EAW Curtiss Hawk H75 A-3
GCI/5 
April 1940 - France
Pilot : Edmond MARIN LA MESLEE
16 confirmed air kills (+4 probable).

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Sous-Lt Edmond MARIN LA MESLE was based in Suippes with the GC I/5 when war broke out.
He had to wait till January 1940 to shoot down his first ennemy aircraft (Do-17), sharing this victory with his wingman. From january to June 1940, he claimed 14 air kill. He took command of GC I/5. He was then the most successful French pilot who participated in the Battle of France.
After the armistice, the GC I/5 was sent in Algeria.
After the Torch Landing, the GC I/5 was re-equiped first with P-39, and later with P-47. He had now the rank of Cdt, leading the GC I/5 "Champagne".
Edmond MARIN LA MESLE died the 4th of February 1945, when his P-47 was hit by the flak, during an attack on a German vehicle convoy.

11 january 40 	Do 17	  Haucourt-Moulaine
12 may 40	Ju 87	  Bouillon (Belgium)
12 may 40	Ju 87	  Pouru-Saint-Rmy
12 may 40	Ju 87	  Sainte-Ccile (Belgium)
13 may 40	Me 109	  Stonne
15 may 40	Hs 126	  Vendresse
16 may 40	Do 215	  Rethel
18 may 40	He 111	  Rethel
18 may 40	He 111	  Arcis
18 may 40	He 111	  Laon / Soissons
19 may 40	He 111	  Hesse 
24 may 40	Hs 126	  Saint-Loup
25 may 40	Hs 126	  Briquenay 
26 may 40	He 111	  Tanay
03 june 40	Hs 126	  Sommauthe
10 june 40	Ju 88	  Chatillon-sur-Bar

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Credits :
Captain Kurt : 3Dz
Patrick Grand-Chavin : 3Dz Cockpit (seen from the outsite) + cables (tail/wings)
Rob Der Fuch : Un-mirroring.
Claudio Wilches : Cockpit & Shadow.
Woolfman : propeller transparency.
Woolfman : Underside parts of the skin
Other people involved : Capitan Manduca, Geo
FreddyB : Skin

Thanks to all of you.
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Enjoy !

FreddyB


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For those who want to know everything about the origins of this model, here is what Captain Kurt wrote in the previous readme about this model :

"...It is intended For use with Charles Gunst's ECA (Enemy Coast Ahead) Panel, using the Typhoon slot, [...]. To use, unzip the *.tpc files, and the *.3dz files then place in your EAW directory.
This is a completely re-designed 3DZ model developed from a wireframe of the P40 from Microprose's "1942: Pacific Air War". The skin is also by me.
This has been something of a community project, in the best spirit of the great EAW community.
It is completely non-mirrored, courtesy of Rob Der Fuchs work. He contributed his solution to this and I was able to incorporate most of what he did. The entire fuselage and the insignia areas of the wings are separate.
Geo helped me solve some 3DZ issues with the gun fairings disappearing at certain angles.
Claudio Wilches has made the cockpit for this plane, with completely new interior and wing views. Claudio also built the shadow model and fixed a 3DZ problem with the cockpit height.
Capitan Manducas work for the pitot tube was also used and incorporated into the new model. 
I would also like to thank Alessandro Borges for his 3DZ!Studio and 3DZ converter tools. Without these I could do nothing like this. And finally, I understand that the Woolfman was responsible for first adding an EAW prop and transparency to the PAW model...."
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