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Historical
At the outbreak of the conflict,
is based in Papeete, a section of strong Surveillance of 3 aircrafts.
Under the command of Captain de Corvette BRACHET, monitoring missions
are put in place but remain rare, because of the reduced number
of aircraft available within the unit.
In January 1940, the Section
became Escadrille 8S-5 and Captain de Corvette GRANGE replaced Lieutenant
Commander BRACHET. The surveillance missions continue until Armisitice
and beyond, until the attachment of Oceania to Free France, September
4, 1940.
Staff
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Commanders
of the Squadron 8S-5
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| BRACHET
François Lieutenant Commander |
January
15,1938
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March
14,1940
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| GRANGE
Marcel Lieutenant Commander |
March
14,1940
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September
2,1940
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Personnel
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Pilots
and crew-members of Squadron 8S-5
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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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| BRÂCHET
François |
Lieutenant
Commander
|
Commander
of Squadron
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Commander
of 8S-5 Squadron from January 15,1938 to March 14,1940, at the
time the unit was still a Surveillance Section |
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| GRANGE
Marcel |
Lieutenant
Commander
|
Commander
of Squadron
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Commander
of Escadrille 8S-5 from March 14,1940 |
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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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Fare
Uté
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Tahiti
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From
September 1939
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Aircrafts
The
Squadron 8S-5 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
The squadron
"8S-5" had no losses to deplore during the Campaign of
France.
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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