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Historical
Defense Patrols are trained
to defend aircraft manufacturing plants or protect strategic sites.
The Etampes Defense Patrol, created on May 14, 1940, is part of
a Patrol Group N ° 1: Chartres / Chateaudun / Etampes / Orléans.
Its staff is composed of
French instructor pilots from the Chartres CIC, reinforced by
Czech and Polish pilots. It is commanded by a particular Ace of
the First War: Colonel Marcel DHOMME.
The equipment of the Patrol
is composed of Bloch 152 and Morane 406 which will be joined during
the withdrawal by MS 410, or Asenal VG33 recovered in Villacoublay.
The planes will be evacuated
to Bordeaux, where the Patrol of Etampes with that of Tours will
form the GC I / 55, ephemeral unit, but equipped with recent aircraft
(Arsenal VG33, Bloch MB155).
Staff
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Commanders
of the Patrol
of
Etampes
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| Colonel
DARTAN |
May 14,
1940
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| Colonel
DHOMME |
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Juny
12, 1940
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| Commander
RABATEL |
Juny
12, 1940
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Juny
18, 1940
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Pilots
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Pilots
of the Patrol
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Names
of pilots
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Rank
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Victories
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Informations
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Sure
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Prob.
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| ANTOLAK |
Lieutenant
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Polish
pilot assigned on June 12, 1940 |
| BALMER |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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1
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1
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| BELC
Marian |
Sergeant
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Polish
pilot assigned on May 20, 1940 |
| BENAUSSE
Jean |
Adjutant
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1
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1
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| BOUYGUES |
Staff-Sergeant
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| DE-SAINT-MARCEAU |
Staff-Sergeant
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| DOUCET
René |
Adjutant
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Former
GC III / 3. Injured in aerial combat on June 2, 1940. |
| KARUBIN
Stanislaw |
Master
Corporal
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1
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Polish
pilot assigned on May 20, 1940 |
| KOPECKY
Miroslav |
Lieutenant
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Czech Driver Assigned
to Etampes from May 22 to June 13, 1940 from the Patrol of
Chartres
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| KUCERA
Jaroslav |
Sergeant
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Czech
Driver Assigned to Etampes from May 22 to June 13, 1940 from
the Patrol of Chartres |
| KRASNODEBSKI
Zdzislaw |
Commander
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Polish
pilot assigned to patrol on May 20, 1940. He will command all
Polish personnel |
| LESPINASSE |
Staff-Sergeant
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| MACHOWIAK |
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Polish
pilot assigned on June 12, 1940 |
| PASCAIL
Pierre |
Sergeant
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| SKIBA |
Lieutenant
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Polish
pilot assigned on June 12, 1940 |
| TULLE |
Staff-Sergeant
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| VOPALECKY
Josef |
Lieutenant
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Czech
pilot Assigned to Etampes from May 22 to June 13, 1940 from
the Patrol of Chartres. Injured in aerial combat on June 2,
1940. |
| ZUMBACH
Jan |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Polish
pilot assigned on May 20, 1940 |
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Names
of airfields
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Period
of use of airfields
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| Etampes |
May 14,
1940
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| Villacoublay
(Polish Patrol) |
June
10, 1940
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| Orléans |
June
14, 1940
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| Limoges
(5 Polish pilots detached) |
From
June 14th to the 18th, 1940
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| Clermont-Ferrand |
June
16, 1940
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| Bordeaux
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From
June 17th to the 18th, 1940 (Creation of the GC I/55)
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Aircrafts
The
Patrol of Etampes has been equipped since its creation on May
14, 1940, with the 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 Bloch MB151
- 1 Bloch MB152
- 8 Morane-Saulnier
MS406
- 1 Morane-Saulnier
MS410
- 9 Arsenal VG33
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Confirmed
Victories
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3
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Dornier
Do17
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3
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Likely Victoires
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2
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Dornier
Do17
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2
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Casualties
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Wounded
Pilots
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2
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| Adjutant
VOPALECKI (Combat) |
2 Juin
1940
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| Adjutant
DOUCET (Combat) |
2 Juin
1940
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