MANNING AN; AIRCRAFT PIECE aboard the Algerie, a French cruiser. Ratings are awaiting the order to fire when this fast vessel is attacked by hostile aircraft. The French navy drew its personnel from three sources: the Inscription Maritime, founded in the reign of Louis XIV., a register of the whole seafaring population of. : the country, through which the fleet gets its backbone of Breton fishermen; a share of the conscripts called up each year; and a certain number of volunteers.
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Evening Star, Issue 23620, 5 July 1940, Page 5
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80MANNING AN; AIRCRAFT PIECE aboard the Algerie, a French cruiser. Ratings are awaiting the order to fire when this fast vessel is attacked by hostile aircraft. The French navy drew its personnel from three sources: the Inscription Maritime, founded in the reign of Louis XIV., a register of the whole seafaring population of.: the country, through which the fleet gets its backbone of Breton fishermen; a share of the conscripts called up each year; and a certain number of volunteers. Evening Star, Issue 23620, 5 July 1940, Page 5
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