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24 September 2002, 09:18 AM
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I have been studying a photograph of a crashed Breguet XIV from Escadrille Br.127 that has the winged Elephant insignia on the side of the fuselage. There is a legend painted along the top of the insignia, but it isn't clear enough or contrasty enough to determine what the exact saying or slogan is. It resembles as near as I can make out: "La Pouf Verdier" or something like that. Gregoire, Ludovic, or any other of our French comrades clarify this for me?
Merci, Cigogne
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25 September 2002, 05:15 AM
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The unit was created in april 17 as PS 127 flying paul Smitch bomber, it is credited with the destruction of 3 planes (remember it was a bomber unit) it was first part of GB3 then of GB5
during the war it had 2 insigna the first one was a winged elephant on wheels droping bomb the tail is wearing a tricolor flag and the elephant trump represent the exhaust of the breguet, it was on a blue circle, it was latter changed to a tiger the unit converted in november 17 if you can scan and post me a copy of the picture I can try to make it out
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25 September 2002, 09:11 AM
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Thank you Gregoire!
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2 October 2002, 03:37 PM
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Gregoire,
Any luck with that? Cigogne
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3 October 2002, 06:26 AM
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I have received the picture and try to make the sentence the first world look to be poule (the female chiken) it is also slang expresion for women a bit like bird in english
for the second word it look like verte (green) I must say that I have try to find the letter and make a word in french so you will have somethink somethink like the green chicken (I have been looking at a few picture of Br14 for that unit and it is definitively a personal marking do you have an approximate date of the crash (I will look for french casualty at this date)
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4 October 2002, 09:03 AM
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Gregoire:
Thanks for the info. I appreciate your help in deciphering the legend. Keep me posted. Matt: Sorry, can't post to site. Don't have permission from photo owner to do that. Regards, Cigogne
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No date given on photo or album page.
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