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Potez 39 A2
n/c 1881
 Prototype of the series: makes its first flight on December 20, 1929. It carries the n � 01 on the movable rudder. It will receive, for evaluation, a Renault 12Jc engine  
Potez 39 A2
n/c 2341
 Pre-series aircraft. It carries the number 02 on the mobile drift. It will serve as the basis for the series.  
Potez 39 A2
n/c 2342
 Pre-series aircraft. It will receive, for evaluation, a Hispano-Suiza engine 12kb. It will also serve as the basis for the Potez 49, colonial winged Sesquiplan.  
Potez 39 A2
n/c 2343
 Pre-series aircraft. He will receive, for evaluation, a Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engine  
Potez 390
1
L-001
 Assigned to GAO 513. It was destroyed at Chaux on 23 April 1940. The crew, Captain DEBAISE (Pilot) and Adjudant CAMUS (Machine Gunner) were unharmed.  
Potez 390
2
L-002
 Assigned to Le Bourget Air Base (BA 104) At the Armistice, this aircraft will be registered on the Lyon Bron field.  
Potez 390
3
L-003
 Assigned to the GAO 517. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the ground of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
4
L-004
 Assigned to GO II / 54. Present at the maneuvers of August 1934. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the ground of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
5
L-005
 He was assigned to GAO 505 between 1937 and 1939 and later transferred to GAO 511. Damaged during the attack on the Villers-Les-Guise lands by the Germans on 10 May 1940. The aircraft was abandoned on site  
Potez 390
6
L-006
  
Potez 390
7
L-007
  
Potez 390
8
L-008
 Assigned to the GAO 517. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the field of Perpignan.  
Potez 390
9
L-009
 Assigned to GO II / 32 - 4th Sq.  
Potez 390
10
L-010
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
11
L-011
 Assigned to GO II / 54 - 4th Sq.  
Potez 390
12
L-012
  
Potez 390
13
L-013
 Assigned to GAO 511 - This unit, with No. 29, is retained by the Group for connections to the Armistice ..  
Potez 390
14
L-014
 Assigned to GO II / 54 - 4th Esc.We then find him at GAO 517 and will participate in the campaign of France. He will be abandoned on Laon's airfield.  
Potez 390
15
L-015
  
Potez 390
16
L-016
 Assigned to GAO 505 and GAO 504  
Potez 390
17
L-017
 Assigned to GAO 504. Damaged at landing on August 16, 1938. It will resume service after repairs. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the ground of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
18
L-018
 Assigned to Toulouse-Francazal Air Base (BA 101), then to GAO 517, a group where he will be present at the beginning of the conflict. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the field of Aulnat.  
Potez 390
19
L-019
  
Potez 390
20
L-020
 Assigned to GAO 511. Destroyed on June 30, 1938 during an accident at the landing at Chateau-Bougon. The aircraft is destroyed. The pilot, Sergeant GOURDIN-SERVENIERE is unharmed.  
Potez 390
21
L-021
  
Potez 390
22
L-022
  
Potez 390
23
L-023
  
Potez 390
24
L-024
 Assigned to GAO 504. Damaged on landing on September 24, 1938 by Sergeant LEROUX. The unit will be refitted.  
Potez 390
25
L-025
 Assigned to GAO 505 between 1937 and 1939  
Potez 390
26
L-026
  
Potez 390
27
L-027
  
Potez 390
28
L-028
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
29
L-029
 Assigned to GAO 511 - This unit, with No. 13, is retained by the Group for connections to the Armistice ..  
Potez 390
30
L-060
 Assigned to the GAO 517. During a mission by strong turbulence, the Sub-Lt POULAIN, observer, is ejected from the plane. His parachute opens, but is trained towards the sea: it will never be found ...  
Potez 390
31
L-061
 At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the field of Aulnat.  
Potez 390
32
L-062
 Assigned to GAO 513. The aircraft crashed at Chaux on 23 April 1940. The crew, Staff Sergeant René BERNARDIE (Pilot) and Second Lieutenant Gilbert BARET (Gunner) were unharmed.  
Potez 390
33
L-063
  
Potez 390
34
L-064
  
Potez 390
35
L-065
  
Potez 390
36
L-066
 Assigned to the GAO 513. Slightly crashed at the landing on April 23, 1940 on the airfield of La Chapelle sous Chaux (90). At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the ground of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
37
L-067
 Assigned to GAO 513.  
Potez 390
38
L-068
 Assigned to GO I / 34 - 2nd Sqn. Present at Le Bourget in 1935.  
Potez 390
39
L-069
  
Potez 390
40
L-070
  
Potez 390
41
L-071
 Assigned to the GAO 517. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Aulnat.  
Potez 390
42
L-072
 Present at GAO 512 in April 1940. Coded ‘3’ white on the centreboard, she took part in the French campaign. It was later assigned to GAO 513. The damaged aircraft was abandoned on 14 June 1940 at Roye-sur-Saône airfield.  
Potez 390
43
L-073
 Assigned to GAO 510. At the Armistice, the wreckage of this aircraft will be recorded on the grounds of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
44
L-074
 At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Saint-Rambert d'Albon.  
Potez 390
45
L-075
  
Potez 390
46
L-076
  
Potez 390
47
L-077
 Assigned to GAO 505. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Aulnat.  
Potez 390
48
L-078
  
Potez 390
49
L-079
 Assigned to GO I / 34 - 2nd Sqn. The aircraft will be transferred to GAO 510 at the start of the war  
Potez 390
50
L-080
 Assigned to GAO 505. Seriously damaged in aerial combat on 21 September 1939, its pilot, Chief Sgt ACHAINTRE, landed it in the field. The observer, Captain LEONARD, was killed by German fighters during the combat.  
Potez 390
51
L-081
  
Potez 390
52
L-082
  
Potez 390
53
L-083
 Assigned to the GAO 510. The crew lost, it was accident on August 18, 1938 during a landing on the beach of Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer. The unit will be repaired.
Potez 390
54
L-084
  
Potez 390
55
L-085
 Assigned to GAO 513, The aircraft crashed on 16 June 1940 at Feurs airfield when it lost its left wheel on landing. Its pilot, Sergeant Henry VERANT, was unhurt. At the Armistice, this aircraft was registered at Aulnat airfield.  
Potez 390
56
L-086
  
Potez 390
57
L-087
  
Potez 390
58
L-088
  
Potez 390
59
L-089
  
Potez 390
60
L-090
 Assigned to the GAO 505. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
61
L-091
 Assigned to the GAO 505 between 1937 and 1939. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
62
L-092
  
Potez 390
63
L-093
 Assigned to GAO 504.  
Potez 390
64
L-094
  
Potez 390
65
L-095
 Attached to GAO 517 and then transferred to GAO 511. On March 25, 1938, following an engine failure, the aircraft crashed by attempting a land landing  
Potez 390
66
L-096
  
Potez 390
67
L-097
 Assigned to the GAO 505 between 1937 and 1939, it was later transferred to GAR 513. aircraft set on the Saint-Etienne Field at Armisitice.  
Potez 390
68
L-098
 Assigned to GAR 513  
Potez 390
69
L-099
 Assigned to GAO 504.  
Potez 390
70
L-100
 Assigned to GAO 510.  
Potez 390
71
L-101
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
72
L-102
 Assigned to GAO 511. Damaged and destroyed on take-off on June 23, 1938. The crew is injured.  
Potez 390
73
L-103
 Assigned to GAO 513.  
Potez 390
74
L-104
 Assigned to the GAO 510. Accidented on April 12, 1938 in Rennes. The aircraft is destroyed and the crew is injured.  
Potez 390
75
L-105
  
Potez 390
76
L-106
 Assigned to GO II / 32 - 3rd Sq. He will then be transferred to GAO 513 with which he will be campaigning in France. aircraft burned on the Saint-Etienne field at Armisitice.  
Potez 390
77
L-107
 Assigned to GR II / 54 then to GAO 510, Group in which he will be present at the beginning of the conflict.  
Potez 390
78
L-108
 Assigned to the GAO 504. Aircraft burned on the airfield of Saint-Etienne to Armisitice.  
Potez 390
79
L-109
 Assigned to GO II / 54 - 4th Sq. Aircraft piloted by the Commander of the Escadrille and then at GAO 510, Group in which he will be present at the beginning of the conflict.  
Potez 390
80
L-110
  
Potez 390
81
L-111
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
82
L-112
  
Potez 390
83
L-113
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
84
L-114
  
Potez 390
85
L-115

Assigned to GO I / 32 - 2nd Sq.

 

  
Potez 390
86
L-116
 Assigned to GO II / 32 - 3rd Sq. Then at GAO 517, a group where he will be present at the beginning of the conflict. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
87
L-117
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
88
L-118
 Assigned to GAO 504: Destroyed by accident on 17 October 1939. It crashes on landing, its crew is unscathed  
Potez 390
89
L-119
  
Potez 390
90
L-120
 Assigned to GAO 505.  
Potez 390
91
L-121
  
Potez 390
92
L-122
 Assigned to GAO 512,  
Potez 390
93
L-123
 At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Saint-Rambert d'Albon.  
Potez 390
94
L-124
 Attached to the Toulouse-Francazal Air Base (BA 101) and then to GAO 517, a group where he will be present at the beginning of the conflict. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Lyon Bron.  
Potez 390
95
L-125
  
Potez 390
96
L-126
  
Potez 390
97
L-127
  
Potez 390
98
L-128
 Assigned to the GAO 505. At the Armistice, this device will be counted on the airfield of Nimes.  
Potez 390
99
L-129
  
Potez 390
100
L-130
 Assigned to the GAO 504. At the Armistice, this aircraft will be counted on the airfield of Lyon Bron.