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Name
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Rank
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Unit
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Post
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Informations
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Civil-statut
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Photo
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Indiv. Card
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Citations
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| UTEZA Louis |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On June 6, 1940, the Breguet 693 No29 was shot down by German
Fighters on June 6, 1940: The crew was seriously injured. |
Born
February 2, 1914 in Lyon. |
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VALLET
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| VANDEVEN |
Lieutenant
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GB II/11
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| VANHOUTTE
Théotime - Charles |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
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The Farman
F222-2 No 25 probably damaged by the Flak, crashes May 30, 1940.
Captain VANHOUTTE is killed. |
Born 8 May
1911 at Tourcoing (59 - Nord)
Killed on 30 May 1940 at Lérigny (10 - Aube) |
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| VANWORMHOUDT |
Staff-Sergeant
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GB I/62
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Machine-Gunner
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Wounded in
aerial combat on June 12, 1940 |
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| VASSEUR |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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| VAUTHIER |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On May 28, 1940, No33
Amiot 354 crashed on landing after returning from a mission.
The crew is injured.
Sergeant VAUTHIER went
on to join the Free French Air Force and, in July 1944, joined
the GB I/25 Tunisia Heavy Bombardment Group equipped with
Halifax four-engined aircraft.
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| VAUX
Robert |
Sub-Lieutenant
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GB I/63
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Observer
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Wounded
in aerial combat on June 5, 1940 |
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| VAUZELLE
Jean |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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On May 14,
1940, his aircraft was shot down by the Flak. Lieutenant VAUZELLE
is killed. |
Born in Château-D'Oléron
(17 - Charente Maritime) |
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| VEAU Armand
- Clément |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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Born September
18, 1914 at La Ferté-Bernard (72 - Sarthe)
Died August 10, 1996, Caen (14 - Calvados) |
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| VEIT Paul
- Louis |
Adjutant
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Machine-Gunner
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Bloch MB 210
No 55 was shot down by Flak on 8 June 1940 and crashed in the
marshes, killing the crew. The body of Warrant Officer Paul
VIET was only found and identified on 30 September 1942 and
buried in Offoy. |
Born in Belfort
(90 - Territoire de Belfort)
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Offoy (80 - Somme) |
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| VENEROSO |
Staff-Sergeant
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GB II/63
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Wounded in
aerial combat on June 12, 1940 |
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| VERDY Paul
- Alexandre |
Staff-Sergeant
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Cannoneer
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On 5 June 1940,
LéO 451 No 19 took part in a night mission to the B.M.W
factory north of Munich. But the aircraft, caught in the fog,
crashed on the ground near Besançon and exploded. The
crew was killed. |
Born on 3 January
1914 at Noes (14 - Aube)
Killed on 05 June 1940 at Glamandans (25 Doubs) |
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| VERGE Jean
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Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On June 7,
1940, the Breguet 693 No1 is shot down by 12 Me109 ... The crew
is killed. |
Born on 8 December
1912 at Varlhes (09 - Ariège)
Killed on 7 June 1940 at Laverrière (60 - Oise) |
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| VERGNET
Roger |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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On 17 May 1940,
his aircraft, the LeO 451 No74, was shot down by German fighters:
Chief Warrant Officer VERGNET was wounded. |
Born November
15, 1911 in Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne)
Died February 19, 1991, Paris (75) |
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| VERLET Anthème |
Sergeant
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Radio
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Wounded in
aerial combat on June 6, 1940 |
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| VERMAS |
Staff-Sergeant
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GB II/15
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Mécanicien
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| VERNA Abel |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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On May 31,
1940, Sergeant-Chef VERNA, despite severe burns, managed to
bring his aircraft, LéO 451 No109, back from a fighter
attack, but all crew members were killed. Severely burned, he
rejoined the Group 3 months later at Istres airfield,
He later joined the FFI,
the Maquis of Oyonnax and was killed on 13 July 1944.
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Born February
05, 1915 at Balesmes (37 - Indre et Loire)
Killed July 13, 1944 at Coisia (39 - Jura) |
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| VERNERET
Charles - Gabriel |
Sergeant
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At the start
of a mission, the Bloch MB 210 No.25 hit the take off an Amiot
143 down in the field. The device ignites and its bombs explode.
Sergeant VERNERET is killed. |
Born on 14
March 1920 at Argenton (36 - Indre)
Killed on 25 May 1940 at Semoutiers (52 - Haute-Marne) |
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| VERON Jean |
Captain
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Cder
of Group
and
Obrver
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Jean VERON joined the
Air Force in 1929 and was commissioned in November 1930.
On 21 May 1940, Amiot
143 No 133 was shot down by Flak. Captain VERON parachuted
and was taken prisoner.
He managed to escape
in November 1941.
He was successively assigned
to the general services of the Vichy central aviation administration
(1941), to the air force headquarters in North Africa at the
end of 1942, to the bombing inspectorate (August 1943-March
1945), then to head the 34th medium bombing squadron from
June 1945 to June 1946.
Jean VERON left the French
Air Force in 1946 to become Director of the French aviation
reinsurance group.
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Born in Cao-Bany,
Tonkin |
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| VEYRUNNES
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Captain
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GB II/61
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| VIAL Louis |
Lieutenant
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Navigator
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On May 16,
1940, at the start of a mission, the Amiot 143 No 136 crashes
after a power failure. Lieutenant VIAL is killed. |
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| VIEUGEOT
Roger |
Lieutenant
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GB II/63
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Observer
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Wounded in
aerial combat on May 31, 1940 |
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| VIGER |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On May 30,
1940, Potez 633 No. 17G was shot down by 5 Me109. Sergeant VIGER
is injured |
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| VIGUIER
Jean - Adam |
Sergeant
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Flight
Mechanic
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Jean VIGUIER
was killed on 30 October 1940 in Blandan, Algeria. |
Born on 7 March
1918 in Toulon (83 - Var)
Killed on 30 October 1940 at Blandan (Algeria) |
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| VILLADIER
Adrien - René |
Captain
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Cder
of Group
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Born July 17,
1900
Died in 1952 |
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| VILLEDIEU
René |
Captain
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| VILLEMOT
Jean - Marie |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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On January
12, 1940, the LéO 451 No 17 crashed during a night flight.
His crew is killed. |
Born on 21
July 1909 at Lux (21 - Côte d'Or)
Killed on 12 January 1940 at Arles (13 - Bouches du Rhône) |
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| VINCENT
Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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GB II/19
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Machine-Gunner
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Wounded and
taken prisoner on June 13, 1940 |
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| VITRY |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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| VIVIER |
Sergeant
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Pilote
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| VOGEL Marie
- Joseph |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio
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On January
12, 1940, the LéO 451 No 17 crashed during a night flight.
His crew is killed. |
Born in Haut-Rhin
Killed on 12 January 1940 in Arles (13 Bouches du Rhône) |
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| VOIRGARD
Edmond |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On May 12,
1940, Breguet 693 No22 was severely hit by the Flak during a
ground attack. Scoured by bullets, he manages to return to the
field, but the aircraft is destroyed. The crew is unscathed |
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| VOISINE
Léon |
Adjutant
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GB II/23
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Machine-gunner
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Taken prisoner
on June 8, 1940 |
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| VRIDAUD
Lucien - Louis |
Master-Corporal
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Cannoneer
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On June 10,
1940, the LéO 451 No 14 was shot down by Fighters. The
crew is killed. |
Born in Paris
(75) on 6 July 1917
Killed on 10 June 1940 at Tagnon (08 - Ardennes) |
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| VUATHELOT
André - René |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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On May 20,
1940, the LéO 451 No. 102, attacked by Fighters, tries
to escape in a dive but hits electric wires and crashes on the
ground. The crew is killed. |
Born on 27
December 1905 at Commercy (55 - Meuse)
Killed on 31 May 1940 at Guny (02 - Aisne) |
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WALBANN
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Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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WALKOFF
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Adjutant
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Radio
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| WATRIN
Jacques |
Captain
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GB I/63
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Observer
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Killed
by mistake on May 22, 1940 |
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| WEBER Georges
- Gaston |
Staff-Sergeant
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Cannoneer
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Killed on May 31, 1940,
aboard the Leo 451 No. 133 shot by Fighters. The crew parachutes,
but too low. there will be no survivors.
Posthumous citations with
the attribution of the War Cross with palm
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Born: January
24, 1916
Killed May 31, 1940 at Besson sur Matz (60 - Oise) |
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| WEBER Paul |
Sergeant
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GB II/62
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Radio
- Machine-Gunner
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| WEILER Roger
- André |
Sergeant
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Radio-Machine-Gunner
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On June 10,
1940, the LéO 451 No 14 was shot down by Fighters. The
crew is killed. |
Born on 21
April 1917 at Ivry sur Seine (75)
Killed on 10 June 1940 at Tagnon (08 - Ardennes) |
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| WEMAERE
Claude - Emile |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Navigator
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On January
12, 1940, the LéO 451 No 17 crashed during a night flight.
His crew is killed. |
Born on 25
September 1914 at Ecoust-Saint-Mein (62 - Pas de Calais)
Killed on 12 January 1940 at Arles (13 - Bouches du Rhône) |
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| WITZGALL |
Adjutant
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GB II/62
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Pilote
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| YVERNAULT |
Sergeant
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GB II/11
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Killed in aerial
combat on June 13, 1940 |
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| YVONNON |
Sergeant
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Pilot
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On April 11,
1940, the Bloch MB 210 Nb 181, crashed on takeoff.Sevent YVONNON
is seriously injured |
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| ZIMMERMANN |
Lieutenant
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GB II/11
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Pilot
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| ZOCCOLAT |
Lieutenant
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GB II/35
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Cder
4th Sqn.
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