SP Maquettes
Groupe Bretagne 1942.
Le groupe FAFL "Bretagne" est officiellement créé à Fort Lamy au Tchad en 1942. Le détachement permanent des forces aériennes au Tchad dont il est issu, assure depuis plus d'un an l'appui aérien de la colonne du général Leclerc équipée avec des Glenn Martin, "Lysander", Potez 540 et d'un Bloch 210. Début 1942, alors que les Britanniques battent en retraite devant Rommel, le groupe "Bretagne" avec ses deux escadrilles "Nantes" et "Rennes" éclaire la route de Leclerc dans les campagnes du Fezzan et acquiert une réputation d'audace...
Diorama : Le P9197 du lieutenant Finance et du sergent Leroy, sommairement réparé le 8 mars à Zouar. Les panneaux du fuselage ont été abandonnés chez les italiens, la veille...
La maquette présentée ici de la marque MATCHBOX ancienne et peu détaillée a été entièrement revue et modifiée d'après des documents d'époque...
Group Bretagne 1942.
The FAFL "Bretagne" group was officially created at Fort Lamy in Chad in 1942. For over a year, the permanent air force detachment in Chad, from which it was formed, had been providing air support for General Leclerc's column, equipped with Glenn Martins, "Lysanders", Potez 540s and a Bloch 210. In early 1942, as the British retreated before Rommel, the "Bretagne" group with its two squadrons, "Nantes" and "Rennes", lit up Leclerc's route through the Fezzan countryside and earned a reputation for daring...
Diorama: Lieutenant Finance and Sergeant Leroy's P9197, summarily repaired on March 8 in Zouar. The fuselage panels had been left with the Italians the day before...
The MATCHBOX model presented here is an old and not very detailed one, entirely revised and modified from period documents...
The FAFL "Bretagne" group was officially created at Fort Lamy in Chad in 1942. For over a year, the permanent air force detachment in Chad, from which it was formed, had been providing air support for General Leclerc's column, equipped with Glenn Martins, "Lysanders", Potez 540s and a Bloch 210. In early 1942, as the British retreated before Rommel, the "Bretagne" group with its two squadrons, "Nantes" and "Rennes", lit up Leclerc's route through the Fezzan countryside and earned a reputation for daring...
Diorama: Lieutenant Finance and Sergeant Leroy's P9197, summarily repaired on March 8 in Zouar. The fuselage panels had been left with the Italians the day before...
The MATCHBOX model presented here is an old and not very detailed one, entirely revised and modified from period documents...
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