Aéronautique Navale
Order of Battle, 10th May 1940

This page was completely overhauled on 6 July 1998
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       Many thanks to Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt for his help with this orbat (but any remaining errors are mine).

Northern and Atlantic Zones
[ Fighter Flights ] [ Bomber Flights ] [ Torpedo Flights ]
[ Dive Bomber Flights ] [ Surveillance Flights ] [ Reconnaissance Flights ]
Mediterranean Zone
[ Fighter Flights ] [ Torpedo Flights ] [ Dive Bomber Flights ]
[ Surveillance Flights ] [ Reconnaissance Flights ]
Middle-East French West Africa French West Indies
Pacific Shipborne Planes

Northern and Atlantic Zones

Fighter Flights [ Top of Page ]

Flotille de Chasse F1C
Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
HQ F1C Potez 631
1
 Calais-Marck CC Jozan
Esc. AC1 Potez 631
12
 Calais-Marck LV Ferran
Esc. AC2 Potez 631
12
 Calais-Marck LV Folliot

Bomber Flights [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. B1 Lioré et Olivier H.257 bis
7
 Lanvéoc-Poulmic LV Bedos
Esc. B2 Lioré et Olivier H.257 bis
7
 Lanvéoc-Poulmic LV Fournier

Torpedo Flights [ Top of Page ]

Flotille 5F
Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
HQ 5F Latécoère 298
1
 Cherbourg CC Suquet
Esc. T1 Latécoère 298
10
 Cherbourg LV Cambon
Esc. T2 Latécoère 298
10
 Boulogne LV Lamiot
Esc. T3 Latécoère 298
10
 Cherbourg LV Marraud

Dive Bomber Flights [ Top of Page ]

Flotille F1A
Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
HQ F1A
-
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 Cherbourg CC Corfmat
Esc. AB2 Loire-Nieuport 401
12
 Berck LV Lorenzi
Esc. AB3 Vought 156 F
12
 Alprech LV Pierret
Esc. AB4 Loire-Nieuport 411
12
 Cherbourg LV Lainé

Surveillance Flights (Short Range Patrol) [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. 1S1 Loire 130
6
 Cherbourg LV Hourdin
Esc. 1S2 Latécoère 29.0 
Gourdou-Leseurre 810-812
4
6
 Cherbourg LV Soulez
Esc. 2S1 C.A.M.S. 55.2 
Gourdou-Leseurre GL 812
9
3
 Saint-Trojan 
Saint-Nazaire		 LV Kervella
Esc. 2S2 C.A.M.S. 37.11
6
 Saint-Trojan  EV1 Chouillet
Esc. 2S4 C.A.M.S. 37.11 
Lioré et Olivier H.258
6
3
 Escoublac LV Espouy
Esc. 3S2 Lioré et Olivier C.30/301 autogyros
9
 Deauville LV Charre

Reconnaissance Flights (Long Range Patrol) [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. E1 Bréguet 521
3
 Lanvéoc-Poulmic LV Mornu
Esc. E2 Bréguet 521
4
 Lanvéoc-Poulmic LV Duval
Esc. E6 Latécoère 521 & 523
3
 Lanvéoc-Poulmic CC Bernard
Esc. E8 Potez-C.A.M.S. 141
1
 Lanvéoc-Poulmic LV Bertin

Mediterranean Zone

Fighter Flights [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. AC 3 Bloch 151 
Dewoitine D 510
13
2
 Hyères-Le Palyvestres LV Ziegler

Torpedo Flights [ Top of Page ]

See also Flotille F1H under Shipborne planes.
 
Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. T4 Latécoère 298
10
 Berre LV Camard

Dive Bomber Flights [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. AB1 Vought 156 F
13
 Hyères LV Mesny

Surveillance Flights (Short Range Patrol) [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. 2S3* Levasseur PL 10, 14 & 101
10
 Hyères LV Dupont
* Converted to dive bombing and renamed AB5 on 18 May 1940
Esc. 3S1 Lioré et Olivier H.43
9
 Saint-Mandrier LV Normand
Esc. 3S3 Gourdou-Leseurre 812
9
 Berre LV de Brossard (?)
Esc. 3S4 Short S 8/2 
C.A.M.S. 55.10 
Lioré et Olivier H.257 bis
2
3
1
 Berre LV Sautereau du Part
Esc. 3S5 Lioré et Olivier H.43
6
 Hyères LV Hepp
Esc. 3S6 Levasseur PL 15
6
 Aspretto (Corsica) LV Launay
Esc. 4S1 C.A.M.S. 55.10
9
 Karouba (Tunisia) LV Durand
Esc. 4S2 C.A.M.S. 55.10 
Lioré et Olivier H.43
3
4
 Karouba (Tunisia)  LV Luthereau

Reconnaissance Flights (Long Range Patrol) [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. E3 Bréguet 521
3
 Karouba (Tunisia) & Arzew (Algeria) LV Mouliérac
Esc. E5 Bréguet 521
4
 Berre CC Videau
Esc. E7 Loire 70
6
 Karouba (Tunisia) LV Lacoste
Esc. E9 Bréguet 521
4
 Berre LV Guillemin
Esc. E10 Farman 222 
Potez 25
3
4
 Goulimine (Morocco) LV Brard
Esc. E11 Lioré et Olivier H.470
4
 Karouba (Tunisia) LV Bellando

Middle-East  [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. 8S4 Loire 130
6
 Tripoli (Lebanon) LC Chatel

French West Africa [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. E4 Latécoère 301 & 302
4
 Dakar (Senegal) LV Durand Couppel de Saint-Frond
Esc. 8S3 Loire 130
3
 Dakar (Senegal) LV Michel de Boislisle

French West Indies  [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. 8S2 Gourdou-Leseurre 812 
Loire 130
4
3
 Fort-de-France (Martinique) LV Périé

Pacific  [ Top of Page ]

Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. 8S5 C.A.M.S. 37/55
3
 Papeete (Tahiti) CC Grange

Shipborne Planes [ Top of Page ]

Flotille F1H
Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
HQ F1H Latécoère 298
1
 Karouba (Tunisia) CC Kilian
Esc. HB1 Latécoère 298
11
 Karouba (Tunisia) LV Baron
Esc. HB2 Latécoère 298
10
 Karouba (Tunisia) LV Veyre de Soras
Unit Aircraft Total Base Commander
Esc. HS1 Loire 130
9
 Arzew (Algeria) LV Le Roux
Esc. HS2 Loire 130
9
 battleships Tactical Group
Esc. HS3 Loire 130 
Gourdou-Leseurre 832
6
2
 second-class cruisers Tactical Group
Esc. HS4 Loire 130 
Gourdou-Leseurre 832
5
1
 second-class cruisers Tactical Group
Esc. HS5 Loire 130
10
 first-class cruisers Tactical Group
Esc. HS6 Loire 130, Gourdou- 
Leseurre 832, Potez 452
6
 F.N.E.O. (a) Tactical Group
Esc. HS7 Loire 130, Bloch 411
7
 various ships Tactical Group
Colonial Sloops Gourdou-Leseurre 832, Potez 452
5

Note (a) : Forces Navales d'Extrême-Orient (Far-East Naval Command). See the Indochina page for details. [ Back ]

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