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Re: RAF or French aircraft id
Having just said that, it occurred to me that I'm currently reading Peter Cornwell's new Then And Now: The Battle of France. Looking forward to May 24, there is a little more information.
no.61 crashed, on fire, at Lezennes (as said above) at 5pm, during transport flight.
Captain J.Watrin
Sgt L.Grisonni
Sgt Le Gall (baled out)
No 38 crashed and burnt out at Gamand-Fretin, south of Lille-Rochin airfield, 5pm, on a transport flight between Le Bourget and Lille.
S/lt F.Maury
Sgt G.Eauclere
Sgt G.Montois
French AF data in this book is credited to Paul and Jacqueline Martin's Ils Etaient La....
please excuse my lack of appropriate accents.
Johnnie: you caught me out between posts. The original reference is Aerojournal Hors-Serie 5: Le Bombardement Francais, Tome 1, 1939/1940. Published Juin 2003:I doubt your chances of finding one.
Chef-de-bord is the commander on the aircraft. Like the German Air Force, the pilot of a bomber was often only the driver, and the aircraft commander had one of the more important roles - usually navigator or bomb-aimer.
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