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Exploration Squadron 14-E


Historical

This squadron is born only on June 15, 1940 in Oran. Placed under the command of the Lieutenant de Vaisseau, she then joined the field of Médiouna in Morocco where she must collect her Gleen-Martin 167F.

The Armistice will not allow the unit to take part in the Campaign of France.


Staff

Commanders of the Squadron 14-E
LEPELTIER Pierre Lieutenant
June 15,1940
September 1st,1940 (Dissolution)


Personnel

Pilots and Crew mmembers of the Squadron E-14E
Names of pilots
Rank
Function
Informations
Civil Statut
Photo
Citations
LEPELTIER Pierre Charles
Lieutenant
Commander of Squadron

Commander of squadron 14-E

He will be killed on February 6, 1942 in Arzew, near Oran

Né le 13 Juin 1908 au Mans (72 - Sarthe)
Tué le 6 Février 1942 à Arzew (Algérie)
   

 


Airfields

Various used Airfields
City
Department or country
Period of use
Oran
Algeria
June 1940
Médiouna
Maroc
From June 15, 1940

 


Aircrafts

The Squadron 14-E 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 :

  • 6 Gleen-Martin 167F

 


Casualties

The squadron "14-E" 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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