 The unit, reduced to just 300 men, was commanded by Captain Château-Jobert.The 3rd Air Infantry Battalion and 1st Air Infantry Battalion, which was just redesignated as the 4th Air Infantry Battalion, were regrouped at the corps of a Demi-Brigade, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Durand, a veteran of the French Corps of Africa.Integrated into the British Forces, the two battalions were incorporated in the Special Air Service Brigade of Brigadier Mac Leod in December 1943.