Stab KG54 loss on 12.05.1940

[Luc Vervoort]

Hi,

The Royerssluis is on of the (older) locks used between the Antwerp docks area and the River Schelde and is still in use.

Lt.Bursztyn of GCIII/I was transported wounded to a hospital in Gent.
Who can supply me his first name ?
French publications very often only mention the initials, but no full names.

Many thanks and best regards

Luc

[robert]

Hi,

Por.Kazimierz Bursztyn.

Regards

Robert

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Originally Posted by Luc Vervoort

Hi,

The Royerssluis is on of the (older) locks used between the Antwerp docks area and the River Schelde and is still in use.

Lt.Bursztyn of GCIII/I was transported wounded to a hospital in Gent.
Who can supply me his first name ?
French publications very often only mention the initials, but no full names.

Many thanks and best regards

Luc

Hi Luc you're right finding the full names of airmen of the Armée de l'Air is often hard.

As for the Polish and Czech airmen, the book "Ils étaient là" has a good list of the full names of those that reached operationnal units. If you search any, I will be pleased to give you the full names listed.

[Franek Grabowski]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Hi Luc you're right finding the full names of airmen of the Armée de l'Air is often hard.

Oh, the same reffers eg. to RAF airmen.

As for the Polish and Czech airmen, the book "Ils étaient là" has a good list of the full names of those that reached operationnal units. If you search any, I will be pleased to give you the full names listed.

Is the book written by native speakers? French tend to distort Polish names so badly, sometimes it is not possible to identify a man!

Just to complete this info, 11 MS406 from GCIII/1, 5 Escadrille shooted this He111 down at 5 km from NW of Anvers/Antwerp, near the Escaut mouth. please note that the MS406 n°1031 "1" was hit at the engine and land on the belly near Anvers. Pilot Lt Bursztyn wounded.

According to Polish sources the only victors were ppor. pil. Władysław Chciuk and ppor. pil. Władysław Gnyś, apart of Bursztyn. Perhaps it was credited to the French according to their victory system. Bursztyn's Morane was a romanic I rather than arabic 1 as confirmed by photos.

[Jerome Ribeiro]

Hi Laurent & Franek,

I checked the book n°5 "le Morane Saulnier MS406" from Avions pubs re the claims for the He111.
11 pilots were credited for this victory:
Lt du Boucher, Lt Bursztyn, Lt Leenhardt, S/Lt Calmel, S/Lt Chciuck (misprint), S/Lt Gnys (misprint), Adj Crémieux, Adj Gagnaire, S/C Cazade, S/C Paulhan, Sgt Pradon.

Regards

Jerome

[Luc Vervoort]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Hi Luc you're right finding the full names of airmen of the Armée de l'Air is often hard.

As for the Polish and Czech airmen, the book "Ils étaient là" has a good list of the full names of those that reached operationnal units. If you search any, I will be pleased to give you the full names listed.

Laurent,

Many thanks for your kind offer.
For 12/05/1940 I'm missing the full names of :
Adj.Chef Levasseur - Bloch 152
Lt.Beran - Morane 406
Adj.Bassaget - Morane 406
S-Lt. Calmel - Morane 406
S-Lt. Rupied - Morane 406
Lt.Delattre and Adj. Di Matteo - Breguet 693
Adj.Chef Richard and Adj.Chef Renaudie - Breguet 693
S-Lt.Henry and S-Lt.besson-Guyard - Breguet 693
Adj.Chef Goyer and Sgt.Tupin - Breguet 693
Adj.Chef Boulanger and Sgt.Roux - Breguet 693
Comm.Plou and Adj.Poitrot - Breguet 693
Lt.Lelu and sgt.Massaux - Breguet 693
S-lt. de la Porte du Theil - Breguet 693
S-Lt.Moreau,S-Lt.Touret and Sgt.Bernet - Potez 63.11
Capt.Lainey,Lt.Detrie and Adj.Gres - Potez 63.11
Sgt-Chef Sordet,S-Lt.Lamy and Sgt.Vanaret - Potez 63.11
Capt.Montagnon and Lt.Jean - Mureaux 115

Many thanks in advance and best regards from tropical Belgium !

Luc

[Fairlop]

Hi Luc,

Capt. Jindrich Beran, Czech.

Regards,
Michal