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Historical
On
May 10, 1940, the GA0 502 is attached to the 1st Army of the 1st
Air Division of the ZOAN (North Air Operations Area).
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GAO 502
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| Commander
ROCHARD Robert |
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Other
Members of the Military Staff
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| Sub-Lieutenant
BONON |
Technical Officer |
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| Sub-Lieutenant
FERTILLE Albert |
Section
Commander Photo 21/104. Resistance fighter, he was killed in
1945. |
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| Lieutenant
LOUARN |
Doctor |
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Personnel
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Pilots
and crew of the Group
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Names
of crew members
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Rank
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Function
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Informations
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Civil
Statut
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Photos
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Citations
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| BALBIANO
Roger - Firmin |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer
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Killed
on June 16, 1940 aboard Potez 63-11 No. 844 shot down by the
Flak. |
Born on 11 July 1903
at Ferrières (80 - Somme)
Killed at Etampes (73 - Savoie) on 16 June 1940
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| BARDOL
Joseph - Honoré |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer
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Sub-Lieutenant
Joseph BARDOL was wounded on 20 June 1940. |
Born on 7 March 1916
in Merlimont (62 - Pas de Calais)
Died at Lagny-sur-Marne (77 - Seine et Marne) on 2 July 2007
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| BIZET
Pierre - Eugène |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Killed
on June 16, 1940 aboard Potez 63-11 No. 844 shot down by the
Flak. |
Born on 10 June 1914
at Vracy le Mont (60 - Oise)
Killed on 16 June 1940 at Etampes (73 - Savoie)
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| BOUR |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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| CATOT |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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On
October 3, 1939, his aircraft, the Mureaux 115 No. 39 crashed
accidentally: the crew was unscathed |
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| COMBEAU
René |
Captain
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Observer
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René COMBEAU saw
action in both world wars.
A silversmith by trade, he enlisted in September 1910 and
was posted to the 131st Infantry before joining the Air Force
in November 1917. He qualified as a pilot in 1918.
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Born
on 31 May 1891 Paris (75) |
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| DE-FAY |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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| DE-KERAUTEM |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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On
June 16, 1940, his aircraft, the Potez 63-11 No. 845 damaged
by the Flak, is forced to land in the countryside: the crew,
unscathed, fire the aircraft. |
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| DUMINIL
Joseph - Michel |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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On
September 23, 1939, his aircraft, the Mureaux 115 No. 41 crashes
accidentally: the crew is unscathed |
Born in Gaillon (27
- Eure) on 16 February 1916
Died in Paris (75) on 10 April 1994
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| DUVAL |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-gunner
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| GOMBEAUD
Jean |
Captain
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Observer
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Graduated
from Saint-Cyr, he was an observer at the 37th Aviation Regiment
from November 1931 to September 1933. He was assigned to the
GAO 502 on 28th August 1939.
On October 3, 1939,
his aircraft, the Mureaux 115 No. 39 crashed accidentally:
the crew was unscathed.
After the war, he continued
his career, becoming a General and holding the position
of General Officer in the Reserve Cadre and International
Civil Servant at the Western European Union.
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Born in Bilières
(Basse Pyrénées) on 29 June 1907
Died in Paris (75) on 1 January 1980
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| GRAILLOT |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer
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| HOURCADE |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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On
June 16, 1940, his aircraft, the Potez 63-11 No. 845 damaged
by the Flak, is forced to land in the countryside: the crew,
unscathed, fire the aircraft. |
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| JOVET
Raymond - Jean |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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Born in Chauny (02 -
Aisne) on 1 January 1905
Died at Chauny on 31 May 1986
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| LYONNAT |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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| MAHIEUX
Ernest |
Captain
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Observer
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Ernest MAHIEUX, a graduate
of the Ecole Polytechnique, joined the Air Force as an Observer
with GAO 502 in 1939.
In 1940, he was posted to Tiemcen in Algeria, where he was
part of the Algiers General Staff. In 1945, he returned to
the Metropole and took command of Air Artillery Regiments
in Germany, then in France, at Moulins-les-Metz. In 1947,
he joined the Staff of the Artillery Command of the Occupation
Troops in Germany, then became Head of the 4th Bureau of the
Staff of the CSTO. After a spell at the Artillery Training
School in Châlons-sur-Marne in 1953, he was made a colonel
in 1956, and in 1957 became Head of the Artillery Bureau of
the Army's Military Personnel Directorate. In 1960, he was
appointed deputy to the General commanding the Nord-Oranais
zone and the 5th DB in Mostaganem, and then headed the Inkerman
sector in the Ouarsenis. He returned to Paris in 1962 as an
auditor at the Centre des Hautes Etudes Militaires and the
Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale.
Ernest MAHIEUX was appointed Brigadier General in 1963, and
became Deputy Director of Army Personnel. Finally, he took
command of the École Polytechnique from 1965 to 1968.
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Born on 5 May 1910 in
Origny Sainte Benoite (02 - Aisne)
Died at Paris (75) on 7 March 1977
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| NASS
Jean |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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Seriously
wounded on 16 June 1940 aboard the Potez 63-11 No. 844 hit by
the Flak: he will be taken prisoner. |
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| NAVERS |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On
June 16, 1940, his aircraft, the Potez 63-11 No. 845 damaged
by the Flak, is forced to land in the countryside: the crew,
unscathed, fire the aircraft. |
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| QUENTIER
Pierre - René |
Captain
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Pilot
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Attracted by aviation,
René QUENTIER did his military service with the 3rd
Fighter Regiment in Chateauroux from 1923 to 1924. When he
returned to civilian life, he qualified as a notary. René
QUENTIER was also passionate about football, and played for
the Beauvais team, then the Paris team. In 1927, he was Champion
of Paris, Champion of France, finalist in the French Cup and
was selected three times for the national team. He continued
his career as a notary in the family firm run by his father.
When war was declared in 1939, he was mobilised as a pilot
with GAO 502, which he left in August 1940. Demobilised in
1941, he joined the Resistance. After the Liberation, he rejoined
the Air Force and was appointed Commander in 1945, then Reserve
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1959.
From 1945 onwards, he was an active politician in the RPF,
the Gaullist party, and was a Member of Parliament and Mayor
of his home town of Chambly.
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Born on 20 June 1903
in Chambly (60 - Oise)
Died in Paris (75) on 18 November 1976
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| REVERSE |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer
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| RIEGER |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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| ROCHARD
Robert - Lionel |
Commander
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Commander
of Group and Pilot
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After
the Armistice, he took command of the GT II/15 Transport Group. |
Born 7 September 1897,
Paris (75)
Died at Nice (06 - Alpes - Maritimes) on 31 May 1978
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| TRELLUYER |
Captain
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Observer
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On
September 23, 1939, his aircraft, the Mureaux 115 No. 41 crashes
accidentally: the crew is unscathed |
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Group
mechanics and non-sailing personnel
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Name
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Rank
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Function
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Sqn.
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Informations
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Civil
Statut |
Photo
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| BONON |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Technical
Officer
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| FERTILLE
Albert |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Section
Commander Photo 21/104.
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After
the Armistice, he joined the Resistance. Arrested in 1944, he
was deported and died in the Dora camp on 13 January 1945. |
Born
in Paris on 4 January 1906
Killed on 13 January 1945 at Dora (Germany - Dora Concentration
Camp) |
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| LOUARN |
Lieutenant
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Doctor
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| VAN-INGELVELDE |
Chief
Warrant-Officer
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Mechanic
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Stories
of crews
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Crews
of Group
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Names
of crew members
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Rank
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Function
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Informations
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Crew
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DUMINIL
Joseph |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
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Mureaux
115 n° 41 : Accidentally crashes on September 23,
1939: his crew is unharmed |
| TRELLUYER |
Captain
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Observer
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Crew
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CATOT |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
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Mureaux
115 n° 39 : Accidentally destroyed on October 3,
1939. The crew is unharmed |
| GOMBEAUD
Jean |
Captain
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Observer
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Crew
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BIZET
Eugène |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Potez
63-11 n° 844 : Shot down by flak on June 16, 1940:
Sub-Lieutenant BALBIANO and Staff-Sergeant BIZET are killed.
Sergeant NASS, seriously wounded, is taken prisoner. |
| BALBIANO
Roger |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer
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| NASS
Jean |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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Crew
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HOURCADE |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Potez
63-11 n° 845 : damaged by the Flak on June 16, 1940,
he is forced to land in the countryside: the crew, unscathed,
fire the aircraft. |
| DE-KERAUTEM |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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| NAVERS |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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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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| Attigny |
08
- Ardennes
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August
27, 1939
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| La
Malmaison |
02
- Aisne
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October
21, 1939
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| La
Fère Courbes |
02
- Aisne
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March
23, 1940
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| Villers-Lès-Guises |
02
- Aisne
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May
13, 1940
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| Compiègne |
60
- Oise
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May
16, 1940
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| Etrépagny |
27
- Eure
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May
17, 1940
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| Mettray |
37
- Indre et Loire
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May
19, 1940
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| Vouvray |
37
- Indre et Loire
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May
23, 1940
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| Romorantin |
41
- Loir et Cher
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June
13, 1940
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| Niort |
79
- Deux Sèvres
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June
17, 1940
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| Landes-De-Bussac |
17
- Charente-Maritime
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June
19, 1940
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| Pau
Pont-Long |
64
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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June
24, 1940
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Aircrafts
The GAO 502 was equipped
since its creation, 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 :
- 4 Mureaux 115
- 8 Potez 63-11
Casualties
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Crewmen
killed
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2
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| Staff-Sergeant
BIZET (combat) |
June
16, 1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
BALBIANO (combat) |
June
16, 1940
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Crewmen
injured
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1
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| Sergeant
NASS (combat) |
June
16, 1940
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Crewmen
prisoner
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1
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| Sergeant
NASS |
June
16, 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
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