Aircrafts of the GC I-55

Type

Serial Nb

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BLOCH MB151

Bloch MB151

358

Y-845

First assigned to the CIR Tours (Center of Instruction to the Reconnaissance), he joined the Patrol Tours and Bordeaux on June 17, 1940 and will be paid naturally to GC I / 55 when it was created June 18, 1940 with the Patrol Tours and Etampes.

Bloch MB151

360

Y-847

First assigned to the CIR Tours (Center of Instruction to the Reconnaissance), he joined the Patrol of Tours and that of Bordeaux June 17, 1940 and will be paid naturally to GC I / 55 when it was created June 18, 1940.

Bloch MB151

398

Y-885

Assigned to the CIR of Tours, it will be donated to the Patrol of Tours on June 17, 1940. and will thus be transferred to CG I / 55 to the formation of the Group on June 17, 1940 with the patrol of Tours and Etampes. It will then be transferred to CG II / 8 - 4 th Sqn.

BLOCH MB152

Bloch MB152

Y-497

Assigned to GCII / 1 on January 12, 1940. He will then be transferred to the Patrol of Etampes after being taken at EAA 301, and on June 17, he is at the Patrol of Bordeaux, and will be paid naturally to GC I / 55 when it was created on June 17, 1940. Replicated in Toulouse at the Armistice

Bloch MB152

294

Y-781

Accidented May 24, 1940 during a convoy to Tours, it will be paid to the Patrol of Chateauroux, then GC I / 55

Bloch MB152

357

Y-844

Assigned May 13, 1940 to GC II / 13th Sqn. coded "7". Damaged by the Flak on June 24, 1940 with Sub-Lieutenant Fontaine at the controls. He will then be successively assigned to the Patrol of Tours, from Bordeaux to finally arrive at GC I / 55 on June 17th or 18th, 1940,

Bloch MB152

449

Sans

(ambiguity on the n °: 449 or 499?) Taken on chain to serve as base to the Bloch MB 155 equipped with a motor Gnome_Rhône of 1100hp - It became the MB 155-01 - Its front part of the fuselage was more aerodynamic - the cabin was retreated to insert a larger tank -This prototype flew December 3, 1939 at the controls of Mr. BELLECROIX and December 5, he was sent to Villacoublay for builders tests - Assigned to the patrol of Bordeaux, then to the 1st Squadron GC I / 55 June 17 or 18 - It was then folded on Toulouse - According to the SOUVIAT Sub-Lieutenant, it would have been equipped with 4 guns of 20mm

Bloch MB152

558

Sans

Assigned to the Patrol of Bordeaux on May 20, 1940 and GC I / 55 June 17 or 18 1940 - Accidented on June 20 by the Lieutenant LEFEUVRE during a takeoff on alert: a Caudron Goêland having cut the road, he manages to avoid it but crushes himself; it will be slightly burned in the face after a flashback of the engine remained at full power

Bloch MB152

559

Sans

Assigned to the Patrol of Bordeaux then GC I / 55 June 18, 1940

Bloch MB152

560

Sans

Assigned to the Patrol of Bordeaux then GC I / 55 June 18, 1940

Bloch MB152

561

Sans

Assigned to the Patrol of Bordeaux then GC I / 55 June 18, 1940

Bloch MB152

563

Sans

Affected on April 10, 1940 at the EAA301, on May 10, 1940 at the EAA301, then at the Patrol of Bordeaux and finally at GC I / 55. Accidented May 31, 1940 by Captain MASSON: the pilot is unharmed.

Bloch MB152

574

Sans

Assigned to the Patrol of Bordeaux then GC I / 55 June 18, 1940

BLOCH MB155

Bloch MB155

700

Sans

Prototype of Bloch 155. it would be equipped with 4 20mm cannons

Bloch MB155

701

Sans

First production aircraft - Made his first flight to DEOLS on April 3, 1940 - Assigned to GC I / 55 on June 17 or 18 1940 - Replicated to Toulouse, he will be present at GC I / 8 in June 1942. Captured by the Germans, he was assigned on July 29, 1943 to a German flying school. It will be destroyed during a take-off collision.

Bloch MB155

703

Sans

Assigned June 1, 1940 to the Patrol of Bordeaux and GC I / 55 June 17 or 18 1940 - Replicated to Toulouse by the Lieutenant LEFEUVRE June 25, it will perform a final flight on the morning of 26 to Mount Marsan despite the ban on flying on this date. At the dissolution of the Group, it is paid to GC II / 10

MORANE MS406

Morane MS406

102

N-419

Assigned to GC I / 2, 2nd Squadron on April 30, 1939. Reversed at EAA 301 on October 11, 1939 before being delivered to GC I / 55.

Morane MS406

366

N-784

Delivered at Dijon June 23, 1939, he is at the ARAA May 1, 1940 and the CRAS (Reception Center Series Aircraft) June 10, 1940. He is assigned to the Patrol of Bordeaux June 17, 1940, then at GC I / 55. It is found in Toulouse in July 1940, then at the Salon Air School in July 1941. It will be captured by the Italians in November 1942.

Morane MS406

879

L-908

Assigned to the factory patrol of Nantes. Abandoned on the field of Nantes during the withdrawal of the Patrol towards Bordeaux, it is recovered by GC I / 55 and folded on Toulouse. It will be sold to Finland in September 1942 under registration MSy-650

Morane MS406

902

L-931

Assigned to the Patrol of Nantes on May 12, 1940 then to that of Bordeaux around mid-June 1940 and finally to GC I / 55. It is found in Toulouse in July 1940. It will then be stored in Chateauroux.

DEWOITINE D520

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