Foreign Air Supply Company
Compagnie étrangère de Ravitaillement par Air
Company Insignia
ActiveJanuary 1, 1951 to August 31, 1951
CountryFrance
BranchFrench Foreign Legion
TypeForeign Airborne Supply
Garrison/HQBac Mai
ColorsGreen and Red
AnniversariesCamerone Day
EngagementsFirst Indochina War
AbbreviationC.E.R.A
Each year, the French Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.

The Foreign Air Supply Company (French: compagnie étrangère de ravitaillement par air) (C.E.R.A.) was an air supply unit of the French Foreign Legion. It provided air delivery of supplies during the First Indochina War.

From October 1948, the Compagnie de Ravitaillement Par Air des Troupes Françaises d’Indochine Nord was assigned to the 1er RCP; then was renamed CRA de la Base Aéroportée Nord (CRA/BAPN) on January 1, 1949.

The company was created on January 1, 1951 from the Air Supply Company (CRA/BAPN). Stationed at Hanoi until 1 August, the foreign combat company was in charge of delivering logistical supply and was manned by 120 legionnaires and 70 autochthones.[1]

Dissolved, the foreign combat company became on September 1, 1951, the Air Supply Company of the Land Forces of North Vietam (CRA/FTNV). It then became CRA 3 in 1953.

References

  1. ↑ Revue Képi blanc Hors série 2008 n° 1 page 10
  • CERA - History of the CERA
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