***Armée de l'Air* and *Aéronautique Navale***
Order of Battle, North Africa, 8th November 1942

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[ Abbreviations ]

Algeria
[ Fighter Squadrons ]	[ Bomber Squadrons ]	[ Reconnaissance Squadrons ]	[ Transport Squadrons ]
Morocco
[ Fighter Squadrons ]	[ Bomber Squadrons ]	[ Reconnaissance Squadrons ]	[ Transport Squadrons ]
Tunisia
[ Fighter Squadrons ]	[ Bomber Squadrons ]	[ Reconnaissance Squadrons ]

Algeria [ Top of Page ]

Fighter Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Chasse 26 (Colonel Cathal)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.C. II/3	Dewoitine 520	22	Alger-Maison Blanche	Cdt Morlat
G.C. III/3	Dewoitine 520	26	Oran	Cdt Engler
G.C. III/6	Dewoitine 520	25	Alger-Maison Blanche	Cdt Destaillac

Bomber Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Bombardement 3 (Colonel de Turenne)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.B. I/11	Lioré et Olivier 451	13	Oran	Cdt Hamel
G.B. I/19	Douglas DB-7	13	Blida	Cdt de la Baume
G.B. II/61	Douglas DB-7 Lioré et Olivier 451	13 2	Blida	Cdt Rouget

Aéronautique navale

Flotille 4F (CC Menvielle)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
HQ	Lioré et Olivier 451	1	Tafaraoui	CC Menvielle
Esc. 6B	Lioré et Olivier 451	6	Tafaraoui	LV Lainé
Esc. 7B	Lioré et Olivier 451	6	Tafaraoui	LV Caillaud

Flotille 5F (LV Baron)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
HQ	Latécoère 298	1	Arzew	LV Baron
Esc. 6B	Latécoère 298	6	Arzew	LV Jourdain
Esc. 7B	Latécoère 298	6	Arzew	LV Carbet

Reconnaissance Squadrons[ Top of Page ]

Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.R. I/36	Potez 63.11	6	Sétif	Cdt Veyssière
G.R. II/52	Bloch 175 Bloch 174	9 2	Oran	Cdt Tuffal

Aéronautique navale

Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
Esc. 4BR	Potez 63.11	22	Alger-Maison Blanche	LV Kerros

Transport Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Transport 15 (Colonel Pelletier d'Oisy)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.T. II/15	Potez 540 Potez 650	17 3	Blida	Cdt Rochard

Morocco [ Top of Page ]

Fighter Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Chasse 25 (Cdt de Saint-Albin)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.C. I/5	Curtiss H-75	26	Rabat-Ville	Cdt Monraisse
G.C. II/5	Curtiss H-75 Dewoitine 520	20 13	Casablanca	Cdt Tricaud

Aéronautique navale

Flotille 1F (LV Folliot)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
HQ	Dewoitine 520	1	Port-Lyautey	LV Folliot
Esc. 1AC	Dewoitine 520	13	Port-Lyautey	LV Graignic
Esc. 2AC	Dewoitine 520	13	Port-Lyautey	EV Prévost

Bomber Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Bombardement 11 (Colonel de Lahoulle)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.B. I/23	Lioré et Olivier 451	13	Marrakech	Cdt Frandon
G.B. II/23	Lioré et Olivier 451	13	Meknès	Cdt Vénot
G.B. I/32	Douglas DB-7	13	Casablanca	Cdt Baland
G.B. II/32	Douglas DB-7	13	Agadir	Cdt Besnard

Aéronautique navale

Flotille 3F (LV Mathon)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
HQ	Glenn-Martin 167 F	1	Port-Lyautey	LV Mathon
Esc. 2B	Glenn-Martin 167 F Glenn-Martin 167 F	5 1	Port-Lyautey Agadir	LV Legrix de la Salle
Esc. 3B	Glenn-Martin 167 F Glenn-Martin 167 F	5 1	Port-Lyautey Agadir	LV Hardy

Reconnaissance Squadrons[ Top of Page ]

Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.R. I/22	Lioré et Olivier 451	13	Rabat-Salé	Cdt Breyton
G.R. I/52	Potez 63.11	13	Marrakech	Cdt Emery

Transport Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.T. I/15	Potez 29 Farman 222.2 Farman 222.3 Farman 224	18 4 1 1	Rabat-Salé	Cdt Gonin
G.T. III/15	Amiot 143 Lioré et Olivier 451	? ?	Oujda	Cdt Fleck

Tunisia [ Top of Page ]

Fighter Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Chasse 24 (Lieutenant-Colonel Derobert)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.C. II/7	Dewoitine 520	26	Sidi-Ahmed	Cdt Adam
E.C.N. 3/13	Potez 631	8	Gabès	Cdt Pelleray

Bomber Squadrons [ Top of Page ]

Groupement de Bombardement 8 (Lieutenant-Colonel Gérardot)
Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.B. I/25	Lioré et Olivier 451	13	Tunis-El Aouina	Cdt Lambert
G.B. II/25	Lioré et Olivier 451	13	Tunis-El Aouina	Cdt Buchet

Reconnaissance Squadrons[ Top of Page ]

Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
G.R. II/33	Bloch 174 Bloch 175 Bloch 176	11 2 1	Tunis-El Aouina	Cdt Gelée

Aéronautique navale

Unit	Aircraft	Total	Base	Commander
Esc. 1E	Bréguet 521 Lioré et Olivier H.257 bis	3 3	Karouba	LV Camard

Sources : [ Top of Page ]

L'aviation de Vichy au Combat, Vol.1: Les Campagnes Oubliées, Christian-Jacques EHRENGARDT and Christopher SHORES, Paris : Lavauzelle, 1983.

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