Foreign Air Supply Company
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Foreign Air Supply Company | |
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Compagnie étrangère de Ravitaillement par Air | |
Active | January 1, 1951 to August 31, 1951 |
Country | France |
Branch | French Foreign Legion |
Type | Foreign Airborne Supply |
Garrison/HQ | Bac Mai |
Colors | Green and Red |
Anniversaries | Camerone Day |
Engagements | First Indochina War |
Abbreviation | C.E.R.A |
The Foreign Air Supply Company (French: compagnie étrangère de ravitaillement par air) (C.E.R.A) was an air supply unit of the French Foreign Legion.
The Foreign Air Supply Company was an ephemeral unit of the French Foreign Legion which fought in the First Indochina War.
The company was created on January 1, 1951 from the Air Supply Company (C.R.A) from the Northern Airborne Base (B.A.P.N). Stationed at Bac Mai, the foreign combat company was in charge of delivering logistical supply and was manned by 120 legionnaires and 70 autochthones.[1]
Dissolved, the foreign combat company became on September 1, 1951, the Air Supply Company of the Viet Nam Land Forces (C.R.A/FTVN).
References[]
- ^ Revue Képi blanc Hors série 2008 n° 1 page 10
External links[]
- CERA - History of the CERA
Categories:
- Defunct airborne units and formations of France
- Defunct French Foreign Legion units
- Military units and formations of the First Indochina War
- 1951 establishments in French Indochina
- Military units and formations established in 1951
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1951