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On May 10, 1940, GB I/21 is attached to Group No9 of the Southeast Bombardment Aviation Training Group of the ZOAA (Alpine Air Operations Area).
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GB I/21
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| Commander
DEPERROIS André |
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Commanders
of the 1st Squadron
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Lieutenant
FAURE
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Lieutenant
MARCHAND Pierre
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May 24,
1940
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Lieutenant
LAFITTE Vincent
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May
25, 1940
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Captain
TOURNISSA Jean
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Commanders
of the 2nd Squadron
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| Captain
PRAT Roger |
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Lieutenant
HOBART
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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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Civil-statut
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Photos |
Citations
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| ARMANET |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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On June 13, 1940, Amiot
354 No7 was destroyed following a landing in the countryside
after returning from a bombing mission. Sergeant ARMANET
is unharmed
Sergeant ARMANET later
joined the Free French Air Force and fought with the GBM
2/52, equipped with twin-engine B26 Marauder bombers.
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| BAECKLER
Joseph - Michel |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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On May
28, 1940, No33 Amiot 354 crashed on landing after returning
from a mission. The crew is injured.
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| BEAUFRERE
Pierre |
Sergeant
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Radio
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The Bloch
MB 210 No55 shot by the Flak on June 8, 1940, crashes into
the marshes: the crew is killed.Sergeant BEAUFRERE's body
was not found until August 1940 and he was buried in Offoy.
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Born in Nevers (58 -
Nord) on 20 November 1914
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Offoy (80 - Somme)
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| BORDENET |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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On June
13, 1940, Amiot 354 No7 was destroyed following a landing
in the countryside after returning from a bombing mission.
Adjutant BORDENET is unharmed.
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| BOURET |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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On May
28, 1940, Amiot 354 No33 crashed on landing after returning
from a mission. The crew is injured.
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| CHARLES
Jean-François |
Lieutenant
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Observer�
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Injured
in Air Combat June 3, 1940
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| COLOMBO
Roger |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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The Bloch
MB 210 No55 shot by the Flak on June 8, 1940, crashes into
the marshes: the crew is killed.The body of Second Lieutenant
COLOMBO was not found until August 1940 and buried in Offoy.
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Born at Créchy
(03 - Allier) on 4 August 1917
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Offoy (80 - Somme)
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| DEPERROIS
André - Roger |
Commander
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Cder
of Group
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Born on 14 December
1905 in Chartres (28 - Eure)
Died in Paris (75) on 8 March 1980
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| DESCAMP |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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On June
13, 1940, Amiot 354 No7 was destroyed following a landing
in the countryside after returning from a bombing mission.
Lieutenant DESCAMP is injured.
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| DULAU
Pierre - Albert |
Corporal
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Machine
Gunner
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The Bloch
MB210 No185 is shot down by the Flak on May 25, 1940. The
crew is killed.
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Born on 22 May 1921
at Guiche (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Killed on 25 May 1940 at Graincourt lèz Havrincourt
(62 - Pas de Calais)
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| EYMERY
Paul - Auguste |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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The Bloch
MB210 No185 is shot down by the Flak on May 25, 1940. The
crew is killed.
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Born 16 March 1915 at
Notre Dame de Vaulx (38 - Isère)
Killed on 25 May 1940 at Graincourt lèz Havrincourt
(62 - Pas de Calais)
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| FAURE
Jean - Marie |
Lieutenant
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Cder
1st Sqn.
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He
was killed on May 10, 1940, while fighting with GB II/21:
Amiot 354 No. 6 suffered engine failure and crashed during
an experimental flight. The crew was killed.
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Born January 2, 1900
at Vicq sur Breuilh (87 - Haute-Vienne)
Killed on May 10, 1940 at Sougy (45 - Loiret)
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| GALERNEAU
Marcel - Léon |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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On May
24, 1940, Amiot 354 No38, probably hit by the Flak, crashed.
The crew is killed.
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Born on 6 July 1912
at Le Bernard (85 - Vendée)
Killed on 24 May 1940 at Cuisy en Almont (02 - Aisne)
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| GEIGER |
Sergeant
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| IRSCH
Maurice |
Sergeant
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�Machine
Gunner
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The Bloch
MB 210 No55 shot by the Flak on June 8, 1940, crashes into
the marshes: the crew is killed. Sergeant IRSCH's body was
not found until August 1940 and he was buried in Offoy.
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Born in Paris (75) on
5 August 1918
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Offoy (80 - Somme)
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| HOBART
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Lieutenant
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Cder
2nd Sqn..
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| HOUDENOT
René - Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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On May 28, 1940, Amiot
354 No33 crashed on landing after returning from a mission.
The crew is injured.
After the Armistice,
René HOUDENOT joined the GR I/14 and was killed in
an accident on 30 April 1941.
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Born on 19 July 1914
in Beleymas (24 - Dordogne)
Killed on 30 April 1941 at Bacarès (66 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
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| LAFARGUE
Maurice - Jean |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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On May
24, 1940, Amiot 354 No38, probably hit by the Flak, crashed.
The crew is killed.
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Born on 15 March 1909
at Laruns (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Killed on 24 May 1940 at Cuisy-en-Almont (02 - Aisne)
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| LAFITTE
Vincent - Henri |
Lieutenant
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Pilot
and Cder 1st Sqn.
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Born August 3, 1906
in Castets (40 - Landes)
Died at Bayonne (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
on 01 September 1986
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| LAMY
Fernand - André |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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Born in Caen (14 - Calvados)
on 20 August 1914
Died February 01 2005 at Nimes (30 - Gard)
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| MARCHAND
Pierre |
Lieutenant
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Cder
1st Sqn.
Crew
Chief
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On May
24, 1940, Amiot 354 No38, probably hit by the Flak, crashed.
The crew is killed.
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Born on 21 October 1903
at Dugny (55 - Meuse)
Killed at Cuisy-en-Almont (02 - Aisne) on 24 May 1940
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| MOULINIER
Albert |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Bloch
MB210 No185 is shot down by the Flak on May 25, 1940. The
crew is killed.
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Born in Vitebsk (Russia)
on 21 February 1917
Killed on 25 May 1940 at Graincourt lèz Havrincourt
(62 - Pas de Calais)
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| PARIS
Robert - Martial |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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The Bloch
MB210 No185 is shot down by the Flak on May 25, 1940. The
crew is killed.
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Born on 4 December 1908
at Villey Saint-Etienne (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Killed on 25 May 1940 at Graincourt lèz Havrincourt
(62 - Pas de Calais)
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| PRAT
Roger - Jean |
Captain
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Cder
2nd Sqn.
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En Juillet
1937, Roger PRAT, alors Lieutenant, commandait la 2eme Escadrille
du GB I//31
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Born on 2 April 1911
in Lion-d'Angers (49 - Maine et Loire)
Died in Paris (75) on 31 August 2004
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| PUIVIF |
Sergeant
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Radio
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On June
13, 1940, Amiot 354 No7 was destroyed following a landing
in the countryside after returning from a bombing mission.
Sergeant PUIVIF is unscathed.
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| SABOURAULT
Paul - Ernest |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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On June
13, 1940, the Amiot 351 No 64, hit a hill on the return of
a mission. Chief Warrant Officer SABOURAULT is seriously injured.
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Born in Mareuil sur
Arnon (18 - Cher) on 14 August 1906
Died at Saint-Pierre-Quiberon (56 - Morbihan) on 24 October
1991
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| SERE
Georges - Ludovic |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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On May
24, 1940, Amiot 354 No38, probably hit by the Flak, crashed.
The crew is killed.
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Born on 30 May 1907
at Béziers (34 - Hérault)
Killed at Cuisy-en-Almont (02 - Aisne) on 24 May 1940
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| SOLTNER
Jean - Maurice |
Lieutenant
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Pilot
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The Bloch
MB 210 No 55 shot by the Flak on June 8, 1940, crashes into
the marshes: the crew is killed. Lieutenant Soltner's body
was not found until August 1940 and he was buried in Offoy.
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Born on 5 November 1908
at Belfort (90 - Territoire de Belfort)
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Offoy (80 - Somme)
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| TOURNISSA
Jean |
Captain
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Cder
1st Sqn.
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Services
spéciaux de l'Armée (SSA)
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Born in Pamiers (09
- Ariège) on 11 August 1912
Killed at La Baume d'Hostun (26 - Drôme) on 28 August
1944
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| TURREL
Edouard - Albert |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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On June
13, 1940, Amiot 351 No 64, damaged by the Flak, struck a hill
on the return from a mission.Lieutenant TURREL died the next
day as a result of his injuries.
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Born on 10 October 1911
in Bordeaux (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 14 June 1940 at Humbligny (18 - Cher)
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| VAUTHIER |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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On May 28, 1940, No33
Amiot 354 crashed on landing after returning from a mission.
The crew is injured.
Sergeant VAUTHIER went
on to join the Free French Air Force and, in July 1944,
joined the GB I/25 Tunisia Heavy Bombardment Group equipped
with Halifax four-engined aircraft.
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| VEIT
Paul - Louis |
Adjutant
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Machine
Gunner
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Bloch MB
210 No 55 was shot down by Flak on 8 June 1940 and crashed
in the marshes, killing the crew. The body of Warrant Officer
Paul VIET was only found and identified on 30 September 1942
and buried in Offoy.
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Born in Belfort (90
- Territoire de Belfort)
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Offoy (80 - Somme)
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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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LAFARGUE
Maurice |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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Amiot
354 No 38 : Damaged by Flak, it crashes on May 24th,
1940. The crew is killed |
| MARCHAND
Pierre |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| SERE
Georges |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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| GALERNEAU
Marcel |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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MOULINIER
Albert |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Bloch
MB210 No 185 : Shot down by Flak on May 25, 1940.
The crew is killed |
| EMERY
Paul |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| PARIS
Robert |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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| DUCLAU
Pierre |
Corporal
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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BAECKLER
Joseph |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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Amiot
354 No 33 : May 28th, 1940 crashes in the landing.
The crew is hurt. |
| BOURET |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| HOUDENOT
René |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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| VAUTHIER |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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SOLTNER
Jean |
Lieutenant
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Pilot
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Bloch
MB 210 No 55 : Shot down by the Flak on June 8,
1940. The plane crashes into the marshes: the crew is killed. |
| COLOMBO
Roger |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| BEAUFRERE
Pierre |
Sergeant
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Radio
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| VEIT
Paul |
Adjutant
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Machine
Gunner
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| IRSCH
Maurice |
Sergeant
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�Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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BORDENET |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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Amiot
354 No 7 : Destroyed following a landing in campaign
on June 13th, 1940, returning to a bombing mission. Lieutenant
DESCAMP is injured. |
| DESCAMP |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| PUIVIF |
Sergeant
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Radio
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| ARMANET |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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Crew
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SABOURAULT
Paul |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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Amiot
351 No 64 : On June 13, 1940, damaged by the Flak,
he struck a hill on the return of a mission. Lieutenant TURREL
is killed, and Chief Warrant Officer SABOURAULT is seriously
injured. |
| TURREL
Edouard |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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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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| Chambry |
02
- Aisne
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September
2, 1939
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| La
Ferté-Gaucher |
77
- Seine et Marne
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September
20, 1939
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| Avignon
Chateaublanc |
84
- Vaucluse
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December
21, 1939
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| La
Ferté-Gaucher |
77
- Seine et Marne
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May
18, 1940
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| Pont-Sur-Yonne |
89
- Yonne
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May
24, 1940
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| Vornay |
18
- Cher
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June
11, 1940
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| Agen
La Garenne |
47
- Lot et Garonne
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June
15, 1940
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| Kalaa-Djerda |
Tunisie
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June
19, 1940
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Aircrafts
The GB I/21 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 :
- 7 Bloch MB210
- 9 Amiot 354
- 1 Amiot 351
Casualties
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Crewmen
killed
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14
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Lieutenant
MARCHAND (Combat)
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May 24,
1940
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Sub-Lieutenant
LAFARGUE (Combat)
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May 24,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer SERE ( combat)
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May 24,
1940
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Staff-Sergeant
GALERNEAU (Combat)
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May 24,
1940
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Sub-Lieutenant
EMERY (Combat)
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May 25,
1940
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Staff-Sergeant
MOULINIER (Combat)
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May 25,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer PARIS (Combat)
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May 25,
1940
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Corporal
DUCLAU (Combat)
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May 25,
1940
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Sub-Lieutenant
COLOMBO (combat)
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June
8, 1940
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Adjutant
VEIT (Combat)
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June
8, 1940
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Lieutenant
SOLTNER (Combat)
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June
8, 1940
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Sergeant
BEAUFRERE (Combat)
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June
8, 1940
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Sergeant
HIRSCH (Combat)
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June
8, 1940
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Lieutenant
TURREL (Combat)
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June
13, 1940
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Crewmen
injured
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7
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Sub-Lieutenant
BOURET (Combat)
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May 28,
1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer BAECKLER (Combat)
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May 28,
1940
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Staff-Sergeant
HOUDENOT (Combat)
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May 28,
1940
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Sergeant
VAUTHIER (Combat)
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May 28,
1940
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Lieutenant
CHARLES (Combat)
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June
3, 1940
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lieutenant
DESCAMP (Combat)
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June
13, 1940
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Chief
Warrant Officer SABOURAULT (Combat)
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June
13, 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 Jacqueline and Paul MARTIN - Editions Aéro-Editions
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