France: Badge of the 701 Training Base of the
French Air Force, in Salon de Provence.
The badge is maker marked by Drago Paris.
Salon de Provence Air Base is a pre-WW2
airfield, which was used by the French Air
Force during the early part of the war.
It served briefly as a base for RAF Bomber
Command Wellingtons, which were sent to
Salon from England, for raids on the Italian
port of Genoa, as a part of Operation Haddock.
After the capitulation of Franc, it became part
of the air force of the Vichy Government.
In 1942, Salon-de-Provence Air Base was
seized by Nazi forces.
Since 1946 the base hosts the training schools
of the French Air Force and Military Aviation.
post WW2 1945 era - Colonial War's 1950s
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