Foreign Air Supply Company

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

External links

• CERA - History of the CERA