This bombing mission was never approved as Winston Churchill was against it. Late that month on 29 April 1954 C-124 Globemasters from the 322nd Air Division were in the process of air-lifting into Indochina the brand-new 7th BPC (Bataillon de Parachutistes Coloniaux), en route from Europe to Vietnam via Colombo, Ceylon. Thus U. S. Air Force aircraft and personnel were actively involved in Vietnam in 1954. Notable personnel Jacques Massu (10e DP) Marcel Bigeard (6e BPC) Roger Trinquier (GCMA) Jean Sassi (GCMA) Pierre Schoendoerffer (SCA) Raoul Coutard (SPI) Mohamed Oufkir See also First Indochina War French Union Vietnamese National Army References External links CEFEO uniforms Indochina Order of Battle, 1 February 1942 FEFO French resistance in Indochina (1943-1945) Veterans federation website CEFEO evolution (French Defense archives) CEFEO train Corps of France Military units and formations of the First Indochina War Military units and formations of the Cold War Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1956 Expeditionary units and formations