hobo9 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Gentlemen, I'm interested to find out the date when the three G.A.T.A.C. (Groupements Aériens Tactiques) groups were first formed. I always thought that Général André Hartemann was the creator of these formations, which would be about 1951(?), however, some websites list dates as early as 1947! Also a list of commanders and service dates would be very helpful. Thank you in advance of any help you may provide, Best Regards, P.N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jure Miljevic Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Hi, P.N. My understanding about three GATACs is more or less the same as yours, although I believe they had been created in 1950. However, according to the article Galsky kohout nad Indocinou (2) by Josef Novotny, published in PKR magazine no. 21 in 1994, Groupemment Tactique Nord for Tonkin and Groupemment Tactique Sud for Cochinchina had been formed in 1947. Unfortunately, my knowledge of Czech language is absolutely basic so there is very little I can add to this information. Still, it seems that especially the former one had been hardly any better than the usual collection of anything with wings French could lay their hands on scrapped together. Not much, but I hope it helps. Cheers Jure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo9 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 2 hours ago, Jure Miljevic said: Hi, P.N. My understanding about three GATACs is more or less the same as yours, although I believe they had been created in 1950. However, according to the article Galsky kohout nad Indocinou (2) by Josef Novotny, published in PKR magazine no. 21 in 1994, Groupemment Tactique Nord for Tonkin and Groupemment Tactique Sud for Cochinchina had been formed in 1947. Unfortunately, my knowledge of Czech language is absolutely basic so there is very little I can add to this information. Still, it seems that especially the former one had been hardly any better than the usual collection of anything with wings French could lay their hands on scrapped together. Not much, but I hope it helps. Cheers Jure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobo9 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 Jure, Thank you for your response. Your comment about 1947 is interesting. Thank you again, P.N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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