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Historical
The GC II / 8 was born from
the integration of the 3C1 squadron of the Navy in the Air Force
on January 1st, 1936: it becomes the 3rd Squadron of GC II / 8 which
will be joined on January 1st, 1939, by the 4iem Squadron which
takes up the traditions of SPA 38.
At the declaraton of the
War, the GC II / 8 is equipped with Potez 631. In November 1939,
the group is placed at the disposal of the Admiralty on the ground
of Calais, in order to prevent the action of Seaplanes at sea North.
They are leasing mines and sinking several merchant ships.
It is only at the end of
January that the 3rd Eszcadrille GC II / 8 begins to be transformed
on BLOCH MB152, the 4th Squadron will not perceive its single engine
in April.
The Group, stationed on the
grounds of the North of France, ensures in particular the cover
of the Dunkirk pocket, before falling back in front of the German
advance
GC II / 8 is one of six groups
maintained in service after the Armistice. The Group is finally
dissolved on November 25, 1942
Staff
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Commanders
of the group
GC II/8
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| Commander
GIBON-GUILHEM |
October
1, 1938
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January
29, 1940
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| Commander
DE-PONTON-D'AMECOURT |
January
29, 1940
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September
14, 1940
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Assistant
Commander of the GC II/8
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| Captain
DE-MAISTRE |
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Commanders
of the 3rd Squadron
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| Captain
GRANDBESANCON Pierre |
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October
2, 1940
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Commanders
of the 4th Squadron
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| Captain
DE-VAUBLANC Bernard |
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September
30, 1941
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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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| BAUDIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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| BILLOIN |
Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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| CLERC
Joseph |
Adjutant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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| CURTHELET |
Adjutant
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3rd Sqn.
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| DE-LA-MENARDIERE |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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Wounded
and prisoner May 24, 1940.
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| DELOCQUE-FOURCAUD |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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| DE-MAISTRE |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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| DE-PONTON-D'AMECOURT |
Commander
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Staff
Group
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| DE-VAUBLANC
Bernard |
Captain
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4th Sqn.
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2
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Leaves
GC II/8 on September 30, 1941
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| DIETRICH
Henri - Auguste |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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2
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Henri DIETRICH
was called up in 1936 and posted to the Orly base. He attended
the Etampes school.
During the war, he was posted successively to the Chartres
CIC, the GC II/10 and finally the GC II/8, in which group
he scored two victories. He was demobilised at the Armistice
and tried unsuccessfully to go to England. Recalled in 1944,
he joined the Kasba Tadla training centre and then the Tours
school. Henri DIETRICH was demobilised in 1946 and carried
out training periods in the reserves until 1971.
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Born
on 16 February 1911 in Saint-Denis (93 - Seine-Saint-Denis)
Died in Deuil-La-Barre (95 - Val d'Oise) on 14 December 2007. |
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| DUTEY-HARISPE |
Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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2
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Assigned
April 15, 1940 from GC II/10
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| GAUBERT |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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1
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| GIBON-GUILHEM
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Commander
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Staff
Group
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Transferred
to the 4th Bureau of the ZOAE of Nancy on January 29, 1940.
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| GRANDBESANCON
Pierre |
Captain
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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| HONNORAT
DE MALLIARD DE CHATTONNAYE Jean - Marie |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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Jean HONNORAT
DE MALLIARD DE CHATTONNAYE was a student at the Nîmes
flying school in 1935. He was posted to Algeria to the 2nd
squadron at Setif in 1936. He was posted to the Jeunesse et
Montagne group in 1940. Seconded to the GC III/6 in Aleppo,
then in Algeria to the II/5 ‘La Fayette’ in Corsica,
he took part in the Italian campaign. In 1945, he was posted
to Colmar, then to Indochina with the GC II/5 in 1947.
In 1950 he joined the 3rd fighter squadron at Reims, then
was appointed commander of II/72 Saverne in 1953. He was appointed
commander of the Telergma
Telergma base from 1955 to 1958. He was posted to the 1°
CATAC at Lahr, then to the 2nd office of the Air Force General
Staff in 1960. He was Air Attaché to the French Embassy
in Madrid. Jean HONNORAT DE MALLIARD DE CHATTONNAYE retired
in 1962.
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Born
on 11 September 1915 in Marseille (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône)
Died in Clermont-Ferrand (63 - Puy de Dôme) on 24 June
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| HOURCADE-MEDEVILLE
Pierre |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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4th Sqn.
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Moved to
GAO 550 on April 5, 1940
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| HUSSON |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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| IRIBARNE |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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| JACQUEMET
Félix |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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2
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| LEVAVASSEUR |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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4th Sqn.
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Transferred
to the CIC de Chartres on 1st April 1940
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| MARCHAIS |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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3rd Sqn.
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3
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Reached
Tuberculosis, he left GC II/8 on June 9, 1940
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| MIR
Henri |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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4th Sqn.
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1
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| MOUSSET |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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Assigned
March 8, 1940 from the CIC de Chartres. Injured in Air Combat
May 27, 1940.
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| NICOLE
Maurice |
Adjutant
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3rd Sqn.
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2
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1
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Injured
in aerial combat on June 9, 1940
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| NOWAK
Léon |
Master-Corporal
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4th Sqn.
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Polish
Pilot Assigned May 20: Killed May 27, 1940
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| PASKIEWICZ
Ludwik |
Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned from May 20th to June 19th, 1940
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| PELLETIER
René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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2
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Affected
May 11, 1940 from the CIC of Chartres.
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| PERDRIZET |
Captain
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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| PETITJEAN |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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Seriously
injured in air combat May 21 190
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| PLESNAGE |
Adjutant
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4th Sqn.
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Assigned
on 1st April 1940 from the CIC de Chartres.
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| POIRE |
Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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Affected
on June 25, 1940
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| RAPINAT |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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| ROBIAUD |
Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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| RONCIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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Moved to
GC I / 9 on December 15, 1939
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| SAGON |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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Assigned
March 8, 1940 from the CIC de Chartres.
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| SAINT-JOHN-DE-CREVECOEUR |
Lieutenant
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Staff
4th Sqn.
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Killed
on November 3, 1941
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| STIQUEL |
Sub-Lieutenant
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3rd Sqn.
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Moved April
1, 1940 to GC I / 4
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| TOURET |
Staff-Sergeant
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3rd Sqn.
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Affected
1st October 1941
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| VEYRUNES |
Adjutant
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3rd Sqn.
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1
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| VIARIS-DE_LESEGNO |
Sub-Lieutenant
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4th Sqn.
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| VITTINI
François |
Staff-Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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| WUNSCHE
Kazimierz |
Sergeant
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4th Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned from May 20th to June 19th, 1940
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Airfield
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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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Marseille-Marignane
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13
- Bouches du Rhône
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September
2, 1939
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Calais-Marck
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62
- Pas de Calais
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December
21, 1939
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Villacoublay
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78
- Yvelines
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May
20, 1940
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Deauville
Saint-Gatien
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14
- Calvados
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May
27, 1940
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Lympne
(Grande Bretagne)
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Angleterre
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May
30, 1940
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Estrée-La-Campagne
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14
- Calvados
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June
12, 1940
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Cherbourg-Maupertus
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50
- Manche
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June
15, 1940
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Rennes
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35
- Ille et Vilaine
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June
18, 1940
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Nantes
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44
- Loire-Atlantique
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June
18, 1940
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Rochefort
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17
- Charente-Maritime
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June
18, 1940
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Bordeaux
- Mérignac
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33
- Gironde
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June
19, 1940
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Toulouse
Francazal
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31
- Haute-Garonne
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June
19, 1940
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Agen-La
Garenne
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47
- Lot et Garonne
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June
19, 1940
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Marseille
- Marignane
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13
- Bouches du Rhône
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June
19, 1940
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Aix
Les mille
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13
- Bouches du Rhône
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June
22, 1940
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Aircrafts
The GC II/8 was equipped
since its creation on January 1936, 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 :
- 1 Dewoitine
D510
- 3 Potez
631
- 3 Bloch
MB151
- 43
Bloch MB152
- 12
Bloch MB155
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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11.5
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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4
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Junker
JU88
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1
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Heinkel
He111
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6.5
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Likely Victories
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3
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Messerschmitt
BF109
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2
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Heinkel
He111
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1
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Casualties
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Killed Pilots
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1
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| Sergeant
NOWACK (Combat) |
May 27,
1940
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Wounded
Pilots
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5
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| Chief
Warrant Officer LEVAVASSEUR |
May 12,
1940
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| Staff-Sergeant
PETITJEAN (Combat) |
May 21,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
DE-LA-MENARDIERE (Combat) |
May 24,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
MOUSSET (Combat) |
May 27,
1940
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| Adjutant
NICOLLE (Combat) |
June
9, 1940
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Prisoners
Pilots
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2
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| Sub-Lieutenant
VIARIS-DE-LESEGNO |
May 23,
1940
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| Sub-Lieutenant
DE-LA-MENARDIERE |
May 24,
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
- Book "Bloch
152" from S. Joanne - Editions LELA Presse
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