Foreign Air Supply Company

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Foreign Air Supply Company
Compagnie étrangère de Ravitaillement par Air
Company Insignia
Active	1 January 1951 to 31 August 1951
Country	France
Branch	French Foreign Legion
Type	Foreign Airborne Supply
Garrison/HQ	Bac Mai
Colors	Green and Red
Anniversaries	Camerone Day
Engagements	First Indochina War
Abbreviation	C.E.R.A

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 1 January 1949.

The company was created on 1 January 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 1 September 1951, the Air Supply Company of the Land Forces of North Vietam (CRA/FTNV). It then became CRA 3 in 1953.

References

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^ Revue Képi blanc Hors série 2008 n° 1 page 10

External links

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CERA - History of the CERA

French Foreign Legion

Current
units

General Staff Headquarters	Foreign Legion Command
Command Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Music band	French Foreign Legion Music Band
Infantry & parachute infantry	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte
Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
Engineers & parachute engineers	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
units

Administrative and training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments
Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
Infantry & marching regiments	Mounted companies Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Saharan Legion units	Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion
Pioneers & engineers	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division
Transport (armored trains & heavy weight)	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Passage Company of the Foreign Legion (CPLE) 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company
Disciplinary companies	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
Brigades	31st Brigade