Surveillance Squadron 8S-4

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Historical

Squadron 8S-4 was born on December 20, 1939, but it was not until January 1940 that crews arrived in Tripoli under the command of Lieutenant CHÂTEL. The first 3 Loire 130, which must constitute the equipment of the Squadron, are collected at the end of January only, and it is on a Lioré & Olivier LeO H242 of Air France that the crews make their first missions.

After the arrival of 3 other copies of Loire 130, in May 1940, the squadron, now complete, chained coastal surveillace missions off Lebanon, or from the base of Cyprus.

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Staff

Commanders of the Squadron 8S-4
CHÂTEL Roger Lieutenant	December 20, 1939	February 20,1941

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Personnel

Pilots and crew-members of Squadron 8S-4
Names of pilots	Rank	Function	Informations	Civil Statut	Photo	Citations
CHÂTEL Roger	Lieutenant	Commander of Squadron	Commander of the Squadron from December 20, 1939

 

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Airfields

Various used Airfields
City	Department or country	Period of use
Tripoli	Liban	From December 20, 1939

 

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Aircrafts

The Squadron 8S-4 was equipped since its creation, following aircrafts:

- Loire 130

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 :

• 3 Loire 130
• 3 Loire 130 Coloniaux

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Casualties

The squadron "8S-4" had no losses to deplore during the Campaign of France.

 

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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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