Saint-Exupéry flew a Bloch MB.174 with the Groupe de reconnaissance II/33 reconnaissance squadron of the Armée de l'Air. After France's armistice with Germany...
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Groupe de Bombardement I/20 Lorraine: December 15, 1944 – March 11, 1946 Groupe de Reconnaissance I/20 Lorraine: March 11, 1946 – July 1, 1947 Groupe...
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The 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division (French: 97e groupe de reconnaissance de division d'infanterie, 97e GRDI) was a motorized cavalry...
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(fighter group) GE Groupement école (school group) GR Groupe de reconnaissance (reconnaissance group) AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England:...
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Bloch MB.170 (category 1930s French military reconnaissance aircraft)
flown by the famed pilot and writer, Capitaine Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, of Groupe de Reconnaissance II/33, on 29 March 1940. The Bloch 174 appeared extremely...
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GIGN (redirect from Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale)
The GIGN (French: Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale pronunciation; transl. "National Gendarmerie Intervention Group") is the elite police...
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writings as well as The Little Prince, was a P-38 pilot in 2/33 Groupe de Reconnaissance. Saint-Exupéry flew a few missions with NAPRW before being grounded...
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Free French Air Force Group 2/23 operated F-5As French Air Force Groupe de Reconnaissance 2/33 operated the F-5G Luftwaffe Zirkus Rosarius operated a few...
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d'Infanterie Motorisée 7ème Groupe de Reconnaissance Motorisé Officier Commandant, de l'Infanterie Divisionnaire 1er Régiment de Infanterie Motorisée 43e...
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d'artillerie lourde coloniale, 212e RALC) 74th Divisional Reconnaissance Group (74e groupe de reconnaissance de division d'infanterie, 74e GRDI) Deployed in Alsace...
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The Groupe Latécoère (French: [ɡʁup latekɔɛʁ]) is an aircraft company based in Toulouse, France. Founded by the aeronautics pioneer Pierre-Georges Latécoère...
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The Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare (GSOB) Indatwa n’inkesha, also known as the Indatwa n'Inkesha School, is a historic secondary school in Huye District...
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Security Group for the Presidency of the Republic (French: Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République, GSPR) is the protective security unit in...
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of the Hussards based at Sarreguemines, regrouped in the 15th Groupe de Reconnaissance de Corps d'Armée and took part from the start of the war in numerous...
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German invasion of the Netherlands (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
being taken prisoner. In the afternoon a French reconnaissance unit, the 5e Groupe de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie, with the assistance of another...
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Free French Air Forces (redirect from History of the Armée de l'Air (1940-1945))
Groupe Bretagne was formed on 1 January 1942, with certain objectives in mind: U.S.-built Maryland aircraft would carry out long-range reconnaissance...
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Special Intervention Group (redirect from Groupe d'Intervention Special)
The Special Intervention Group (French: Groupe d'Intervention Spécial, GIS) is a tier one special forces unit created in Algeria in 1987, initially with...
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Division (motorised) 7th Groupe de Reconnaissance de Corps d'Armée 106th Artillery Regiment (France) (Horse) 604th Régiment de Pionniers Lieutenant General...
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(BOS) Groupe d'Intervention Spécial (GIS) Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) 2nd Commando Regiment (2CDO) Special Operations Command (Comando de Operações...
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consisted of 12 squadrons: EAS - Administration and Support Squadron 1er Groupe d’Escadron (1er GE) - 1st Squadron Group (x40 MBTs) ECL - Command and Logistics...
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Outline of the French Army at the end of the Cold War (redirect from Régiment de Soutien Aéromobile)
Mulhouse 602e Régiment de Circulation Routière (602e RCR), Dijon 619e Régiment de Circulation Routière (Reserve) (619e RCR), Dôle 11e Groupe d’Hélicoptères Légers...
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Regiments, the 4th Infantry Division Reconnaissance Group with armored cars (French: 4e Groupe de reconnaissance de division d'infanterie (4e GRDI)), the...
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Bloch MB.131 (category 1930s French military reconnaissance aircraft)
exile in France Groupe de Bombardement Marche Polonais Data from War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft General...
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Multiplace de Combat (M.5) designed to meet 1928 specifications for a monoplane capable of day and night bombing, long-range reconnaissance and bomber...
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Zerstörergeschwader 2 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
They countered French Air Force patrols and reconnaissance aircraft from the Groupe de Reconnaissance Strategique (GR). On one such occasion, on 6 November...
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178 light armored reconnaissance vehicles armed with 25mm Autocannons, Hotchkiss H39 light tanks, and Laffly W15 TCC Trucks Each Groupe Franc, composed...
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French Air and Space Force (redirect from Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace)
Combat No. 2, formed on the 27th from Groupe de Combat 11, Groupe de Combat 13, and Groupe de Combat 17. Each groupe would be stocked with 72 fighters. The...
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Special Forces) Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure: Division Action Gendarmerie Nationale: Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale Escadron...
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and Photo reconnaissance 28th Geographic Group (28éme Groupe Géographique), in Haguenau Intelligence Troops Initial Formation Centre (Centre de Formation...
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Group (groupe aérien autonome) 1st Observation Squadron (escadrille d'observation) at Pursat — Potez 25 2nd Bombardment Squadron (escadrille de bombardement)...
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