Groupe de Chasse

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Groupe de Chasse or groupe de chasse (usually abbreviated as GC) is the French language term for "fighter group" or "fighter wing". More literal translations include "pursuit group" (the US term for fighter groups prior to 1942) and "hunting group" (similar to the German language or JG).

Composition[]

A group de chasse may include one to four escadrilles, each of which comprises 10–12 aircraft. The commanding officer of a GC is usually a Commandant, Lieutenant-colonel or Colonel.

Units[]

Specific units known by the name groupe de chasse include:

Groupe de Chasse (Belgium)

a Belgian unit of World War I

Groupe de Chasse Polonaise I/145

a Polish unit fighting alongside France in 1940

France[]

Including:

• Armee de l'Air
• Armée de l'air de Vichy
• Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres

Units

Groupe de Chasse I/3

Groupe de Chasse III (Normandie-Niemen)

(GC Alsace)

Normandie-Niemen (also known as GC III)

(GC III/2)

(GC Île-de-France)

(also known as GC IV/2)

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Cony, Christophe (November 1999). ""Tragedie et comedie, c'est toute la chasse": le Groupe de Chasse III/6 en 1939/1945 (première partie)" [Tragedy and Comedy, That's the Whole Hunt: Groupe de Chasse III/6 in the Second World War] (in French) (80): 42–48. ISSN 1243-8650. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Cony, Christophe (January 2000). ""Tragedie et comedie, c'est toute la chasse": le Groupe de Chasse III/6 en 1939/1945 (deuxième partie)" (in French) (82): 5–12. ISSN 1243-8650. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Cony, Christophe (February 2000). ""Tragedie et comedie, c'est toute la chasse": le Groupe de Chasse III/6 en 1939/1945 (troisième partie)" (in French) (83): 44–49. ISSN 1243-8650. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Cony, Christophe (June 2000). ""Tragedie et comedie, c'est toute la chasse": le Groupe de Chasse III/6 en 1939/1945" (in French) (87): 14–25. ISSN 1243-8650. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Coste, Alain (May 1998). "GC III/4: le déshérité de 1940" [GC III/4: The Disinherited of 1940]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (62): 6–10. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Moreau, Eric (August 1985). "La 10° Escadre de Chasse Jadis et naguère (fin partie)" [The 10th Fighter Wing Formerly and Not Long Ago, Final Part]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (189): 4–12. ISSN 0757-4169.
• Persyn, Lionel (January 1997). "Le "Drole de Guerre" du GC I/4 (première partie)" [The Phony War of GC I/4]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (46): 4–9. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Persyn, Lionel (February 1997). "Le "Drole de Guerre" du GC I/4 (dieuxième et dernière partie)" [The Phony War of GC I/4]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (47): 4–9. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Persyn, Lionel (May 1996). "Trident ailé et lion bondissant dans la bataille: Le GC I/8 pendant la Campagne de France" [Winged Trident and Bounding Lion in Battle: Le GC I/8 during the Battle of France]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (38): 9–13. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Persyn, Lionel (June 1996). "Trident ailé et lion bondissant dans la bataille: Le GC I/8 pendant la Campagne de France (2ème partir)". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (39): 8–15. ISSN 1243-8650.

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