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[jschreiber]

Hello

Basically, the Corps technique was the civil servants group having engineering and test flying responsabilités at the French Air Ministry. The precise contours varied upon time, between 1925 ca (a few dozen people) and 1939 (more than a thousand). Originally, they were coming from the Service technique de l’Aeronautique and usually had military origin. At the end, in 1939, they reverted again from civilian to military statute. The planes allotted to the Corps technique were mainly intended for the training of those people and liaison duties for the same. I don’t remember if some equipment testbed aircrafts were also marked as Corps technique or not.

Best regards

J Schreiber