DR Blenheim MkIVF Z5728 FAFL.zip 2024-06-08

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Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF Z5728, GRB No.1, Fort-Lamy, Chad, December 1940

The "Groupe Réservé de Bombardement No.1" was created on 24th December 1940 in French Equatorial Africa, under the orders of Capt. Astier de Vilatte, and was composed of two flights of Blenheim MkIVs, respectively 6 aircraft at Fort-Lamy in Chad, and a further 8 at Maiduguri in Northern Nigeria.

The Groupe was used in support of Colonel Leclerc's operations in Khoufra, and after a break to refit, saw service in...

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