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POTEZ 63-11
Potez 63-11
299
C-798
Assigned to GAO 543. Accident to landing at the end of May 1940 on the Luxeuil Airfield : left landing gear breaked.
Potez 63-11
336
C-835
Assigned to GAO 543. Damaged by the Flak on June 8, 1940, it is destroyed on landing: Sub-Lieutenant FAUGERAS (Observer) is seriously injured. Captain BERVEILLER (Pilot) and Staff-Sergeant MOLLE (Gunner) are unscathed.
Potez 63-11
664
  Assigned to the GAO 543
Potez 63-11
677
Assigned to the GAO 543. Put in campaign on May 30, 1940 following an engine failure. Sergeant ORSAT (Gunner) gets injured while parachuting. Sub-Lieutenant PERRET (Observer) and Sub-Lieutenant GARDEN (Pilot) are unharmed
Potez 63-11
682
Assigned to the GAO 543. Shot down by German Fighters on June 9, 1940: the crew is killed: Lieutenant GONZALES (Observer), Captain BERVEILLER (Pilot) and Master Corporal DELORME (Gunner) .This aircraft was equipped with a reinforced weapon with 7 machine guns on the hunt, and the pilot managed the feat of shooting 3 BF 109E before being shot himself.

 

Aircrafts allocated to the GAO 543