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            Historical GC III / 7 was created in 
              May 1939 from personnel taken from GC I / 7 and GC II / 7. He joined his airfield of 
              Vitry le François-Vauclerc in November 1939. It was on this 
              ground that he suffered the German attack of May 10, 1940, during 
              which time he was attached to the Fighting Group No. 22 of the ZOAE 
              (East Air Operations Zone). GC III / 7 was to be converted 
              to D520 on June 1, 1940, but GC III / 6, heavily weakened by combat, 
              was prioritized and it was not until June 22, 1940 that GC III / 
              7 touched its first D520 . The Group is finally dissolved on August 
              6, 1940.    
            
             
               
  
            Staff 
               
                | Commanders 
                    of the group 
                    GC III/7 |   
                | Commander 
                  CREMONT Louis | May 1st, 
                    1939  | August 
                    15, 1940 |  |   
                | Commanders 
                    of the 5th Squadron |   
                | Lieutenant 
                  LACOMBE Georges | September 
                    1939  | May 22, 
                    1940 |  |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  MOURIER Yves | May 22, 
                    1940 | August 
                    15, 1940 |  |   
                | Commanders 
                    of the 6th Squadron |   
                | Captain 
                    BOUVARRE Pierre | September 
                    1939 | August 
                    15, 1940 |  |   
                | Other 
                    Members of the Military Staff |   
                | Lieutenant 
                  Jean ALLIROT | Doctor |  |   
                | Lieutenant 
                  Marcel BLONDEAU | Intelligence 
                    officer |  |   
                | Sergeant 
                  Robert BOMBOIS | Accountant |  |   
                | Commander 
                  CHAMP-DE-PAS | Deputy 
                    Group commander | Leaving 
                  Group GC III/7 on 15 September |   
                | Chief-Warrant 
                  Officer Maurice NICOD | Administrative 
                    Section Commander |  |   
                | Captain 
                  Georges VIOLET | Deputy 
                    Group commander | Joined 
                  GC III/7 on 15 September 1939. He died accidentally on 18 August 
                  1943 near Meknes, during a collision with another D520 of GC 
                  I/2. |    
 
 Personnel  
              
            
               
                | Pilots 
                    of Group |   
                | Names 
                    of pilots | Rank | Squadron | Victories | Informations | Civil 
                    Statut | Photo |  Citations |   
                | Sure | Prob. |   
                | ARNOUX 
                  Maurice | Commander | 6ith 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Killed 
                    in aerial combat on June 6, 1940 |  |  |   |   
                | BERGON | Commander |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | BERNARDON 
                  Bertrand | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. | 1 |  | Assigned 
                    to GC III/7 on 29 August 1939. |  |  |  |   
                | BERTHET 
                  Louis - Antoine | Sergeant | 5ith 
                    Sqn. | 4 |  | Louis BERTHET 
                    enlisted voluntarily and joined the Istres flying school in 
                    1937. He was posted to the GC II/7 in 1939 and then to the 
                    GC III/7 when this group was formed in May 1940. He was seriously 
                    wounded in air combat on 21 May 1940.In October 1943, he managed to escape from France via Spain.
 He joined AFN and was posted to the I/7 Provence 
                    squadron.
 In 1945, he was sent to Indochina, then to Algeria in 1947 
                    with GGI/1. On his return to France in 1949, he was posted 
                    to the Mont-de-Marsan base. Back in Algeria in 1952, he was 
                    posted in 1955 to command the 5eme RA in Algiers. He took 
                    command of the Oran squadron in 1958, then was posted to the 
                    GATAC in Algiers in 1960. He was posted to the Allied Forces 
                    Central Europe headquarters in 1961.
 Louis BERTHET was placed on aircrew leave in 1961.
 | Born 
                  on 7 November 1916 in Cours-les-Barres (18 - Cher) Died in Clamart (92 - Hauts de Seine) on 1 September 1997.
 |  |  |   
                | BERTRAND 
                  Jean | Chief 
                    Warrant Officer |  | 3 | 2 |  
                    Seriously 
                      injured in air combat on May 31, 1940. In 
                      November 1942, after the invasion of the free zone, he reached 
                      North Africa and volunteered for Normandy-Niemen. He was 
                      killed on August 26, 1944. |  |  |  |   
                | BILLOIN 
                  Marcel | Sub-Lieutenant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. | 3 |  | Assigned 
                  to the Group in March 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | BODIN 
                  Jean | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | BOUVARRE 
                  Pierre - Gérard | Captain | Staff 
                    6th Sqn. | 3 |  | Pierre 
                    BOUVARRE entered the Ecole spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr 
                    in 1931, then the Ecole militaire et d'application de l'armée 
                    de l'Air de Versailles in 1933. He left for Tunisia as Squadron 
                    Commander of the 25th Wing in 1936 and then became Squadron 
                    Commander of the 7th Wing in 1938. He took part in the French 
                    Campaign with the GC III/7 fighter group in May 1939, then 
                    with the GC I/1. After the Armistice, he was seconded to the 
                    Secretary of State for Youth and Education and then to the 
                    Navy. He joined the Resistance in 1942 and was posted to Meknes 
                    in November 1944 before taking part in the French and German 
                    campaigns in 1945. He took over as second-in-command of the Cognac training base 
                    in 1947, then became an instructor at the Mersbourg school 
                    in 1948. He was appointed Commander of the Sidi-Ahmed base 
                    in 1950, then Chief of Staff of the air region in 1954. He 
                    was appointed Commander of the combined air operations school 
                    at Baden-Oos in 1957 before becoming Commander of the Taverny 
                    centre in 1960. He became Head of the Military Air Traffic 
                    Service on 1st March 1961, then Commander of the 2nd Air Region 
                    in 1962. Pierre BOUVARRE left the active army in 1965 with 
                    the rank of Air Division General.
 | Born 
                  in Coudekerque-Branche (59 - Nord) on 13 September 1910 Died at Versailles (78 - Yvelines) on 18 November 1997
 |  |  |   
                | BOYER 
                  Charles | Sergeant | 5ith 
                    Sqn. | 2 | 1 |  
                    Assigned 
                      to the Group in March 1940. Seriously 
                      injured in aerial combat on June 9, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | BOYER 
                  Léo | Adjutant |  | 2 |  | Seriously 
                    injured by the Flak on May 13, 1940, he is shot and taken 
                    prisoner |  |  |  |   
                | BRODEAU | Lieutenant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | CAHEN 
                  Gontrand | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn.  |  |  |  
                    Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 on 29 August 1939. Killed 
                      by accident on January 3, 1940;His Morane 406n°76 caught 
                      fire in flight as he was preparing to land.  |  |  |  |   
                | CHALLE 
                  René | Lieutenant |  | 1 | 1 |  
                    Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 on 5 June 1939 from the Hunting School of Romilly. Injured 
                      in aerial combat May 15, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | CHAVET 
                  René | Adjutant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Killed 
                    in aerial combat on March 31, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | COSTEY 
                  Paul | Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  | 1 |  
                    Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 on 15 October 1939 on probation from GC I/7. 
                       Killed 
                      in aerial combat May 15, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | CREMONT 
                  Louis | Commander | Staff 
                    Group  |  |  | Group 
                    Commander. A pilot during the First World War, he was "reserve 
                    officer in active service" after joining the Air Force 
                    in 1937. In 1939, he was 43 years old. |  |  |  |   
                | DAUBRESSE | Staff-Sergeant |  |  |  | Staff 
                    Sergeant DAUBRESSE, who passed the competitive examination 
                    at the Ecole des Officiers d'Active on 10 September 1939, 
                    was appointed as an aspirant and left the Group for his training 
                    at Versailles in November 1939. He joins 
                    GC II/2 after its formation |  |  |  |   
                | DELARUE 
                  Raphael | Staff-Sergeant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  | 1 | 2 |  
                    Sergeant 
                      DELARUE, a reservist, was 37 years old in 1939. Injured 
                      in aerial combat on January 10, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | DESHONS 
                  Hubert | Sergeant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  | 1 |  
                    Assigned 
                      to the Group in March 1940. Injured 
                      in aerial combat May 15, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | DOUARRE 
                  Pierre | Sergeant |  |  |  | Sergeant 
                  DOUARRE, who passed the competitive examination at the Ecole 
                  des Officiers d'Active on 10 September 1939, was appointed as 
                  an aspirant and left the Group for his training at Versailles 
                  in November 1939. |  |  |  |   
                | DVORAK 
                  Bedrich | Lieutenant |  |  |  | Czech Pilot 
                    . Injured in aerial combat on March 31, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | DYMA 
                  Frantisek | Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  |  
                    Czech 
                      Pilot .  Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 on 12 May 1940. Killed 
                      in aerial combat May 21, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | FAJTL 
                  Frantisek | Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Czech Pilot 
                    . Assigned to GC III/7 June 6, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | FEUILLERAT | Sub-Lieutenant |  | 1 |  | Assigned 
                    to GC III/7 on 11 May 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | FOISSAC 
                  Lucien | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn.  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | FOREST 
                  Max | Sergeant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Assigned 
                  to GC III/7 on 4 June 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | GUILLAUME 
                  Jean | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. | 1 | 2 | Wounded 
                    November 22, 1939 in aerial combat |  |  |  |   
                | HAVET | Adjutant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | HLAVAC 
                  Jaroslav | Master-Corporal | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  |  
                    Czech 
                      Pilot . Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 in March 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | HOUPEURT | Captain |  |  |  | Assigned 
                    to GC III/7 on 11 May 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | IZAAC | Staff-Sergeant |  |  |  | Staff 
                  Sergeant IZAAC, who passed the Active Officers' School examination 
                  on 10 September 1939, is appointed as a Aspirant and will leave 
                  the Group for training. |  |  |  |   
                | JACQUIN | Sub-Lieutenant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | KOSINA 
                  Karel | Sub-Lieutenant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  |  
                    Czech 
                      Pilot . Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 in March 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | KOSNAR 
                  Josef | Master-Corporal | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  |  
                    Czech 
                      pilot.  Assigned 
                      to the Group in March 1940.  Killed 
                      in air combat on June 5, 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | LACOMBE 
                  Georges | Captain | Staff 
                    5th Sqn. | 3 |  |  
                    Lieutenant 
                      LACOMBE graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure 
                      de l'Aéronautique and was certified as a Pilot in 
                      1934. He was 30 years old in 1939, Killed 
                      in aerial combat on May 21, 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | LANCRENON 
                  Claude | Lieutenant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  | Killed 
                    by accident on December 1st, 1939 |  |  |  |   
                | L'HOPITAL-NAVARRE | Sergeant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Injured 
                    in aerial combat on March 31, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | LION | Adjutant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Wounded 
                    on October 25, 1939 by accident, and on June 9, 1940 in aerial 
                    combat |  |  |  |   
                | LITTOLFF 
                  Albert | Adjutant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  | 6 | 1 | Assigned 
                    to GC III/7 on 15 October 1939 from GC I/7. |  |  |  |   
                | LOGEROT | Lieutenant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | MARTIN 
                  Marcel | Sub-Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  | 2 |  
                    Assigned 
                      to the Group in March 1940. Wounded 
                      in aerial combat on May 21, 1940 and June 3, 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | MATHIEU 
                  Paul | Sergeant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  | 1 | Wounded 
                    on December 22, 1939 by accident |  |  |  |   
                | MORLOT 
                  René | Staff-Sergeant |  | 2 |  |  
                    Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 on 15 October 1939 from GC I/7. Killed 
                      in aerial combat May 15, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | MOULENE 
                  Adonis | Staff-Sergeant | 5th Sqn. | 2 | 1 | Injured 
                    in aerial combat May 15, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | MOURIER 
                  Yves | Sub-Lieutenant | Staff 
                    5th Sqn. | 5 |  | Assigned 
                    to GC III/7 on 28 June 1939. |  |  |  |   
                | NAVARRE | Sergeant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | PILATRE-JACQUIN 
                  François | Sub-Lieutenant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  | 1 | Accidentally 
                    wounded on February 13, 1940, and in aerial combat on May 
                    21, 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | PODIN | Sergeant |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |   
                | POSTREHOVSKY 
                  Bohumil | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  | Czech Pilot 
                    . Assigned June 6, 1940 to GC III/7 |  |  |  |   
                | RECHKA 
                  Josef | Sub-Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  |  
                    Czech 
                      Pilot . Assigned 
                      to GC III/7 on 12 May 1940. |  |  |  |   
                | RENAUD | Sub-Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Injured 
                    in aerial combat on March 31, 1940 |  |  |  |   
                | RENOUD | Sergeant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  |  |  | Assigned 
                  to GC III/7 on 29 August 1939 |  |  |  |   
                | RUPIED 
                  Yves | Sub-Lieutenant | 5th 
                    Sqn.  | 1 |  |  
                    Yves RUPIED joined 
                      the first class at Salon-de-Provence and chose hunting. 
                      He took flying lessons at Avord and aerobatics at Romilly, 
                      before joining the CIC at Chartres. He joined the École 
                      de l'Air in 1937, and was posted to the GC III/7 in March 
                      1940. He was wounded in air combat on 31 March 1940 and 
                      by accident on 15 June 1940. He left with his group for 
                      Morocco, then Dakar. Returning to France in 1944, he was 
                      stationed in Germany in 1945. He was appointed commander 
                      of the GC I/3, and posted to Morocco in 1946, then to Indochina 
                      in 1947, and finally to Tunisia in 1949. He took command 
                      of the 4th Fighter Wing in 1953. He was posted to the Interim 
                      Committee of the European Defence Community and to the Armed 
                      Forces Staff in 1954, and again to the Joint Staff of the 
                      Southern European Command in Naples in 1955. He was sent 
                      on a French military mission to Potsdam and then to the 
                      USSR in 1957, and became head of the 2nd office of the Air 
                      Force General Staff in 1959. He was Air Attaché in 
                      Ottawa in 1961, then joined the Combined Air Operations 
                      School in Baden-Oos in 1964. He was appointed Air military 
                      expert to the Senate in 1965. Yves RUPIED was put on leave 
                      from the Air Force in 1967. | Born 
                  23 April 1917 in Paris (75). Died in Paris on 11 February 2001.
 |  |  |   
                | SODEK 
                  Jaroslav | Sergeant | 6ith 
                    Sqn. |  |  | Czech Pilot 
                    . Assigned June 6, 1940 to GC III/7 |  |  |  |   
                | TANGUY 
                  Victor | Sergeant |  |  |  | Victor 
                  TANGUY passed the entrance exam for the Istres school and joined 
                  the French Air Force in 1935. He attended fighter training courses 
                  at Salon-de-Provence and was trained in acrobatics. He chose 
                  fighter training, and was posted to Dijon to the GC I/7 fighter 
                  group, then GC II/7 and finally GC III/7 in 1939. After the 
                  Armistice, he was posted to GC I/8 in 1940 and then to Jeunesse 
                  et Montagne. He was posted to Meknes in North Africa with the 
                  GC I/2 and then sent to Great Britain for a bombing course. 
                  On his return to France, he was transferred to the 1st Air Division 
                  in 1945, then to the Meersburg air support school in 1948 before 
                  joining the staff school in 1949 and finally the Meknès 
                  fighter school in 1951. He was appointed sector commander of 
                  defence zone 901 in 1953 and sent to Algeria as commander of 
                  the Batna outpost in 1957, then trainee at the CESA (Centre 
                  d'Etudes Supérieures Aéronautiques). He was appointed 
                  Orange base commander in 1958. Assigned to the 5th air region 
                  in 1961, he was then appointed commander of the Taverny operations 
                  centre in 1962, then deputy commander of air defence at Taverny 
                  in 1964, and finally chief of air traffic in 1965. Victor Tanguy 
                  was placed on aircrew leave in 1966. | Born 
                  on 6 July 1915 in Plougastel-Daoulas (29 - Finistère). Died at Saclay (91 - Essonne) on 31 May 1997
 |  |  |   
                | VIOLET 
                  Georges | Captain | E.M 
                    Group |  |  | Captain 
                  VIOLET joins GC III/7 to replace Commander Champ-De-Pas and 
                  becomes Deputy Commander of the Group. He left the Group on 
                  31 March 1940. |  |  |  |     
               
                 
                  
                 
             
              | Non-flying 
                  personnel  |   
              | Name | Rank | Function | Sqn. | Informations | Photo |   
              | GIRARD 
                Henri - Louis | Master-corporal |  |  |  |  |   
              | ROYER 
                Léon - Alban | Adjutant |  |  |  |  |   
              | Mechanics 
                    |   
              | AUGE 
                Joseph | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | BESSET 
                Jean | Sergeant | Mechanic | 6th Sqn. | Sergeant 
                René MORLOT's mechanic |  |   
              | BOULON 
                Joannès | Staff-Sergeant | Mechanic | 6th Sqn. | Wounded 
                on 9 June 1940, during the attack on the Coulommiers field by 
                ME109s. |  |   
              | BOURRET 
                Gaston | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | BRUNNET | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | CAUBRAQUE | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | CHAPPUIS 
                André | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | CORREA | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | COULON 
                André | Sergeant | Mechanic |  | Sub-Lieutenant 
                Jean BERTRAND's mechanic |  |   
              | CURT 
                André | Sub-Lieutenant | Mechanic 
                  Officer  |  |  |  |   
              | DESCHARLES 
                Adolphe | Master-Corporal | Mechanic |  | Sergeant 
                Paul MATHIEU's mechanic |  |   
              | DELEMONTEZ 
                Jean | Sergeant | Mechanic | 5th Sqn. | Chief-Warrant 
                Officer Marcel LION's mechanic |  |   
              | ERMENAULT 
                Jean | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | ESCALLE | Staff-Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | FOULONNEAU | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | FREUND 
                René | Sergeant | Mechanic | 6th Sqn. | Lieutenant 
                CHALLE's mechanic. After the Allied landings in North Africa, 
                in November 1942, Sergeant René FREUND will go to the United 
                States to train as a pilot, and will end the war as a pilot. |  |   
              | GAUNET 
                Louis | Sergeant | Mechanic | 5th Sqn. |  |  |   
              | GRANGER | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | GUENOT 
                Louis | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | HUIN 
                Robert | Sergeant | Mechanic | 5th Sqn. |  |  |   
              | JANNET 
                Justin | Sergeant | Mechanic |  | Captain 
                Bouvarre's mechanic |  |   
              | LACOSTE 
                Pierre | Sergeant | Mechanic | 6th Sqn. |  |  |   
              | LAGARDE 
                Félix | Sergeant | Mechanic | 6th Sqn. |  |  |   
              | LAHAILLE | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | LATORE | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | LAURENT | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | MARTIN 
                Camille | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | MICHEL | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | MOUXEAUX 
                Aimé | Sergeant | Mechanic | 6th Sqn. |  |  |   
              | PARIS | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | Péré | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | PEYRARD 
                Pierre | Master-Corporal | Mechanic | 5th Sqn. |  |  |   
              | PICHON | Sergeant | Mechanic |  | Commander 
                ARNOUX's mechanic |  |   
              | QUERBES 
                René | Adjudant | Head of 
                  Electrician Section |  |  |  |   
              | RONGEOT 
                Pierre | Staff-Sergeant | Hangar 
                  Chief of 6 Sqn GC III/7 |  |  |  |   
              | TEYNIER 
                Raymond | Sergeant | Mechanic |  |  |  |   
              | VAUCOULOUX | Sergeant | Armourer |  |  |  |    
  
               
  
            Airfield 
               
                | 
                     
                      | Airfields | Period 
                          of use of airfields |   
                      | Names | County |   
                      | Chambran-Marcillolles | 38 
                          - Isère | September 
                          2, 1939 |   
                      | Sommesous | 51 
                          - Marne | October 
                          7, 1939 |   
                      | Chaumont-Semoutiers | 52 
                          - Haute-Marne | October 
                          19, 1939 |   
                      | Vitry-le-François 
                        Vauclerc | 51 
                          - Marne | November 
                          14, 1939 |   
                      | Orly | 94 
                          - Val De Marne | May 
                          18, 1940 |   
                      | Coulommiers | 77 
                          - Seine et Marne | June 
                          1, 1940 |   
                      | Saint-Florentin | 89 
                          - Yonne | June 
                          11, 1940 |   
                      | Marey-Sur-Tille | 21 
                          - Côte d'Or | June 
                          13, 1940 |   
                      | Vichy 
                        Rhue | 03 
                          - Allier | June 
                          15, 1940 |   
                      | Ussel | 19 
                          - Corrèze | June 
                          17, 1940 |   
                      | Bergerac | 24 
                          - Dordogne | June 
                          20, 1940 |   
                      | Marseille 
                        Marignane | 13 
                          - Bouches du Rhône | June 
                          21, 1940 |   
                      | Toulouse 
                        Francasal | 31 
                          - Haute Garonne | June 
                          24, 1940 |  |  
                | Click 
                    on the map to enlarge :  |   
                | 
                     
                      | Itinerary 
                          of the GC III/7 |   
                      |  |  |     
               
                 
                  
                  
               
  
              Aircrafts The GC III/7 was equipped 
              since its creation on May 1939, following aircrafts : 
               
              - 
                Potez 630 from May 1939 :  
                Fighter 
                command Aircraft (responding to the utopian concept of being able 
                to direct fighter fighters in combat from an outpost...) n 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 :  
            - 3 Potez 
              630 - 3 Potez 
              631 - 89 Morane 
              MS406 - 24 Dewoitine 
              D520  
               
                   
               
  
              Records 1/2 or 1/3 
              of victories were obtained in association with another Group.  
              
                 
                  | Confirmed 
                    Victories | 14.5 |   
                  | Messerschmitt 
                      BF110 | 1 |   
                  | Messerschmitt 
                      BF109 | 1 |   
                  | Henschel 
                      Hs 126 | 5.5 |   
                  | Dornier 
                      Do 17 | 5.5 |   
                  | Junker 
                      JU 88 | 1 |   
                  | Heinkel 
                      He111 | 0.5 |   
                  | Likely Victories | 9 |   
                  | Messerschmitt 
                      BF109 | 3 |   
                  | Heinkel 
                      He111 | 3 |   
                  | Dornier 
                      Do 17 | 3 |     
              
  
                 
                  
                  
               
  
            Casualties 
               
                | Killed Pilots | 9 |   
                | Lieutenant 
                    LANCRENON (Accident) | December 
                    1, 1939 |   
                | Sergeant 
                    CAHEN (Accident) | January 
                    3, 1940 |   
                | Adjutant 
                    CHAVET (Combat) | March 
                    31, 1940 |   
                | Lieutenant 
                    COSTEY (Combat) | May 15, 
                    1940 |   
                | Staff-Sergeant 
                    MORLOT (Combat) | May 15, 
                    1940 |   
                | Captain 
                    LACOMBE (Combat) | May 21, 
                    1940 |   
                | Lieutenant 
                    DYMA (Combat) | May 21, 
                    1940 |   
                | Master-Corporal 
                    KOSNAR (Combat) | June 
                    5, 1940 |   
                | Commander 
                    ARNOUX (Combat) | June 
                    6, 1940 |   
                | Wounded 
                    Pilots | 20 |   
                | Adjutant 
                  LION (Accident) | October 
                    25, 1939 |   
                | Sergeant 
                  GUILLAUME (Combat) | November 
                    22, 1939 |   
                | Sergeant 
                  MATHIEU (Accident) | December 
                    22, 1939 |   
                | Staff-Sergeant 
                  DELARUE (Combat) | January 
                    10, 1940 |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  PILATRE-JACQUIN (Accident) | February 
                    13, 1940 |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  RENAUD (Combat) | March 
                    31, 1940 |   
                | Sergeant 
                  L'HOPITAL-NAVARRE (Combat) | March 
                    31, 1940 |   
                | Lieutenant 
                  DVORAK (Combat) | March 
                    31, 1940 |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  RUPIED (Combat) | March 
                    31, 1940 |   
                | Adjutant 
                  BOYER Léo (Combat) | May 13, 
                    1940 |   
                | Lieutenant 
                  CHALLE (Combat) | May 15, 
                    1940 |   
                | Staff-Sergeant 
                  MOULENE (Combat) | May 15, 
                    1940 |   
                | Sergeant 
                  DESHONS (Combat) | May 15, 
                    1940 |   
                | Sergeant 
                  BERTHET (Combat) | May 21, 
                    1940 |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  MARTIN (Combat) | May 21, 
                    1940 |   
                | Chief 
                  Warrant Officer BERTRAND (Combat) | May 31, 
                    1940 |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  MARTIN (Combat) | June 
                    3, 1940 |   
                | Sergeant 
                  BOYER (Combat) | June 
                    9, 1940 |   
                | Chief 
                  Warrant Officer LION (Combat) | June 
                    9, 1940 |   
                | Sub-Lieutenant 
                  RUPIED (Accident) | June 
                    15, 1940 |   
                | Prisoners 
                    Pilots | 1 |   
                | Adjutant 
                    BOYER Léo | May 13, 
                    1940 |    
    
 
            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 
 - Book "Morane 
            MS406" Collective work - Editions LELA Presse - Book 
            "Furies et Crocodiles - Morane au combat dans la Bataille de France 
            - Historique du Groupe de Chasse III/7 de Mai 1939 à Aout 1940" 
            from Rémi BAUDRU 
            - Editions LELA Presse |