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The Nord 2501
Noratlas coded BT belonged to EC 2/63 Bigorre based at Pau where
this quadron was entirely devoted to the Paratroopers Instruction
Center activities totalling during 1971 114,855 drops for 20,009
trainees of which 356 were foreign. Certificates delivered
totalled 14,007.
The first squadron of the 63rd Transport Wing, the EC 1/63
Bretagne was then assuming permanent African detachment at Thies,
Senegal.