1924, 29 Mai Vue Aerienne “Camp Nord de Kasbah Tadla”

On the 29th of Mai 1924 an aircraft the 6 Escadrille flown bij Pilote Lieutenant Lassene flew over Kasbah Tadla in Morocco. On bord was a passenger Mr. Flandrin. We knew this because aerial photographs were taken during the event.What makes one these photographs interesting is the fact that the location of the cantonnement of


1941 – 1942 Letters from Senegal 4 DBLE

During the Second World War a soldier of the French Foreign Legion serving with the 4e DBLE sent letters to: H. Hasinger who had as address: 48 Avenue Gambetta Graulhet (Tarn) France. The handwriting of this soldier is not one of easiest to read so it took me some time to decipher the above.The same


1961 2REI M8 838662 and Venus

Photograph taken in 1961 in Ain Sefra of two M8 automitrailleuses on parade. Unit 2e REI.Registration number of the M8 in front is 838662.Of the other only the name “Venus” is visible.Part of a serie of photographs taken during the same parade within an album of a German legionnaire.


Where are the other letters of Capitaine Brinon ?

Saint Louis Senegal, 26th of December 1941,an Officer of the Foreign Legion wrote to his wife far away in Nice France: “Christmas past well. Each Legionnaire received his part.All of them got a bottle of wine which is very difficult to get here.At the company we set up a Christmas tree…” The officer is Capitaine


1914 est, Conrade De ALIANTORA an artistic légionnaire

The illustration shown below was made using both water colour and inkt was painted and drawn on a French military postcard, more specific a Carte en Franchise Modèle A2.These cards were almost blank on one side, besides some small print. It depicts an accentuated landscape with a Ksar in the middle and in the front


1942 Versteege, Josef Brevet de Chef de Section

TROUPES DU GROUPEde l’A.O.F.1ère Brigade ANNEXE IVModèle No 1 Article 8 de l’instruction ministerielledu 2 Février 1909, modifié par l’article 9 del’instruction du 29 Juillet 1926 (voir 3o modification du décembre 1930 BREVET DE CHEF DE SECTION La commission d’examen certifie qu’au point de vue de l’instruction militaire théorique et pratique et de l’aptitude au


1941 St Louis Sergent-chef Versteege

Op 11 december 1941 stelde Capitaine Pierre Clément van het 4e DBLE in Saint Louis Senegal een certificaat op voor Sergent-chef Versteege.Hierin verzekerde hij dat Sergent-chef Versteege deel uit had gemaakt van het 11e REI en het recht had zich strijder in de oorlog van 1939-1940 te noemen en tevens het dragen van het Croix


1937 M.D.L. AVENELLE Secteur Postal 405 Ouarzazate Maroc

In mid-October 1937 marechal de logis (M.D.L.) Avenelle of the 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie, (1er REC ) wrote from Secteur Postal 405, Ouarzazate Maroc, a letter to Monsieur Georges Avenelle Architecte 37 rue Thiers in Rouen Seine Inférieure (Infre). Most likely the two were related. The whereabouts of the letter are not known but the cover


1924 Een Duitse vliegeraas in het vreemdelingenlegioen

Begin 1924 berichtte o.a. het dagblad “de Maasbode” over een Duitsche oud kapitein-vliegenier die dienst deed in het Franse Vreemdelingenlegioen onder de naam Leo Karl. Hij werd in Oran gearresteerd wegens moord, spionnage en desertie. Hij verklaarde dat zijn echte naam Karl Heinz was. In de Eerste Wereldoorlog zou hij als gevechtsvlieger 28 Franse vliegtuigen


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