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Sources :
- Hors série AVIONS No1 - "L'Aéronautique Navale Française de Septembre 1940 à Juin 1940" by L. Morareau - Editions LELA Presse
- Aéro-Journal No18 "L'Aéronautique Navale en Guerre 1939-1940": by Christian-Jacques EHRENGARDT - Editions Aéro-Editions
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Latecoere 301
1021
E4-1
Baptised: "Guilbaud"
Latecoere 301
1022
E4-2
Baptized: "Cavelier de Cuverville". This Aircraft, under review in Cherbourg since February 4, will manage to escape when the Germans arrive on the base. At the Armisitice, the flight ban will block him at Port Liautey, and he will no longer take part in the fighting. The aircraft made its last flight on April 12, 1941 before being reformed.
Latecoere 301
1023
E4-3
Baptized: "Mouneyres". On November 7, 1939, the aircraft was forced to land after a drop in oil pressure. Towed by the torpedo boat "L'Audacieux"; it will drift 6 days after the break of its mooring line. He will finally be saved by the Aviso Colonial "D'Entrecasteaux" which will bring him back to the port of Dakar on November 19. But its repair will be long and the device will not be operational again until June 1940 ... It will be reformed in November 1941.