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Historical
Created in October 1934,
GC I / 6 receives its Moranes MS406 at the end of 1938.
The GC I / 6, assigned to
the Wing of March, is transferred to AFN March 3, 1938. He returned
to France on December 15, 1939, and joined the airfield of Marignane.
The Group has left its "Old" Morane in AFN, it receives
new aircrafts. After a few weeks of training, he joined the theater
of operations in Chissey in the jura.
On the date of the outbreak
of the German attack of May 10, 1940, the GC I / 6 is attached to
the Air Forces Reservatives of the ZOAA (Zone d'Aériennes
Alpes)
On June 5, 1940, the organization
of GC I / 6 is reviewed: all Czech pilots are gathered in the 2nd
Squadron under the command of Captain KULHANEK. The French pilots
are thus all at the 1st Squadron commanded by second lieutenant
RAPHENNE.
The GC I / 6 will finish
the Campaign of France with a score of 14 Victories sure and 12
likely. But this at the cost of a very heavy balance sheet with
the loss of 12 pilots and 16 wounded.
After the Armistice, the
Group was dissolved on August 15, 1940.
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GC I/6
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| Commander
TRICAUD Georges |
September
1, 1939
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August
1940
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Commanders
of the 1st Squadron
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| Captain
MAUVIER François |
September
1, 1939
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May 18,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
DUCHENE-MARULAZ Jacques |
May 18,
1940
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May 20,
1940
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| Captain
SILVESTRE DE SACY Marcel |
May 21,
1940
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May 21,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
RAPHENNE Henri |
May 22,
1940
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June
24, 1940
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Commanders
of the 2nd Squadron
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| Captain
BRUNEAU Henry |
September
1, 1939
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May 18,
1940
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| Lieutenant
JOLICOEUR |
May 19,
1940
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June
5, 1940
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| Captain
KULHANEK Jaroslav |
June
6, 1940
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June
19, 1940
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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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| BENDL
Josef |
Sergeant
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 7, 1940
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| BERTRAND
Bernard |
Sergeant
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Killed
by accident on April 24, 1940
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| BIEBERLE
Frantisek |
Lieutenant
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1
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Czech pilot.
Killed in Air Combat May 25, 1940
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| BRUNEAU
Henry |
Captain
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Staff
2nd Sqn.
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1
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2
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Killed
May 18, 1940. He crashed voluntarily on a battery of Flak
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| CARRIER
André |
Adjutant
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Transferred
to GC I / 3
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| CONTE |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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| DE-LESTAPIS
Jacques |
Staff-Sergeant
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
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| DEMOULIN
Roger |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1
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1
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| DU
BOUCHER Jacques - Frédéric |
Sub-Lieutenant
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5th Sqn.
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2
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Jacques
DU BOUCHER joined the French Air Force in 1937. He was a student
at the École de l'Air in Salon-de-Provence in 1937,
then at the Étampes flying school in 1939. He was posted
successively to the GC III/1, GC I/6 and GC III/9 in 1940
and took part in the French campaign. He was demobilised in
November 1942. He was appointed Air Service Officer at the
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electricité in
Paris and then in Lyon in 1943. He was promoted to departmental
director
Director of Signals at the Landes military subdivision in
1944. He was posted to
He was posted to the fighter training centre in Meknes, then
transferred to the No. 1 fighter squadron in Friedrichshafen,
before being sent with the squadron to Indochina in 1945.
He returned to Friedrichshafen in July 1946. Jacques DU BOUCHER
retired in 1946. He completed numerous training periods and
took part in the Moroccan air rally in 1950.
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Born
23 September 1916 in Flavignac (87 - Haute-Vienne)
Died at Bayonne (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques) on
14 December 2002 |
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| DUCHENE-MARULAZ
Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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Bléssé
in aerial combat May 20, 1940
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| FAJTL
Frantisek |
Lieutenant
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Czech pilot
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| FAVOTTE
Pierre |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pierre
FAVOTTE joined the air force in 1938. He trained at the Istres
school, then was posted to Chartres with the GC I/6 group, with
which he took part in the French campaign. After the Armistice,
he was demobilised and joined the Resistance's Air intelligence
service. He was recalled to active service in 1945 and posted
to Chartres.
He was sent to Indochina in 1952 and assigned to the air traffic
service. Pierre FAVOTTE was taken prisoner at Diên Biên
Phu and died on 20 August 1954 in captivity in Indochina. |
Born
on 1 March 1918 in Paris (75).
Died 20 August 1954 in Indochina |
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| FEYFAR
Stanislav |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2
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1
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Czech pilot
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| GAUDRY |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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1st Sqn.
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Injured
in aerial combat on June 5, 1940.
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| HALGRIN
Jean |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1
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Killed
in air combat May 26, 1940
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| HORSKY
Vladimir |
Sergeant
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Czech pilot
assigned to GC I / 6 in March 1940 from the CIC de Chartres.
Wounded in aerial combat on June 11, 1940.
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| HRANICKA
Josef |
Staff-Sergeant
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1
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 5, 1940.
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| JANIS
Ferdinand |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1
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2
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| JANOUCH
Svatopluk |
Lieutenant
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1
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2
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Czech pilot
injured in aerial combat on June 7, 1940.
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| JICHA
Vaclav |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2
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Czech pilot
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| JOLICOEUR |
Lieutenant
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Staff
2nd Sqn.
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1
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| JOST
Victor |
Sergeant
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Injured
in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
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| KIMLICKA
Bohuslav |
Sergeant
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Czech pilot
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| KUCERA
Jiri |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1
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Czech pilot.
Wounded in aerial combat on June 11, 1940.
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| KULHANECK
Jaroslav |
Captain
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Staff
2nd Sqn.
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1
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Czech pilot.
Injured in aerial combat on June 5, 1940.
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| LEFEBVRE |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Assigned
to the Group on June 8, 1940, seconded from the CEAM.
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| LEFOYER
Henri |
Captain
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Injured
and taken prisoner on June 11, 1940
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| MAUVIER
François |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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1
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Injured
and imprisoned on May 18, 1940
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| MLEJNECKY
Frantisek |
Corporal-Chef
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Czech pilot
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| MONTY |
Sergeant
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| PAGES |
Sergeant
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Injured
in aerial combat May 20, 1940
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| PATURLE
Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Wounded
in aerial combat on May 18, 1940. Killed in aerial combat
on June 7, 1940
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| POILLOUE-De-SAINT-MARS
Xavier |
Captain
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 8, 1940
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| POPELKA
Stanislav |
Sergeant
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1
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Czech pilot.
Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
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| POSTREHOVSKY
Bohumil |
Sergeant
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Czech pilot
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| RAPHENNE
Henri |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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5
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1
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Killed
by the Flak on June 24, 1940.
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| RIVALS-MAZERES |
Captain
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Assigned
to the Group on June 8, 1940, seconded from the CEAM. Injured
in Air Combat June 11, 1940.
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| ROBIERE
Raoul |
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1st Sqn.
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| SENET
Henri |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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1
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Seriously
burned in aerial combat on June 5, 1940
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| SILVESTRE
DE SACY Marcel |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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2
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Killed
in aerial combat May 21, 1940
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| SODEK
Jaroslav |
Sergeant
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Czech pilot
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| STANDERA
Miroslav |
Corporal
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Injured
after an aerial combat on June 11, 1940.
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| TRICAUD
Georges |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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3
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1
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| VENTILLARD
Roger |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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1
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1
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Injured
in aerial combat May 25, 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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| Blida |
Algérie
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August
28, 1939
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| Marseille
- Marignane |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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December
15, 1939
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| Chissey |
39
- Jura
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March
8, 1940
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| Berck-sur-Mer |
62
- Pas de Calais
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April
11, 1940
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| Marseille
- Marignane |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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May
2, 1940
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| Lognes-Emerainville |
77
- Seine et Marne
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May
17, 1940
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| Connantre |
51
- Marne
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June
10, 1940
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Lognes Emerainville
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77
- Seine et Marne
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June
10, 1940
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| Connantre |
51
- Marne
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June
11, 1940
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Saint-Florentin
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89
- Yonne
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June
11, 1940
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| Vichy
Rhue |
03
- Allier
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June
14, 1940
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| Clermont
Aulnat |
63
- Puy de Dome
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June
17, 1940
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Ussel
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19
- Corrèze
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June
17, 1940
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| Bergerac |
24
- Dordogne
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June
19, 1940
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| Marseille
- Marignane |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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June
21, 1940
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| Salon
de Provence |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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June
23, 1940
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Aircrafts
The GC I/6 was equipped since
its creation in October 1934, 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 :
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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Messerschmitt
BF109
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5
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Dornier
Do 215
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1
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Dornier
Do 17
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2
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Heinkel
He111
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1
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Henschel
123
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3
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Junker
JU86
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1
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Junker
JU52
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0.5
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Likely Victories
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12
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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1
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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3
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Henschel
Hs126
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2
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Junker
JU87
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1
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Dornier
Do 215
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5
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Casualties
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Killed Pilots
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12
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| Sergeant
BERTRAND (Accident) |
April
24, 1940
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| Captain
BRUNEAU (Combat) |
May 18,
1940
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| Captain
Marcel SILVESTRE DE SACY (Combat) |
May 21,
1940
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| Lieutenant
BIEBERLE (Combat) |
May 25,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
HALGRIN (Combat) |
May 26,
1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
DE-LESTAPIS (Combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Sergeant
POPELKA (Combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
HRANICKA (Combat) |
June
5, 1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
PATURLE (combat) |
June
7, 1940
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| Sergeant
BENDL (Combat) |
June
7, 1940
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| Captain
POILLOUE (Combat) |
June
8, 1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
RAPHENNE (Combat) |
June
24, 1940
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Wounded
Pilots
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16
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| Captain
MAUVIER (Combat) |
May 18,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
PATURLE (Combat) |
May 18,
1940
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| Chief
Warrant Officer CONTE (Combat) |
May 18,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
DUCHENE-MARULAZ (Combat) |
May 20,
1940
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| Sergeant
PAGES (Combat) |
May 20,
1940
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| Chief
Warrant Officer VENTILLARD (combat) |
May 25,
1940
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| Sergeant
JOST (Combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Captain
KULHANECK (Combat) |
June
5, 1940
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| Chief
Warrant Officer GAUDRY (Combat) |
June
5, 1940
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| Chief
Warrant Officer SENET (Combat) |
June
5, 1940
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| Lieutenant
JANOUCH (Combat) |
June
7, 1940
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| Captain
LEFOYER (Combat) |
June
11, 1940
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| Captain
RIVALS-MAZERES (Combat) |
June
11, 1940
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| Sergeant
STANDERA (Combat) |
June
11, 1940
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| Sergeant
KUCERA (Combat) |
June
11, 1940
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| Sergeant
HORSKY (Combat) |
June
11, 1940
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Prisoners
Pilots
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2
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| Captain
MAUVIER |
May 18,
1940
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| Captain
LEFOYER |
June
11, 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"
- Book : "Ils étaient
là" by Mr Jacqueline and Paul MARTIN - Editions Aéro-Editions
- Book"Morane
MS406" Collective work - Editions LELA Presse
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