Foreign Air Supply Company
Military unit
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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 |
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 Vietnam (CRA/FTNV). It then became CRA 3 in 1953.