Fighting to the bitter end, the Armee de L'Air shot down this Henschel 126 on the 24th of June 1940. It was brought down at 6.15p.m by S/Lt. Marchelidon of GC I/2 (probably him in the photo) during an observation sortie between Romans and Valence. Fw H-J. Lessing was killed and Oberlt C. Jahn was badly wounded dying the next day and thus becoming the last German airman killed in action in the Battle of France. This airplane was the last German aircraft shot down by French fighters prior to the Armistice.

The last victory

French Char B1b3 crew posing in front of their tank.They're wearing the heavy leather tankcrew coats.

French tank crew

This Mureaux 115 of G.A.O.507, the recce group assigned to the 5eme D.L.C. (Light Cavalry Division), was shot down near the small french village of Obergailbach (a couple hundred meters from the French-German border) by a Bf109E of JG53 on September 20, 1939. The pilot and observer were only slightly wounded and had already been taken to hospital when these french soldiers posed for this picture.