August 1939

POTEZ 637

Potez 637

C-586

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed in air combat May 13, 1940. The crew is unscathed: Lieutenant GAVOILLE (Pilot), Captain VESIN (Observer), Corporal SAURT (Gunner).

Potez 637

C-587

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed on November 5, 1939 after an attack by 6 BF109E. Lieutenant GEOFFROY (Observer), Adjutant BERNARD (Pilot) are killed. Adjutant ROBERT, injured parachutes and is taken prisoner. He will die of his wounds on May 23, 1941

Potez 637

C-589

Assigned to GR II / 33. On October 31, 1939, during an attack by BF109 E, Sgt Moreau was seriously wounded. Staff-Sergeant GUERIN (Pilot) and Lieutenant ISRAEL (Observer) are unscathed. The plane is only damaged. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 8 november 1939.

Potez 637

C-590

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed by accident on landing October 30, 1939. His pilot, Chief Warrant Officer JOSSERAND is killed

Potez 637

C-591

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed following an aerial combat on May 12, 1940. Captain MOREAU (Observer) is seriously injured, Sergeant JOANNIC (Gunner) is killed and the pilot, Sub-Lieutenant MOREAU is unharmed

Potez 637

C-595

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed by accident on May 19, 1940. The crew is unscathed

Potez 637

C-598

Assigned to GR II / 33. Despatched by mistake on December 21, 1939, by two English Hurricanes. Lieutenant CASTELLANA (Observer) and Adjutant PERNOT (Gunner) are killed. Only Lieutenant SAGON (Pilot), injured, parachutes.

Potez 637

C-599

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed by accident during a training flight on September 29, 1939. The crew is unscathed

Potez 637

C-605

Assigned to GR II / 33. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 7 April 1940.

Potez 637

C-633

Assigned to GR II / 33. Shot down by the Flak on May 22, 1940. The crew, unharmed, is taken prisoner: Adjutant GUERIN (Pilot), Lieutenant ISRAEL (Observer) and Staff-Sergeant HINCKER (Gunner).

POTEZ 63-11

Potez 63-11

J-848

Assigned to GR II/33. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 22 november 1939, on 11 and 12 April 1940.

Potez 63-11

J-851

Assigned to GR II/33.

Potez 63-11

J-853

Assigned to GR II / 33. Severely damaged by the Flak on June 10, 1940: the crew is unharmed, but the aircraft is destroyed: Sub-Lieutenant FRISOU (Observer), Adjutant CONSTANTIN (Pilot) and Adjutant MAGNIN (Gunner).

Potez 63-11

154

J-653

Assigned to GR II/33. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 19 november 1939, on 19 and 20 January 1940.

Potez 63-11

155

J-654

Assigned to GR II/33. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 7 november 1939

Potez 63-11

156

C-655

Assigned to GR II / 33, 2nd Squadron. Present at Athies-sous-Laon in April 1940. This aircraft was one of the first six Potez 63-11 delivered to the Group. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 7 and 22 november 1939. Damaged on the ground of Athis-Sous-Laon during the attack of May 10, 1940.

Potez 63-11

394

C-893

Assigned to the GAO 518: this Aircraft will survive the campaign of France: it is found in Montpellier-Frejorgues at the Armistice. Transferred to GR II / 33, he is present in Algiers in July 1940.

Potez 63-11

582

Assigned to GR II / 33. Shot down by the Flak on May 22, 1940. Lieutenant DE-RENEVILLE (Observer) is killed, Sub-Lieutenant ANDRES (Pilot) and Chief Warrant Officer VAUDAINE (Gunner) are prisoners, the latter being wounded.

Potez 63-11

607

Assigned to GR II / 33. Shot down by the Flak on May 24, 1940. The crew is killed: Sergeant GENEST (Gunner), Chief Warrant Officer SEGUELA (Pilot) and Lieutenant LENOIR (Observer)

Potez 63-11

665

Assigned to GR II / 33. Shot down by the Flak on 9 June 1940. The crew, wounded, is taken prisoner: Sub-Lieutenant COLLOT (Pilot), Sub-Lieutenant YSERMANN (Observer) and Corporal BLONDEL (Gunner).

Potez 63-11

690

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed by accident on landing on May 30, 1940. Sub-Lieutenant SCHUTZ (Pilot) is injured. Sub-Lieutenant YSERMANN (Observer) and Corporal QUELLEC (Gunner) are unscathed.

Potez 63-11

718

Assigned to GR II / 33. Destroyed by accident on June 16, 1940: flying too low, these propellers touch the ground ... The crew is unscathed. Staff-Sergeant CREPUT (Pilot), Lieutenant HEBRAD (Observer) and Sergeant MOT (Gunner)

BLOCH M.B.174

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR II / 33: Touched by Flak on May 17, 1940. Sergeant MILLET (Gunner), believing the lost plane parachutes, but kills himself by hitting the empennage. The pilot, Sub-Lieutenant HOCHEDE brings the aircraft back to Le Bourget without a hitch.

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR II / 33: destroyed in air combat on April 16, 1940. Adjutant BAGREL (Gunner) and Sub-Lieutenant BEDIEZ (Observer) are killed. Captain LAUX (Pilot) is injured.

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR II / 33: Destroyed by accident on April 30, 1940. Lieutenant ISRAEL (Observer) and Corporal BLONDEL (Gunner) are unharmed. Chief Warrant Officer SEPET (Pilot) is injured

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR II / 33: Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on10 april 1940.

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR II / 33: Assigned to GR II / 33 on May 15, 1940. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 21 and 23 May 1940. He is transferred to Tunisia after the Armistice.

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR I / 35 on May 29, 1940. It is transferred to Blida, AFN on June 20. It remains in the Group until its dissolution and will be transferred on July 22 to GR II / 33.

Bloch M.B.174

Assigned to GR II / 33: Assigned to GR II / 33. Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew on board on 6 and 9 June 1940. He is transferred to Tunisia after the Armistice. Present in El Aouina in 1942.