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Bomber Squadrons 4-B


Historical

Squadron 4-B is created only in mid-June at Médiouna under the command of Lieutenant PAQUIER. The Gleen-Martin 167F she receives before the Armistice, partially equipped, are not operational. This Squadron carries a 4-B codification which will only be adopted from 1 August by the other Bombardment units


Staff

Commanders of the Squadron 4-B
PAQUIER Lieutenant de Vaisseau
June 1940
April 10, 1940


Pilots

Pilots and Crew members of the Squadron 4-B
Names of pilots
Rank
Function
Informations
Civil Statut
Photo
Citations
PAQUIER
Lieutenant
Commander of Squadron
Commander of the Squadron 4-B until June 1940
   
PONCHARDIER Pierre
Lieutenant
Pilot and Commander Second in the Squadron
Second in command of Squadron 4-B from June 1940
 

 


Airfields

Various used Airfields
City
Department or country
Period of use
Médiouna
Morocco
From mid-June 1940

 


Aircrafts

The Squadron 4-B was equipped since its creation, following aircrafts:

The used aircrafts are dSqnribed 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 :

  • 4 Gleen-Martin 167F

Casualties

The squadron "4-B" had no losses to deplore during the Campaign of France.

 


Sources

- The citations or decorations listed are extracted from the Official Journals archived in « Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France »
- The dates and places of birth of the Group's personnel are taken mainly from the site : "Mémoires des Hommes"
- 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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