Indochina: "1st Colonial Artillery Anti-Aircraft Group of the Far East"

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

The insignia of the 1st Colonial Artillery Anti-Aircraft Group of the Far East (1er Groupe Antiaérien d’Artillerie Coloniale d’Extrême-Orient - 1er G.A.A.C.E.O.),  homologué G 834 in 1951

 Drago-Paris-Nice 43, rue Olivier Metra Déposé:

 

 

048- Historique des Formations Coloniales de DCA créées après 1945

 

Group formed on 1/12/1950 with personnel from the 1st and 2nd Groups of the RACM, the marching battery of the 12th RAAC coming from France and elements of the 4th RAC.

Elements of the Group are present at Dien-Bien-Phu (2 sections of 12.7 mm quaritubes).

The 1°GAAC-EO was transformed into the Colonial Artillery Anti-Aircraf Regiment of the Far East, on 1/11/1954.

 

ImagesDéfense - Le GAACEO (groupe d'artillerie antiaérienne coloniale d'Extrême-Orient) présente ses 40 mm Bofors et ses mitrailleuses lourdes anti-aériennes à l'occasion de la Fête de Jeanne d'Arc.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one