History of No.341 Squadron
Fighter wing 1
Fighter Group 1
GC III / 2 "Alsace"
Squadron No.341
39/45 :
51 kills - 16 probable kills
21 killed or missing
8 prisoner
5469 missions - 10.576 hours during the war.
600 vehicles and locomotives destroyed.
39/45:
Decorations :
Croix de la Libération/ Liberation cross.
No.341 Squadron was formed in Scotland on 15 January 1943 (date of former establishment 27August 1942) with aircrews of the Free French, who previously served in the Western desert under Escadrille de Chasse/Fighter wing # 1 (EG 1) and now called Fighter group No 1 "Alsace" (GC-1), equipped with Spitfires. In March it was relocated to Biggin Hill, England to participate in operations over France. In October the squadron moved to Cornwall, England for similar missions over Great Britain. They returned back to Biggin Hill in April 1944 to integrate with No.145 Wing. From August 1944 the 341st would eventually serve in France after the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944. After this in September to forward posts in Belgium. Here they were mainly tasked with armed reconnaissance missions and attacks on German lines of communications and other targets of opportunity. The group then briefly stayed at Turnhouse, Scotland in February 1945. On 7 November 1945 the squadron integrated back into the French Air Force.
The aircraft:
Fighter wing n° 1
Hurricane 03/41 08/41
Fighter group n° 1 "Alsace"
Morane 406 09/41 01/42
Dewoitine 520 09/41 01/42
Curtiss H-75A 09/41 01/42
Hurricane 01/42 10/42
Fighter group III/2 "Alsace" - Squadron 341
Spitfire Mk V 29/01/43 12/06/43
Spitfire Mk IX 12/06/43 10/43
Spitfire Mk V 10/43 02/44
Spitfire Mk IX 02/44 02/45
Spitfire LF XIV 26/06/44 -
Spitfire Mk XVI 03/45 -
Stations:
Fighter wing no 1 / attached to Flight C Sqn 73 under Squadron 274 from 28 may until 2 june.
Amriya (Egypt) 06/03/41 - 07/04/41
Tobrouk-el-Gubbi (Libia) 07/04/41 - 25/04/41
Sidi-Haneish (Libia) 25/04/41 - 01/09/41
Amriya (Egypt) 01/09/41 - Disband
Between 9 april and 23 june EG 1 has 13,5 victory’s in 26 battles, 165 missions and 298 hours of flying. con
Groupe de Chasse/Fighter group n° 1 "Alsace"
Rayack (Lebanon) 15/09/41 - 19/01/42
LG X Ismailia (Egypt) 19/01/42 - 13/04/42
LG 16 - Fukka (Libia) 13/04/42 - 05/06/42
Edcu (Libia) 05/06/42 - 21/06/42
LG 09 - El Dada (Libia) 21/06/42 - 27/06/42
LG 20 (Libia) 27/06/42 - 29/06/42
LG 105 29/06/42 - 01/07/42
Amriya (Egypt) 01/07/42 - 08/09/42
Le Caire (Egypt) 08/09/42 - 15/09/42
Rayack (Lebanon) 15/09/42 - 21/01/43
Groupe de Chasse/Fighter group III/2 "Alsace" - Squadron 341
Turnhouse 21/01/43 - 19/03/43
Biggin Hill 19/03/43 - 11/10/43
Perranporth 11/10/43 - 08/03/44
Ayr 08/03/44 - 15/03/44
Perranporth 15/03/44 - 15/04/44
Merston 15/04/44 - 10/05/44
Llanbdr 10/05/44 - 15/05/44
Merston 15/05/44 - 23/06/44
Funtington 23/06/44 - 01/07/44
Selsey Hill 01/07/44 - 07/08/44
Tangmere 07/08/44 - 19/08/44
B.8 Sommervieu 19/08/44 - 02/09/44
B.29 Bernay 02/09/44 - 10/09/44
B.37 Corroy 10/09/44 - 13/09/44
B.51 Lille-Vendeville 13/09/44 - 19/09/44
B.55 Wevelghem (B) 19/09/44 - 25/11/44
Anvers-Deurne (B) 25/11/44 - 29/01/45
Turnhouse 29/01/45 - 15/03/45
B.85 Schijndel (NL) 15/03/45 - 16/04/45
B.105 Lingen-Drope (D) 16/04/45 - 08/05/45
Group Commanders:
Escadrille de Chasse/Fighter wing n° 1
Slt Denis 06/03/41 - 01/09/41
Groupe de Chasse/Fighter group n° 1 "Alsace"
Cdt Tulasne 15/09/41 - 29/05/42
Cdt Pouliquen 30/05/42 - 09/08/42
Cpt Denis 10/08/42 - 20/10/42
Groupe de Chasse/Fighter group III/2 "Alsace" - Squadron 341
Cdt Mouchotte 01/01/43 - 24/08/43 †
Cdt Dupérier 28/08/43 - 24/09/43
Cdt Montet (Martell) 25/09/43 - 24/08/44
Cdt Schloesing 25/08/44 - 26/08/44 †
Cpt Andrieux 27/08/44 - 08/05/45
Commanders of the 1st wing, "Mulhouse"
Cpt Denis 15/09/41 - 09/08/42
Cpt Martell 21/01/43 - 25/09/43
Lt Bouguen 26/09/43 - 10/03/44 †
Cpr Boudier 11/03/44 - 06/07/44
Lt Girardon 07/07/44 - 10/11/44
Cpt Béguin 11/11/44 - 26/11/44 †
Lt Borne 27/11/44 - 13/12/44
Cpt Tanguy 14/12/44 - 08/05/45
Commanders of the 2nd wing, " Strasbourg"
Lt Littolf 15/09/41 - 30/05/42
Lt Boudier 21/01/43 - 25/09/43
Lt Roos 26/09/43 - 14/05/44
Cpt Andrieux 15/05/44 - 05/07/44
Lt Laurent 06/07/44 - 07/03/45
Lt Borne 03/03/45 - 20/04/45 †
Lt de Laminat 21/04/45 - 08/05/45