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Night fighter squadron ECN V/13

Historical

Escadrille ECN V / 13 was formed on January 18, 1940 from ECN 2/562

On the date of the outbreak of the German attack of May 10, 1940, the ECN V / 13 is attached to the Air Forces Reserved ZOAA (Alps Air operations Area)

From June 15, the Group retreats to finish at Marignane. It will finally be dissolved on August 10, 1940.


Staff

Commander of the Squadron ECN V/13
Captain PERROLAZ
 

 


Pilots

Pilots and crew of the Group
Names of pilots
Rank
Squadron
Victories
Informations
Civil Statut
Photo
Citations
Sure
Prob.
BIREMBAUT
Adjutant-Chef
Machine-Gunner
     
DAVID Edmond
Sergeant
Machine-Gunner
Wounded in aerial combat on June 01, 1940.
     
EBERHARDT
Adjutant-Chef
Pilot
     
FARRIOL
Sergeant
Pilot
     
PERDRIZET Maurice - Théodore
Captain
Pilot
Maurice PERDRIZET was a student at the Ecole Spéciale Militaire in 1932, before joining the Ecole Militaire et d'Application de l'armée de l'air. He was posted to the 25th Wing in Tunisia in 1937 and took part in the French campaign in 1940 with Escadrille V/13. After the Armistice, he managed to escape from France via Spain in August 1943, and joined AFN and then Great Britain. He took command of GC III/3 in 1945.
After the war in 1946, he was posted to the Air General Staff, then to the
60th Transport Wing in 1949. He was appointed Commander of the Ouges-Longvic base in Longvic base in 1953, then the Dijon base in 1954. He was assigned to the Secretary of State for the Air Armed Forces in 1956. He was assigned to Groupement Mixte No. 1 during Operation 700 in the Middle East, and was then appointed Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for the Air Armed Forces.
Maurice PERDRIZET was placed on aircrew leave in 1957 with the rank of Air Brigadier General.
Born on 11 July 1912 in Crest (26 - Drôme).
Died at Valence (26 - Drôme) on 2 June 1994
   
PERROLAZ
Captain
Commander of the Sqn.
           
PETERS
Sergeant-Chef
Pilot
     
SEYRAL
Adjutant
Machine-Gunner
     

 

 


Airfield

Airfields
Period of use of airfields
Names
County
Montpellier-Fréjorgues
34 - Hérault
01 Octobre 1939
Lyon-Bron
69 - Rhône
19 Décembre 1939
Loyettes
01 - Ain
07 Janvier 1940
Marignane
13 - Bouches du Rhône
21 Juin 1940

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Itinerary of the ECN V/13

 


Aircrafts

The ECN V/13 was equipped since its creation, on January 18, 1940, following aircrafts :

The used aircrafts are described in the accessible file by the link below. You will find Nb of series, Registration, date of affectation to the group, and fate of the plane there.

In this list are identified :

    - 5 Potez 631

Records

The GCN V / 13 did not obtain victories during the Campaign of France

 


Casualties

Injured aircrew
1
Sergeant DAVID (Combat)
June 1, 1940

 

 


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"
- Book : "Ils étaient là" by Mr Jacqueline and Paul MARTIN - Editions Aéro-Editions
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