Aeroplane – June 2018

72 http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com AEROPLANE JULY 2018

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n exhibition dedicated to Ju 88 number 6 has been set up in

the Aeroscopia museum at Toulouse-Blagnac. In the

aeronautical archaeology section can be found a model of the

Junkers painted with ‘Groupe Dor’ markings, and the remains of this

aircraft that were found in 2010. The story of Pierre Mazières and his

crew is related and you can see his helmet and fl ying goggles

donated by his daughter Claudine. One of the relics is especially

moving and symbolic: the clock from the Ju 88’s instrument panel

that stopped at the moment of the crash on 13 November 1944.

Pierre Mazières was not only a courageous pilot, but a gifted

illustrator. His drawings depict well French aeronautical life in the

1930s, featuring types like the Bloch 160, Potez 63, Breguet 693,

Latécoère 301 and others. These artworks have been scanned and

may be viewed on an iPad at Aeroscopia, together with pictures from

his photo albums.

RIGHT: Mazières’ talents as an artist become clear from these three

illustrations, which are among his works displayed by the Aeroscopia

museum in Toulouse.

Some of the Armée de l’Air types photographed by Pierre Mazières:

clockwise from above, a Morane-Saulnier MS225 of Groupe de

Chasse (GC) II/8, Dewoitine D501 serial 182 of GC I/8, Breguet 27

serial 113, Potez 25 serial 774 after a mishap, a Romano R82, and

Hanriot 436 serial 104. The Hanriot and Romano are pictured in front

of the impressive main hangar at Istres, where Mazières trained.

REMEMBERING PIERRE MAZIÈRES

POTEZ 63.11 PILOT

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