Chris Boonzaier Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Unfortunately not Legion.... but impossible to pass up! ´More 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 The medal botton right has an interesting history.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sip_Song_Chau_Tai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) Chris, Lovely group. Is the medal above the Indochine medal Air Force or Para? Or is relayed to the LdH? Edited April 28, 2022 by Michael Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, Michael Johnson said: Chris, Lovely group. Is the medal above the Indochine medal Air Force or Para? Or is relayed to the LdH? Hi, the Médaille de l’Aéronautique, limited to 275 a year, they have been awarded since 1945, basically an aviation merit medal, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Cool! Wonder what he flew? Lots of American classics flown by the Armée de l'Air and the Aéronavale in both Indochina and Algeria. Our local aviation museum used to have a B-26 that was bought by a French veteran. Sadly gone now (both the plane and veteran I suspect) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 Hi, if I have the right guy (I think I do) it was the Morane-Saulnier MS-500 (Fieseler Fi-156) "Storch"... as an artillery spotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Dangerous work - those citations were well-earned. The French also used JU-52 transports in Indochina. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 This is also not to be sniffed at... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Interesting that it is still a Third Republic issue. Old stock? The MS-500 was known as the "Criquet" in French service, and the AAC-1 as the "Toucan". As they dropped Paras, the Staff said "Toucan play at that game!" Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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