Potez 63-11 Gao 544

[fredcompa]

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

[Stephane Muret]

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

Stéphane

[Stéphane Lehuédé]

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

[fredcompa]

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

[Laurent Rizzotti]

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).