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Historical
The Fighting Group II / 1,
constituted on July 1st, 1932, brought together the squadrons SPA
94 (death that mows) and the SPA 62 (the cock of fight).
On the date of the outbreak
of the German attack of May 10, 1940, the GC II / 1 belongs to the
Fighting Group No. 21 of the ZOAN (North Air Operations Area)
At the armistice, the Group
is on the ground of Valensole near Digne. He won, in August 1940,
the ground of Luc, on which it will remain until its dissolution
on November 27, 1942. The pilots had to convoy their 25 Dewoitine
D520 in service to Montélimar to deliver them to the Italians.
The pilots are demobilized two days later
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GC II/1
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| Commander
ROBILLON |
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August
1941
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| Commander
BENSON |
August
1941
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| Captain
DE-MAC-MAHON Maurcie : cdt adjoint |
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Commanders
of the 3rd Squadron
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| Captain
VENIEL Victor |
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August
2, 1940
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| Lieutenant
BRUN Aimé |
August
3, 1940
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November
1, 1940
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| Lieutenant
DE VILLARS |
November
1, 1940
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December
10, 1940
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| Captain
NAUDY |
December
11, 1940
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April
30, 1941
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| Captain
NODET |
May 1,
1941
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March
30, 1942
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| Lieutenant
FABRE |
March
31, 1942
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Commanders
of the 4th Squadron
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| Captain
COIRAL |
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May 14,
1940
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| Lieutenant
RIDRAY Jean |
May 15,
1940
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| Lieutenant
MATRAS |
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August
1941
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| Lieutenant
DUBREUIL |
August
1941
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July
1, 1942
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| Captain
DE-LA-TAILLE |
July
1, 1942
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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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| ARGEYROLLES
Joseph |
Adjutant
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3rd Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat May 17, 1940
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| AUTIER
Raymond |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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3rd Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat May 15, 1940
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| BECQUET
Emile |
Adjutant
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4th Sqn.
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5
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Killed
on a transfer on July 12, 1940
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| BELLAND
Victor |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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| BENSON |
Commander
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Staff
Group
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| BRISOU
René |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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accidented
in Air Combat May 14, 1940
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| BRUN
Aimé |
Lieutenant
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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accidented
in aerial combat on June 11, 1940
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| BRZESKI
Stanislaw |
Master-Corporal
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3rd Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned to GC II/1 on May 19, 1940
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| CAEL
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Captain
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| CHENELOT
Philippe |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 6, 1940.
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| COIRAL
Albert |
Captain
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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1
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Killed
in aerial combat on May 14, 1940.
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| CROQ
Jean |
Adjutant
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3rd Sqn.
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2
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| DE-LA-TAILLE |
Captain
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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| DE-MAC-MAHON
Maurice |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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| DE-VILLARS |
Lieutenant
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| DUBREUIL |
Lieutenant
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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| DUVAL
Roger - Georges |
Captain
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4th Sqn.
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Roger DUVAL
entered the École de Saint-Cyr in 1931 and the Ecole
Militaire et d'Application de l'AA in 1933. He was then posted
to the 22nd Bombardment Wing at Orléans, before moving
to the Fighter Wing. He took part in the French campaign with
the GC II/1, withdrew with his group to AFN and was sent to
Syria in 1941. He took command of the GC I/3 with which he
took part in operations in Corsica and the Provence landings.
He was appointed second-in-command of the Tours school, then
sent to Indochina in 1947 before joining the École
de guerre and the CSI. Roger DUVAL was appointed Commander
of the Marrakech base in 1951, before being posted to the
Allied air force centre at Fontainebleau in 1955. In 1958,
he was posted to GATAC No. 1 in Constantine, and in 1959 was
appointed deputy commander of the 2nd air region and commander
of the AA's light aviation. Roger DUVAL was placed on aircrew
leave in 1962.
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Born on 15 July 1912
in Nogent-Le-Rotrou (27 - Eure-et-Loir)
Died on 2 September 2014 in Fontenay-sous-Bois (94 - Val de
Marne)
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| DUVERDIER |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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| ESCOFFIER
Pierre - Paul |
Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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Pierre
ESCOFFIER did his military service in 1932. A reservist, he
was recalled in
1938 and joined the GC II/1 on 23 August 1939. He was demobilised
in 1940 and joined a Resistance network.
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Born
16 June 1909, Paris (75)
Died in Vallauris (06 - Alpes-Maritimes) on 8 May 2006 |
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| FABRE |
Lieutenant
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| FARRIOL |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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| FONTAINE
Jean |
Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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3
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Reserve
officer who joined the Group on August 23, 1939
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| GAUDON
Maurice |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 6, 1940.
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| GUITARD
Pierre |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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Seriously
accidented in aerial combat June 3, 1940
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| GUIZARD
Gaston |
Captain
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3rd Sqn.
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Transferred
January 27, 1940 to GC III/10
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| HUTTER
Maurice - Roland |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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Maurice
HUTTER joined the École spéciale militaire in
Versailles in 1936. He joined the Gc II/1 in 1938 and took
part in the French campaign with his group. He was wounded
in aerial combat on 19 May 1940. From 1941 to November 1945,
he was sent to Indochina before being posted in 1946 to the
EMGA in the Air Safety Office. In 1947, he passed the Concours
Technique d'Etat-Major at the CESA and was posted to the Salon
school in 1949. After a spell in Algeria, he was appointed
commander of the Bamako base from 1954 to 1957. He did a traineeship
at the Staff College in Norfolk (USA), and in 1958 became
Commandant of the Grenoble Air Wards School. Maurice HUTTER
was put on leave from the Air Staff in 1961.
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Born
on 14 June 1916 in Bois-Colombes (75)
Died in Cavalaire sur Mer (83 - Var) on 21 October 2010. |
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| JABUKOWSKI
Jan |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned to GC II/1 on May 19, 1940
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| JALLIER |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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Moved December
13, 1939 to GC I / 9
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| JANIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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Transferred
December 17, 1939 at CAUDRON
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| JASTRZEBSKI
Francizek |
Captain
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4th Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned to GC II/1 on May 19, 1940
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| KRIEGER
Tadeusz |
Master-Corporal
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4th Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned to GC II/1 on May 19, 1940
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| LARGEAU
André |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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| MATRAS
Pierre |
Lieutenant
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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1
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accidented
in Air Combat May 14, 1940
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| MAURIN
Philippe - Henri |
Lieutenant
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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1
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1
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Philippe
Maurin graduated from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures.
He joined the French Air Force in 1937 and was posted to the
GC II/1, where he took part in the French campaign. He was
wounded in aerial combat on 14 May 1940. He joined the GC
I/4 in the French West Indies, then in Morocco and Algeria.
He took part in the Italian campaign, the Provence landings
and the the German campaign.
In 1946, Philippe Maurin was posted to Indochina with the
II/6 and was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Command
in the Far East. From 1948 to 1950, he commanded the Mont-de-Marsan
military air experiment centre before joining the Ecole de
guerre in 1951. He was then posted to the Air Force General
Staff (EMAA) in the Employment Plans Office.
In 1956, he was appointed commander of the Tours base, and
in 1958, attached to the cabinet of the Minister of the Armed
Forces. In 1959, Philippe Maurin took command of the 4th GATAC
in Constantine. He was appointed to the staff of the
of the President of the Republic in 1960. In 1962, he was
Commander of 1°GATAC and the French Air Force in Germany,
then Commander of the Strategic Air Force. He was appointed
Chief of Staff of the French Air Force in 1967 and a member
of the Air Council. Philippe Maurin left the active army in
1969 with the rank of Air Force General.
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Born
on 13 December 1913 in Paris (75)
Died in Paris on 13 May 2008 |
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| MONTFORT
Amaury |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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4
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| MUNIER
René |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat May 15, 1940
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| NAUDY |
Captain
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| NODET |
Captain
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| PATOOR
Pierre |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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| RICHARDIN
Ernest |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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4th Sqn.
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4
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1
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| RIDRAY
Jean - Octave |
Lieutenant
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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1
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Joined
the air force in 1922 with the 3rd Aviation Regiment, then
the 35th RA. Served several periods as a reservist between
1924 and 1938. Recalled in September 1938 and posted on 23
August 1939 to fighter group II/1.
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Born
on 24 July 1903 in Saint-Maurice (94 - Val-de-Marne).
Died 16 April 1984 in Paris (75) |
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| ROBERT
Jean |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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| ROBILLON |
Commander
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Staff
Group
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| ROQUERBE |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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| TRINCANO |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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Reserve
officer who joined the group August 23, 1939 and will be transferred
to GC I / 2 on September 18, 1939
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| TRZEBINSKI
Marian |
Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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1
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Polish
pilot assigned to GC II/1 on May 19, 1940
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| TURZANSKI
Boleslaw |
Master-Corporal
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3rd Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned to GC II/1 on May 19, 1940
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| VENIEL
Victor - Louis |
Captain
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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1
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Victor
VENIEL was called up from 1924 to 1926 and transferred to
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reserve corps. He received his pilot's licence in August 1932.
He was recalled to active service in
1937 and posted to the Iere Escadre Aérienne d'Étampes.
He took command of
of the 3rd squadron of the II/1 fighter group in 1938 and
took part in the
the French campaign with his group. Victor VENIEL was placed
on Armistice leave in August 1940.
He joined the Brutus network in 1942 and the Mithridate network
in 1943.
He escaped from France in November 1943 and was taken prisoner
in Spain in 1944.
He joined London in March 1944 and became Head of Military
Intelligence at the
BCRA from March 1944 to November 1945.
In 1946, he was assigned to the Le Bourget office before being
appointed head of the Air Force personnel selection and orientation
service in 1947. Victor VENIEL retired in 1948.
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Born
31 March 1902, Berck (62 - Pas-de-Calais)
Died at Nans-Les-Pins (83 - Var) on 1 December 1995. |
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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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BUC
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78
- Yvelines
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August
27, 1939
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BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE
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91
- Essone
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June
2, 1940
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LA
PERTHE
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51
- Marne
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June
10, 1940
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TROYES-LA-CAROLINE
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10
- Aube
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June
12, 1940
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MONTBARD-TOUILLON
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21
- Côte d'Or
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June
13, 1940
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CLERMONT-AULNAT
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63
- Puy de Dôme
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June
15, 1940
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VALENSOLE
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4
- Alpes de Haute Provence
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June
17, 1940
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LE
LUC
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83
- Var
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01
August 1940
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MONTELIMAR
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26
- Drôme
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November
26, 1942
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DISSOLUTION
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November
27, 1942
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Click
on the map to enlarge :
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Aircrafts
The GC II/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
Nb of series, Registration, date of affectation to the group, and
fate of the plane there.
In
this list are identified :
- 2 Dewoitine
D500
- 17
Dewoitine D510
- 1 Potez
630
- 6 Bloch
MB151
- 79 Bloch MB152
- 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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23.33
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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4
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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7
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Henschel
Hs 126
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3
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Dornier
Do 215
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2.5
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Dornier
Do 17
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0.33
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Junker
JU 87
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3
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Heinkel
He111
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3.5
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Likely Victories
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4
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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1
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Heinkel
111
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2
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Dornier
Do 17
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1
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Casualties
To the 6 casualties
below, we must add Sergeant Robert, killed June 15, 1940 in a bombing.
His car was hit hard by a bomb
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Killed Pilots
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6
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| Captain
COIRAL (Combat) |
May 14,
1940
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| Chief
Warrant Officer AUTIER (Combat) |
May 15,
1940
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| Adjutant
MUNIER (Combat) |
May 15,
1940
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| Adjutant
ARGEYROLLES (Combat) |
May 17,
1940
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| Sergeant
CHENELOT (Combat) |
June
6, 1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
GAUDON (Combat) |
June
6, 1940
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Wounded
Pilots
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7
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| Sergeant
BRISOU (Combat) |
May 14,
1940
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| Lieutenant
MATRAS (Combat) |
May 14,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
MAURIN (Combat) |
May 14,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
HUTTER |
May 19,
1940
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| Sergeant
GUITARD (combat) |
June
3, 1940
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| Captain
VENIEL |
June
3, 1940
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| Lieutenant
BRUN (Combat) |
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 "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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