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Historical
The HC-1 Squadron was born
on July 1st, 1939 under the orders of Lieutenant ZIEGLER. The squadron
is equipped with Loire 210, single-engine Hydroplane fighting, which
can be loaded and catapulted by the Ships. It is foreseen from the
creation of the unit, that this one, destined to the formation,
has a brief existence. After the dissolution, the pilots and aircraft
must be dispatched to the HC-3 and HC-5 Squadrons to be created
at the end of 1939 to equip the 2nd and 1st class cruisers of the
Mediterranean.
But the concept quickly turns
out to be inadequate: the Loiré 210 is inefficient and unable
to provide the defense missions for which it was designed. On November
22, 1939, the Squadron was disbanded and the crews were regrouped
at Orly to form the AC-3 Fighting Squadron.
Staff
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Commanders
of the Squadron HC-1
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| ZIEGLER
François-Xavier Lieutenant |
July
1st, 1939
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November
22, 1939
(Dissolution
of the squadron)
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Pilots
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Pilots
of the Squadron
HC-1
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Names
of pilots
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Rank
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Function
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Informations
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Civil
Statut
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Photo
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Citations
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| ZIEGLER
François-Xavier |
Lieutenant
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Commander
of Squadron
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Commander of Squadron
HC-1 from its creation, July 1, 1939 to its dissolution, November
22, 1939.
He then took command of
the AC3 Squadron and was killed on 28 June 1941 in an air
battle in Syria
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Born
on 13 July 1909 in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne)
Killed on 28 June 1941 in Syria |
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Airfields
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Various
used Airfields
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City
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Department
or country
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Period
of use
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Saint-Mandrier
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83 -
Var
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From
July 1st, to November 22, 1939
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Aircrafts
The
Squadron HC-1 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 :
Casualties
Squadron HC-1
had no casualties during the French campaign
Sources
- 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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