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Historical
After GC I / 5, GC II / 5
is the second Fighter Group to be converted to Curtiss H75 in March
1939
On the date of the outbreak
of the German attack of May 10, 1940, the GC II / 5 is attached
to the Group No. 22 of the "Air Forces Reserves" of the
ZOAE (East Air Operations Area).
The GC II / 5 retreats to
AFN from June 18, 1940. It will have carried out the entire campaign
of France on Curtiss H75 and at the the Armistice, the Group presents
a record of 48 Victoires Sûres and 23 Likely, figures lower
than those GC I / 5 for example, also on Curtiss H75, but for the
loss of only 2 pilots killed and 7 wounded.
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GC II/5
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| Commander
HUGUES Marcel |
September
1, 1939
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August
19, 1940
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| Captain
DESTAILLAC Raymond : Adjoint |
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| Captain
PORTALIS Gérard : Adjoint |
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Commanders
of the 3rd Squadron
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| Captain
MONRAISSE Hubert |
September
1, 1939
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October
3, 1940
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Commanders
of the 4th Squadron
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| Captain
REYNE Elie |
September
1, 1939
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November
4, 1939
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| Lieutenant
HUVET Robert |
November
5, 1939
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November
8, 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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| ANGIOLINI
Henri |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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1
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| AUDRAIN
Pierre |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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3
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1
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| BOUDIER
Paul |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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1
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Assigned
to GC II / 5 on March 14, 1940.
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| BOUHY
André |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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4
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1
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| BURGER
Josef |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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Czech pilot
assigned to GC II / 5 on May 19, 1940. Wounded in aerial combat
on June 5, 1940
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| CHABERA
Frantisek |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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4
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2
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Czech pilot
posted on December 3, 1939.
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| DELANNOY
Raymond |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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3rd Sqn.
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Accidentally
wounded on April 4, 1939, he joined GC II / 5 on February
16, 1940.
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| DE-MONTGOLFIER
Paul |
Adjutant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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2
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He was
wounded in aerial combat on May 15th, 1940. He will not join
the Group until May 31st.
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| DESTAILLAC
Raymond |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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2
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2
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| DUDDA
Josef |
Captain
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4th Sqn.
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1
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Czech pilot
assigned to GC II / 5 on May 19, 1940.
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| DUGOUJON
Jean |
Adjutant
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3rd Sqn.
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4
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3
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| DUNOD
Georges - Marie |
Lieutenant
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Staff
Group
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1
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Georges
DUNOD entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1928. He attended
the military and aeronautical application school in Versailles
in 1930 and the Avord school in 1931, before being posted
to the 11th bomber aviation regiment in 1932. He served several
periods in reserve from 1935 to 1938 before being recalled
in September 1939 and posted to the GC II/5. Demobilised in
August 1940, he was recalled to AFN in May 1943 and posted
to the Marrakech school and finally to the GC II/5. Georges
DUNOD was demobilised in 1945 and served several tours until
1956.
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Born
19 June 1908 in Saint-Cloud (92 - Hauts de Seine).
Died at Cannes (06 - Alpes-Maritimes) on 18 January 1908 |
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| FABRE-GARRUS
Yves |
Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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2
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1
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Yves Fabre-Garrus
was sent to the Avord training school in 1934. He was posted
to the 12th Air Wing in Reims in April 1936 before being
admitted to the Ecole de l'Air in Versailles in August 1938.
He was posted successively to the fighter school at Etampes
and Chartres, then to fighter group II/5 on 19 May 1940.
He moved to Algeria in June 1940 and then to Morocco. He
was posted to the aircrew training centre in October 1943,
then to the fighter training centre in Meknes. He was transferred
to the staff of the No. 4 fighter wing in August 1944, then
assigned to the GC II/3 ‘Dauphiné’ in 1944.
He attended the Hautes études aériennes course
in April 1950. He was posted to the 1st Air Division and
1st Air Region in January 1951. He was admitted to the ESGA
(Ecole Supérieure de Guerre Aérienne), then
entered the CESA (Centre d'Enseignement Supérieur
Aérien) in October 1952. He was posted to Air Defence
Zone 902, as Chief of Staff, in Aix-en-Provence in December
1953. He was appointed Commander of the Rabat-Salé
air base in May 1955. He was appointed Chief of Staff at
the Moroccan Air Command in July 1957, then Commander of
the Moroccan Air Force in April 1959. He became Chief of
the 3rd office of the Air Force General Staff in July 1960,
then First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force in April
1961.
He was appointed Commander
of the 3rd Air Region in September 1962 and finally Director
of Military Personnel for the French Air Force in December
1965. Yves Fabre-Garrus retired from active service in February
1969 with the rank of Air Corps General.
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Born
on 20 February 1914 in Samsoun (Turkey).
Died on 18 April 2004 |
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| GISCLON
Jean - Jules - Justin |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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1
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Jean GISCLON did his
military service in the French Air Force in 1933-1934. He
re-enlisted and was posted to the Reims base in 1937. He
joined the ECMJ I/16 squadron in 1940, then the Groupe II/5.
He withdrew to AFN with his Group and joined the Free French
Air Force after the Allied landings in AFN. He was posted
to the ‘La Fayette’ group in 1943-44 and fought
on P47s, notably during the Italian Campaign.
In 1945, he was posted to the training base at Tours and
then joined the 4th Air Liaison Wing at Villacouy.
at Villacoublay. He was appointed second-in-command of the
Air Force Reserve Training Centre.
In 1960, back in civilian life, he became a journalist and
writer. He published a number of books:
- Le cinquième
quart d'heure. 1965
- Ils ouvrirent le bal. 1967
- Des avions et des hommes. 1969
- Un du ciel. 1973
- De l'escadrille La Fayette au «La Fayette squadron».
1975
- La grande aventure de la chasse française de 1939
à 1945. 1983
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Born
30 April 1913 in Lyon (Rhône)
Died in Paris (75) on 7 January 2009 |
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| GRAS
Georges |
Adjutant
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4th Sqn.
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4
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1
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| HANZLICEK
Otto |
Master-Corporal
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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1
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Czech pilot
posted on December 3, 1939.
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| HEBRARD
Marcel |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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5
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Assigned
to GC II / 5 on March 14, 1940.
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| HEME
Lucien |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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1
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Injured
in aerial combat on June 6, 1940
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| HOUZE
Pierre |
Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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2
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Killed
in Air Combat on June 6, 1940
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| HUGUES
Marcel - Anatole |
Commander
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Staff
Group
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Marcel
Hugues joined the infantry in 1910 and was posted to the 172nd
and then the 407th infantry regiments. He joined the air force
in 1915, attending schools in Avord, Pau, Cazaux and Villacoublay.
He was posted successively to the MF 23, 77, 97, 81 and 95
squadrons, where he scored 5 air victories, making Marcel
HUGUES an ace.
Marcel HUGUES was placed on leave from the army in 1921 and
was recalled in 1938 to take command of Groupe II/5.
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Born
on 5 January 1892 in Belfort (90 - Territoire de Belfort).
Died on 14 July 1982 in Fontaineblau (77 - Seine et Marne) |
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| HUVET
Robert |
Lieutenant
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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5
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| JANEBA
Josef |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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1
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Czech pilot
posted on December 3, 1939.
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| JASKE
Josef |
Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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Czech pilot
posted on December 3, 1939. Wounded in aerial combat May 16,
1940
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| KLÁN
Jan |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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5
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2
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Czech pilot
posted on December 3, 1939
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Born
on 22 January 1911 in Nemecky Brod (Czech Republic) Died on
10 December 1986 in Tucson, (Arizona - USA) |
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| LACHAUX
François |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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5
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| LEFOL
Georges |
Officer
Candidate
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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1
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| LEGRAND
André |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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7
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1
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| LEPS
Jacques - Louis |
Commander
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Adrien LEPS enlisted
voluntarily and was incorporated into the 9th and then the
1st regiment of hussars in 1915. Seriously wounded on 9th
July 1915, he asked to join the Air Force and was commissioned
as an observer in 1915. Initially a machine-gunner with the
N 67, he was sent to the Ambérieux school, and qualified
as a pilot in August 1916 and posted to the N 23, then the
N 21. He flew the SPAD 2 and ended the war with 12 victories.
He was recalled to active service in 1924 and posted to the
38th RA. Between the wars, he worked for the ‘Carburateurs
Solex’ company. He was recalled in August 1939 and was
posted first to the staff of the Etampes base, then to the
GC II/5. He then joined the staff of General PINSARD's Groupement
de Chasse 21. On 6 June 1940, when his airfield was bombed
by the Germans, he was seriously wounded, along with General
Pinsard, who had to have a leg amputated.
He retired in 1961. For the record, Adrien LEPS, a great tennis
fan, was a linesman until he was... 84 years old!
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Born
27 September 1893 in Angers (49 - Maine et Loire).
Died in Paris (75) on 18 December 1983. |
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| LE-STUM
Guy |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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1
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Assigned
to GC II / 5 on March 14, 1940.
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| MAGNEZ
Jean |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat on September 30, 1939
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| MONRAISSE
Hubert |
Captain
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Staff
3rd Sqn.
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6
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2
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| PECHAUD
Robert |
Robert
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3rd Sqn.
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| PETITJEAN-ROGET
Albert |
Commander
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Staff
Group
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5
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Assigned
to GC II / 5 in April 1940.
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| PORTALIS
Gérard |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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3
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2
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Injured
in aerial combat May 15, 1940
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| QUEQUINER
Roger |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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Wounded
in aerial combat on September 20, 1939. He will join the Group
only on December 18, 1939.
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| REYNE
Elie |
Captain
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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1
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Injured
by accident ... car on November 5, 1939, he will be assigned
after his recovery to the General Staff of the inspection
of the hunt.
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| ROUSSEAU |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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| RUCHOUX
Georges |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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3
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4
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Assigned
to GC II / 5 on March 14, 1940.
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| SALES
Edouard |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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6
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3
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Edouard
SALES enlisted voluntarily in 1936. He chose aviation and
took flying lessons at the Bourges School. Initially assigned
to Reconnaissance, he switched to the Fighter Squadron and
was posted to the 5th Air Wing. He took part in the French
campaign with the GC II/5 fighter group, then withdrew to
AFN.
After Mers-El-Kébir, he refused to go to England and
returned to France after the Allied landings in AFN in November
1942. When the Germans invaded the Free Zone, he joined the
Bergerac base, before being demobilised in Hyères.
He looked for a civilian job and worked in a holiday camp
before joining the 3rd Fighter Wing at Salon.
He became an instructor at Meknès in 1945 and at Tours
in 1947. He was posted to the Cazaux base in 1948, then sent
to Indochina from August 1950 to March 1952 with the GC III/6
group. He was in Germany at Lahr in 1952, then with the 10th
Fighter Wing in 1953, and took command of the DAT at Versailles
in 1954. He was sent to Algeria from March 1958 to June 1959,
then posted to the staff of the higher command of the armed
forces in the French West Indies in 1959. Edouard SALES was
placed on leave from the Air Force in 1961 with the rank of
Colonel.
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Born
on 15 August 1912 in Estos-par-Oloron (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Died in June 1997 in Meudon (92 - Hauts de Seine). |
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| SAUSER
Rémy |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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| SVETLIK
Ladislav |
Master-Corporal
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3rd Sqn.
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4
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2
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Czech pilot
posted on December 3, 1939.
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| TREMOLET
René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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3
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1
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| VILLACEQUE
Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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5
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2
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Injured
in aerial combat May 12, 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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| Reims-Courcy |
51
- Marne
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August
28, 1939
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| Toul
Croix-De-Metz |
54
- Meurthe et Moselle
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December
31, 1939
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| Lyon-Bron |
69
- Rhône
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March
9, 1940
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| Marseille
- Marignane |
13
- Bouches du Rhône
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March
11, 1940
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| Cannes-Mandelieu |
06
- Alpes-Maritimes
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March
13, 1940
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| Toul
Croix-De-Metz |
54
- Meurthe et Moselle
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April
11, 1940
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| Dijon-Longvic |
21
- Côte-d'Or
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June
13, 1940
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| Chalon-sur-Saône |
71
- Saône et Loire
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June
15, 1940
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| Saint-Symphorien
d'Ozon |
69
- Rhône
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June
16, 1940
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| Carcassonne
- Salvaza |
11
- Aude
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June
17, 1940
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| Perpignan
La Salanque |
66
- Pyrénées Orientales
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June
18, 1940
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| Alger
Maison-blanche |
Algeria
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June
20, 1940
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| Saint-Denis
du Sig |
Algeria
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June
22, 1940
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Click
on the map to enlarge :
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Aircrafts
The GC II/3 was equipped
since its creation, 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
- 3 Dewoitine
D501
- 1 Potez
630
- 31
Curtiss H75-A1
- 24
Curtiss H75-A2
- 23
Curtiss H75-A3
- 5
Curtiss H75-A4
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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47.5
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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24
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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3
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Henschel
Hs126
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6
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Dornier
Do215
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1
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Dornier
Do17
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6
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Heinkel
He111
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7.5
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Likely Victories
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23
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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12
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Messerschmitt
BF110
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3
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Henschel
Hs126
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1
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Dornier
Do215
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2
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Dornier
Do17
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3
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Heinkel
He111
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1
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Junker
JU88
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1
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Casualties
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Killed Pilots
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2
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Sergeant
MAGNEZ (Combat)
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September
30, 1939
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Lieutenant
HOUZE 5combat)
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June
6, 1940
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Wounded
Pilots
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7
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| Sergeant
QUEQUINER (Combat) |
September
20, 1939
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| Sub-Lieutenant
VILLACEQUE (Combat) |
May 12,
1940
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| Captain
PORTALIS (Combat) |
May 15,
1940
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| Adjutant
DE-MONTGOLFIER (Combat) |
May 15,
1940
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| Lieutenant
JASKE (Combat) |
May 16,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
BURGER (Combat) |
June
5, 1940
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| Sergeant
HEME (Combat) |
June
6, 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 Michal RERYCH, : Mr RERYCH's
Aunt was the niece of Sub-Lieutenant Jan KLÁN
- Mr Jacques GISCLON, Son of
Sergeant Jean GISCLON
- Book "Curtiss
H75" from Lionel PERSYN - Editions LELA Presse
- Book : "Ils étaient
là" by Mr Jacqueline and Paul MARTIN - Editions Aéro-Editions
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