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Historical
At the end of the first conflict,
after having stayed in the Lorraine region, SPA 31 joined, when
it was established in Germany, the one that will become its "sister
squadron", the SPA 48, thus linking their destinies.
Thus the SPA 31 will become
in 1924, after several changes of designation, the 5 ° squadron
of the 34 ° Mixed Aviation Regiment.
On July 1, 1932, born the
Fighter Group I/1 from the 34 ° dissolved RAM. SPA 48 and SPA
31 will be attached to this group until it is dissolved in November
1942.
Equipped with Nieuport Delage
NiD, 62 C1, GC I/1 began in 1933 a task that the group will pursue
regularly until 1938, scientific work of high altitude weather surveys.
In December 1934, although reMayning in the Paris area the Group
is transferred from Bourget to Villacoublay, and the following year,
the provisions of the plan I of equipment of the forces being concretized,
it is re equipped with Dewoitine 500.
The year 1936 sees the GC I / 1 take position on the field of Etampes-Mondésir
may before abandoning his Dewoitine 500 for Dewoitine 510, the fastest
French aircraft of the time, but which will be largely exceeded
when the Group will be put on alert on August 24, 1939, before this
one reaches its looseness ground located in Chantilly les Aigles.
Assigned to the 1st Air Force, in the No. 21 Fighter Group, the
GC I / 1 is responsible for covering the capital. The "Funny
of War" will be for the Group the opportunity to leave his
old D510 for Bloch 152 and train all the pilots on his new aircraft.
On the date of the outbreak
of the German attack of May 10, 1940, the GC I / 1 belongs to the
Fighter Group No. 21 of the ZOAN (North Air Operations Area).
He joined Laon-Couvron to
provide coverage and protection missions for reconnaissance aircraft.
On June 14, reinforcements arrived at the Group, in this case eight
Polish Pilots from the Polish Fighter Group 1/145 whose aircraft
have just been declared unfit. Not knowing their new aircrafts,
they will nevertheless begin their operational missions the next
day after noon. It is finally on the ground of Agen that the GC
I / 1 learns the signature of the Armistice. The Group is exhausted,
its equipment in poor condition.
Under the armisitice, the
flights will be limited to the strict minimum due to lack of fuel:
the group flies less than 100 hours per month. Young pilots come
to replace the pilots of the campaign of France. The only rejoicing
for GC I / 1, the month of June 1942 sees the transformation of
the Group on Dewoitine 520, the normal endowment being completed
in October.
On the night of November
26, 1942, the airfield of Lyon-Bron is invaded by the German forces,
and under the pressure of the occupant, GC I / 1 is officially dissolved
on December 1, 1942.
Staff
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Commanders
of the group GC I/1
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| Commander
PALLIER Gabriel |
End of
1937
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April
10, 1940
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Commander
AMOUROUX Edouard
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April
11, 1940
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April
24, 1940
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| Captain
ROQUES Jacques |
April
24, 1940
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April
29, 1940
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Commander
SOVICHE Pierre
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April
29, 1940
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July
14, 1941
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Captain
GARDE Georges
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July
15, 1941
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??
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Commander
MICHY Louis
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??
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November
27, 1942
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Commanders
of the 1st Squadron
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Captain
COUTAUD Germain
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September
1, 1939
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August
2, 1940
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Lieutenant
DE PINS Gérard
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August
3, 1940
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August
18, 1940
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Captain
BOUVARRE Pierre
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August
19, 1940
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October
14, 1940
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Lieutenant
SCHMIDT Jean
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October
15, 1940
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December
30, 1940
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Captain
VIOLET Georges
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December
31, 1940
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June
22, 1941
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Lieutenant
RENAUD Marcel
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June
22, 1941
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November
27, 1942
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Commanders
of the 2nd Squadron
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Captain
GARDE Georges
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September
1, 1939
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July
14, 1941
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Pilots
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Pilots
of Group
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Names
of pilots
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Rank
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Squadron
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Victories
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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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Sure
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Prob.
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| AMOUROUX
Edouard |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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Moved
on April 24, 1940 in the USA |
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| BARDET
Joseph |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn
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Moved December 13, 1939
to GCII / 9.
He will wounded in aerial
combat on June 3, 1940
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| BOUVARRE
Pierre |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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Captain
Bouvarre was later transferred to GC III/7
Pierre BOUVARRE will end
his career with the rank of Air Division General
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| CALMON
Robert |
Captain
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1st Sqn
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Released
May 16 at GC I / 8 (Commander 2nd Sqn) |
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| COADER
Louis |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn
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2
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2
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Killed
in aerial combat on May 20, 1940. |
Born
on 29/08/1913 at Paris (75)
Killed on 20/05/1940 at Senlis (60 - Oise) |
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| COUTEAUD
Germain |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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6
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2
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Leaves
the GC I/1 on August 3rd 1940 for the Staff of the Secretariat
of Aviation. |
Born
on 16/07/1911 in Ysuf (Algeria)
Died on 8 October 2001 |
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| DELEGAY
Robert |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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2nd Sqn.
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3
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1
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| DE-PINS
Gérard |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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1
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Assigned
to the Group on the 11 Juny 1940 |
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| DETROYAT
Michel |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Moved
October 31, 1939 to STAé |
Born
on 28/10/1905 at Paris 7eme Arr (75)
Died on 5/10/1956 at Neuilly-Sur-Seine (92 - Hauts de Seine) |
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| DUBOST
Albert |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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3
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1
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| FARGUE |
Sergeant
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Sergeant
FARGUE will join, thereafter, the ECN II/13 |
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| FIALA
Rudolf |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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Czech
pilot assigned on March 8, 1940, from CIC of Chartres. Wounded
in aerial combat on May 26, 1940 |
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| GARDE
Georges |
Captain
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Staff
Groupe
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5
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1
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Born
on 30/07/1903 at Tarare (69 - Rhône)
Died on 8/07/1986 |
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| HAMARD
Roger |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn
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Wounded
on 22/12/1939 after a landing in the open country (Lost in the
fog: fuel failure) |
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| HONORAT
Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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Staff
Sergeant HONORAT will join, thereafter, the GC II/8 |
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| JODA
Antoni |
Corporal
-Chef
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1st Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 |
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| JULIEN |
Adjudant
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2nd Sqn.
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| KRAKORA
Jan |
Corporal
-Chef
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2nd Sqn.
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Czech
pilot assigned on December 31, 1939. Accidentally killed on
April 23, 1940 |
Born
on 12/04/1914 at Lysalaye (Czechoslovakia)
Killed on the 23/04/1940 at Gouvieux (60 - Oise) |
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| KRAL
Jiri |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Czech
pilot assigned on December 31, 1939, killed in air combat on
June 8, 1940. |
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| KUNTZEL
Auguste |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Transferred
to the CIC of Montpellier in February 1940 |
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| LABREUVEUX |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Due
to health problems linked to high-altitude combat training,
Lieutenant LABREUVEUX was forced to leave the Chasse" and
was transferred to the CIC at Chartres on 27 February 1940 |
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| LEGENTIL
André |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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3
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1
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Assigned
to the Group on December 6th, 1939. Seriously wounded in aerial
combat on June 3rd 1940. |
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| LEMERRE
Pierre Jean |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Moved
to school on October 15, 1939 |
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| LEPROVOST
Jacques |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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Born
in Saigon (Vietnam) on 11/07/1915
Died at Lavaur (81 - Tarn) on 03/04/1991 |
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| LEVASSEUR
Marcel |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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2nd Sqn.
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Injured
in aerial combat on May 12, 1940 |
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| MARECHAL
Bernard |
Captain
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1
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1
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Assigned
7 March 1940 to the group. Killed in aerial combat on June 3,
1940. |
Born
on 10/12/1907 at Annecy (74 - Haute-Savoie)
Killed on the 03/06/1940 at Senlis (60 - Oise) |
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| MARKIEWICZ
Antoni |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
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| MICHEL |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| MICHY
Louis |
Commandant
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Staff
Groupe
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| MINFROY
Robert |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| MONCHANIN
Jean |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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1st Sqn.
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1
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| MOREL |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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| NOVACEK
Cyril |
Captain
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1st Sqn.
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Czech
pilot assigned on 8 March 1940, from CIC of Chartres. He's wounded
in aerial combat on 9 Juny 1940 |
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| OZANNE
Jean |
Lieutenant
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Affected
on March 6, from CIC of Chatres. He is transferred on April
15 to GC III / 10 |
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| PALLIER
Gabriel |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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Moved
on April 14, 1940 to the School of Air |
Born
on 19/10/1896 at Quang-Yen (Tonkin)
Died at Fréjus on 23/07/1990 |
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| PARAFINSKI
Mieczyslaw |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
Born
in 1914
Died in 1941 |
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| PARISSE
Jean Georges |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Transferred
on September 30th to Versailles. He later joined the GC I/3
and was killed in air combat on 21 May 1940 |
Born
on the 29/06/1917 at Varangéville (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Killed on 21/05/1940 at Fouchette (80 - Somme) |
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| PEBREL
Georges |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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2
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Reserve
Officer: joined the Group on August 25, 1939 |
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| PERAUD
Jean |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Jean
PERAUD distinguished himself in 1934 by flying a Farman 356
from Paris to Saigon in 6 days and 2 hours, thus winning the
Coupe du Président de la République.He left the
Group on 5 April 1940 to join the Air Ministry. |
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| PIPA
Joseph |
Captain
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Czech
pilot assigned on March 8, 1940 |
Born
in 1915 |
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| POSTOLKA
Jindrich |
Corporal
-Chef
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Czech
Pilot assigned on December 31, 1939 |
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| RENAUD
Marcel |
Lieutenant
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Staff
1° Sqn.
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Transferred
to the Group in January 1941 from GC III/7 |
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| ROQUES
Jacques |
Captain
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Staff
Groupe
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Demobilised
on 30 July 1940 |
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| ROSSIGNEUX
Jean |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Left
GC I/1 on 18 September 1940 to join the "Jeunesse et Montagne"
movement |
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| SCHMIDT
Jean |
Lieutenant
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Staff
1stSqn.
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1
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1
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Wounded
in aerial combat on May 21, 1940 |
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| SKIBINSKI
Bronislaw |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
Born
in 1915
Died in 1969 |
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| SOVICHE
Pierre |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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Died
in 1988 |
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| STARKE
Robert Frédéric |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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5
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Killed
by accident on June 19 1940. |
Born
on the 13/06/1905 at Woerth (67 - Bas Rhin)
Killed on the 19/06/1940 at Saujon (17 - Charente-Maritime) |
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| SZEMPLINSKI
Lucjan |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
Born
in 1912
Died in 1944 |
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| TAIN
Jean |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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he is transferred on
May 16 to GC II / 9
Second lieutenant at the
Chaouia base (Morocco), he was killed on 31/07/1945
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Born
on 21/05/1908 at Langres (52 - Haute-Marne)
Killed on 31/07/1945 at Chaouia (Morocco) |
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| TEILLET
Roger |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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7
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1
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Born
January 25th 1914 at Périgueux (24 - Dordogne)
Died on 12/10/1988 at Senlis (60 - Oise) |
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| TREBOD
Pierre |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Assigned
20 April to the group. Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940.
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Born
on 07/02/1910 at Bordeux (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 3/06/1940 at Boran-sur-oise (60 - Oise) |
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| VEROTS
Auguste |
Adjudant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Warrant
Officer VEROTS notably flew the MB152 bloch n°123 registered
Y-610 |
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| VIOLET
Georges |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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Captain
Violet later joined the GC I/2 and was killed in air combat
on 18/08/1943 |
Born
02/01/1907 at Etoile (26 - Drôme)
Killed on 18/08:1943 at Meknes (Morocco) |
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| WCZELIK
Antoni |
Captain
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
Born
in 1906
Died in 1942 |
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| ZANIEWSKI
Piotr |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
Born
on 29 January 1917 |
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| ZUKOWSKI
Aleksy |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot assigned on 14 Juny 1940 from GC I/145 |
Born
in 1911
Died in 1940 |
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Airfields
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Airfields
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Period
of use of airfields
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Names
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County
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CHANTILLY
LES AIGLES
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60
- Oise
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August
27, 1939
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MARSEILLE
MARIGNANE
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13
- Bouches du Rhône
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January
1, 1940
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BEAUVAIS-TILLE
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60
- Oise
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February
21, 1940
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CHANTILLY
LES AIGLES
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60
- Oise
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March
2, 1940
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CHAVENAY
VILLEPREUX
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78
- Yvelines
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June
6, 1940
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ETAMPES-MONTDESIR
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91
- Essone
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June
10, 1940
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CHATEAUROUX
LES VIGNOTS
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36
- Indre
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June
13, 1940
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ROCHEFORT
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17
- Charente Maritime
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June
17, 1940
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ROYAN
MEDIS
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17
- Charente Maritime
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June
19, 1940
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CAZAUX
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33
- Gironde
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June
21, 1940
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AGEN
LA GARENNE
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47
- Lot et Garonne
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June
23, 1940
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LYON
BRON
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69
- Rhône
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August
14, 1940
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Aircrafts
The
GC I/1 was equipped since its creation in July, 1932, following
aircrafts:
The used aircrafts
are described 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 :
- 1 Nieuport-Delage
NiD62
- 2 Dewoitine D500
- 2 Dewoitine D501
- 4 Dewoitine D510
- 4 Bloch MB151
- 91 Bloch MB152
- 2 Bloch MB155
- 28 Dewoitine D520
Records
1/2 or 1/3 of victories were obtained in association with another Group.
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Confirmed
Victories
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22
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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6
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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6
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Henschel
Hs 126
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4
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Dornier
Do 17
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5.5
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Heinkel
He111
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0.5
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Likely Victoires
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6
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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2
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Dornier
Do 215
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3
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Dornier
Do 17
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1
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Casualties
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Killed Pilots
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6
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| Corporal
-Chef KRAKORA (Accident) |
April
23, 1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
COADER (Combat) |
May 20,
1940
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| Lieutenant
TREBOD (Combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Captain
MARECHAL (Combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Lieutenant
KRAL (Combat) |
June
8, 1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
STARKE (Accident) |
June
20, 1940
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Wounded
Pilots
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8
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| Sergeant
HAMARD (Accident) |
December
20, 1939
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| Chief
Warrant Officer LEVASSEUR (Combat) |
May 12,
1940
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| Chief
Warrant Officer MONCHANIN (Accident) |
May 17,
1940
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| Lieutenant
SCHMIDT (Combat) |
May 21,
1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
MOREL (Combat) |
May 21,
1940
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| Sergeant
FIALA (Combat) |
May 26,
1940
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| Lieutenant
LEGENTIL (Combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Captain
NOVACEK (Combat) |
June
9, 1940
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Sources
- The
dates and places of birth of the Group's personnel are taken mainly
from the site : "Mémoires
des Hommes"
- Mr Xavier LE CERF GALLE :
The adjutant Auguste VEROTS was his Grandfather
- Book "Bloch
152" from S. Joanne - Editions LELA Presse
- Book : "Ils étaient
là" by Mr Jacqueline and Paul MARTIN - Editions Aéro-Editions
- ...
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