Potez 63-11 Gao 544
 

Hey everyone!
We're looking for details about above mentioned plane:
CRASHED AT EINDHOUT.
Any information?
Thanks in advance,
Fredcompa

Re: Gao 544 ?
 

Are you sure for the GAO ? It does not appear on french order of battle for 1939-1940.

Stéphane

Re: Potez 63-11 Gao 544
 

According to Aéro Journal n° 43, GAO 544 has lost Potez n° 200 on 19.05.1940 over the department Aisne, crew missing.
Otherwise, Potez n° 201 & 427 have been destroyed on ground on 10.05.1940

Re: Potez 63-11 Gao 544
 

Thanks to everyone for your help!!!
Sorry for my late reply, but I posed this question (and some others!) for a friend of mine who was writng a book. He saw your answers, but failed to communicate with me due to some circumstances..
Sorry, lac of communication, SORRY SORRY
Fredcompa

Re: Potez 63-11 Gao 544
 

The only combat loss of the GAO 544 was the Potez 63.11 n° 200, shot down on 19 May 1940 at Brancourt-le-Grand (Aisne), 5 km west of Bohain-en-Vermandois. The aircraft was found with many bullet hits. The crew fate was unknown (but GAO 544 has no known aircrew fatality during the campain). This aircraft had been damaged on the ground on 10 May and was supposed to be flown to the rear on the 11. This loss is still a mystery (at least for the authors of the book 'Ils étaient là', and for me).