3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment
| 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment 3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes |
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| Active | 1943 - 1945 1979 - 1998 |
| Country |
 France
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| Branch | French Army |
| Type | Parachute Infantry |
| Role | Infantry |
| Garrison/HQ |
Brigade SAS 24e DAP |
| Motto(s) | « Who Dares Wins » |
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| Abbreviation | 3e R.C.P |
The 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) or 3e RCP, was a French unit of Second World War known, in the British Army, under the designation of 3rd SAS Regiment. Implicated in operation of the Liberation of France and the Netherlands, the unit disappeared temporarily at the end of the conflict and reappeared between 1979 and 1998.
While at the end of 1942, the 1st Air Infantry Battalion was constituted in England at the corps of the Free French Air Forces, Captain Jean-Marie Bouvier, and Captain Fournier, assembled in Caire volunteers of the Free French Forces. The unit which was created in Rouïba Algeria, was transferred to the Tripolitaine in Libya and to Mena Camp in Egypt before rejoining again Rouïba in October with an effectif of almost 600 men.
Officially constituted on June 6, 1943, the 3rd Air Infantry Battalion joined Camp de Camberly in England on November 7. The unit, reduced unfortunately to almost 300 men, was commanded by Captain Château-Jobert.
The 3rd Air Infantry Battalion (3e BIA) and 1st Air Infantry Battalion (1e BIA), which were just redesignated as 4th Air Infantry Battalion (4eBIA), were regrouped at the corps of a Demi-Brigade, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Durand, a veteran of the Franc Corps of Africa. Integrated in the British Forces, the two BIAs were incorporated in the Special Air Service Brigade of Brigadier Mac Leod starting December 1943. The 3rd and 4th BIA were designated respectively as 3rd and 4th French SAS Regiments at the corps of the Brigade and the men benefitted access to the various SAS centers of instruction.
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