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Applied below
lateral window of Bréguet 941 S, the insignia of the Reims based
62nd Transport Wing. Left upper in the shield with the oblique
bar of Lorraine Province, the 1/62 Vercors squadron insigna
including a greyhound probably reflecting traditions of SPA 55, a
fighter flight of WWI, put on a Lorraine Cross emblematic symbol
of the Charles de Gaulle Free French Forces. Second insigna in
the right low corner is the one of ET 2/62 Anjou and shows the
arms of the Anjou Province. The two squadrons flew Nord 2501
Noratlas.
And what about Bréguet 941S? The squadron 3/62 called at the
origin Escadrille Bréguet became Squadron Ventoux and had not
his insignia included in the wing shield applied on aircraft. The
Ventoux insigna showed a fantasy eagle or vulture before the
ultra simplified shape of the Ventoux Mount and about to land on
a vine-tree probably doing reference to the " Côtes du
Ventoux " a wine appreciated in south of France.
