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Pilots
of Group
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Names
of pilots
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Rank
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Squadron
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Victories
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Informations
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Civil
Statut
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Photo
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Citations
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Sure
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Prob.
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| AMOUROUX
Edouard |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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In 1931, Edouard AMOUROUX
became head of the Etampes Patrol on the MS230, before joining
the Middle East in 1933.
Transferred to the USA on 24 April 1940
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| BARDET
Joseph |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn
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Transferred on 13 December
1939 to GCII/9.
He was wounded in air combat on 3 June 1940.
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Born on 18 December
1910 in Le Havre (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Died 29 September 1973 at Villenave-d'Ormon (33 - Gironde)
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| BOUVARRE
Pierre - Gérard |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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Captain
Bouvarre, a graduate of the special military school of Saint-Cyr,
was 29 years old in 1939.
Captain Bouvarre was
later transferred to the GC III/7.
Pierre BOUVARRE was appointed General of the Air Division
on 8 June 1962.
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Born in Coudekerque-Branche
(59 - Nord) on 13 September 1910
Died in Versailles (78 - Yvelines) on 18 November 1997
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| CALMON
Robert - Georges |
Captain
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1st Sqn
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Transferred
on 16 May to GC I/8 (Commander 2ieme Esc) |
Born in Paris (75) on
24 March 1910
Died 21 November 1979 at Créteil (94 - Val de Marne)
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| COADER
Louis - Julie |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn
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2
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2
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Killed in aerial combat
on 20 May 1940: hit during a fight with 3 ME110s, he jumped
too late by parachute and crashed to the ground.
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Born in Paris (75) on
29 August 1913
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Senlis (60 - Oise)
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| COUTEAUD
Germain - Yves |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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6
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2
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A former Polytechnique
student, he joined the GC I/1 in 1936. He left the GC I/1
on 3 August 1940 for the Staff of the Secretariat for Aviation.
After the war, he wrote several books, including "La
navigation Aérienne" (1953) and "Le pilotage
des Avions modernes" (1957).
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Born 16 July 1911 in
Ysuf (Algeria)
Died at Saumur (49 - Maine et Loire) on 8 October 2001
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| DELEGAY
Robert - André |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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2nd Sqn.
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3
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1
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Born on 20 January 1907
in Paris (75)
Died 17 March 1983 at Créteil (94 - Val de Marne)
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| DE-PINS
Gérard - Joseph |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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1
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Assigned to the Group
on 11th June 1940 from GC I/10.
In January 1941, Lieutenant DE-PINS joined the GC I/4 in Dakar.
After the war, Gérard DE-PINS was appointed General
and commanded the BA116 base at Mont de Marsan from 10 May
1950 to 30 April 1960.
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Born in Montpellier
(34 - Hérault) on 19 March 1915
Died at Campet-et-Lamolère (40 - Landes) on 16 October
1998
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| DETROYAT
Michel |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Michel DETROYAT joined
the Air Force in Istres in 1923. He very quickly showed great
qualities as a pilot and excelled in acrobatics. He left the
army in 1927 to become a test pilot with Morane-Saulnier.
He took part in a number of air races and meetings, where
he competed against Marcel DORET, another highly talented
pilot. Michel DETROYAT became Hélène BOUCHER's
acrobatics instructor in 1933 and in April 1938 became an
advisor to the French Air Force.
He joined the GC I/1 on 7 September 1939 before joining the
STAé on 31 October 1939. Demobilised in July 1940,
he remained close to the Vichy government and provided technical
support to the occupying forces, leading to his arrest in
October 1944 at the time of the liberation. He was released
in November 1945 and sentenced in January 1946 to national
degradation and a 20-year residence ban. He returned to France
in 1951 and resumed his career as a pilot. He died in 1956
of a cerebral embolism.
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Born 28 October 1905,
Paris (75)
Died at Neuilly-sur-Seine (92 - Hauts de Seine) on 5 October
1956
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| DUBOST
Albert - Marcel |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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3
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1
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Born in Pionsat (63
- Puy de Dôme) on 9 April 1918
Died at Pionsat on 30 May 1995
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| FARGUES |
Sergeant
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Sergeant
FARGUES later joined ECN II/13. |
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| FIALA
Rudolf |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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Czech
pilot posted on 8 March 1940 from the Chartres CIC. Wounded
in air combat on 26 May 1940: he had to abandon his Bloch MB152
n°240 and landed on the ground badly wounded and burnt. |
Born on 30 January 1911
in Vienna (Austria)
Died 18 May 1971
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| FRALON |
Sergeant
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1ere
Sqn.
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Wounded
in air combat on 26 May 1940, he jumped by parachute and was
evacuated to Senlis hospital. |
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| GARDE
Georges - Julien |
Captain
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Staff
Groupe
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5
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1
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Georges GARDE joined
the French Air Force in August 1921 and obtained his pilot's
licence in April 1922. From 1926 to 1932, he was posted to
French West Africa and took part in local conflicts against
the "Rebels" in Mauritania and then in the High
Atlas.
In 1932, he was posted to the 1st Fighter Wing based at Villacoublay.
From 1933 to 1934, he took part in the Croisière Noire,
a raid from North Africa to Sub-Saharan Africa aboard 28 Potez
25 TOEs. He then returned to the 1st Fighter Wing and was
appointed Captain, before taking command of the 2nd Squadron.
Georges GARDE was placed on Armistice leave in 1943 and joined
the Resistance. He managed to leave France for Algiers. He
was commander of the Meknés fighter training centre.
After the war, Georges GARDE was for a time Head of the Air
Force Information Service before taking command of the 60th
Transport Wing at Villacoublay. He was promoted to Air Brigadier
General in 1954.
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Born in Tarare (69 -
Rhône) on 30 July 1903
Died at Fréjus (83 - Var) on 8 July 1986
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| HAMARD
Roger |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn
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Wounded
on 22 December 1939 after landing in open country (Lost in the
fog: out of fuel) |
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| HONORAT
Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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Staff
Sergeant HONORAT later joined the GC II/8. |
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| JODA
Antoni |
Corporal
-Chef
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1st Sqn.
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Polish pilot posted
on 14 June 1940 from GC I/145
He joined the RAF and was posted to 307 Sqn.
He was killed on 10 January 1941 when the Boulton Paul DEFIANT,
in which he was a passenger, was lost after a radio failure
and crashed into the sea off the coast of North-West Wales.
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Born on 21 July 1915
in Kurpiesze (Belarus)
Killed on 10 January 1941 near Isle of Man
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| JULIEN |
Adjudant
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2nd Sqn.
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| KRAKORA
Jan |
Corporal
-Chef
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2nd Sqn.
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Czech
pilot posted on 31 December 1939. Killed by accident on 23rd
April 1940: during a combat exercise with Warrant Officer LEVASSEUR,
Jan KRAKORA loses control of his aircraft, which crashes to
the ground and bursts into flames. A civilian and a soldier
trying to get the Pilot out of the aircraft were killed in the
explosion of a machine-gun magazine. |
Born 12/04/1914 at Lysalaye
(Czechoslovakia)
Killed on 23/04/1940 at Gouvieux (60 - Oise)
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| KRAL
Jiri |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Jiri KRAL, Czech pilot,
left his country on 1st May 1939, passing through Poland before
reaching France. He was posted to GC I/1 on 31 December 1939.Killed
in aerial combat on 8 June 1940, on board Bloch MB152 n°299:
He evacuated his burning aircraft, but his parachute did not
open....
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Born on 15 March 1910
in Polanka nad Odrou (Czechoslovakia)
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Montdidier (80 - Somme)
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| KUNTZEL
Auguste |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Transferred
to the Montpellier CIC as an instructor in February 1940. He
subsequently joined the GC III/3, then the GC III/6 on 3 September
1939, before being demobilised on 25 October 1940. |
Born on 27 March 1910
in Yutz (57 - Moselle)
Died at Strasbourg (68 - Bas-Rhin) on 13 June 1992
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| LABREUVEUX |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Following
health problems linked to high-altitude combat training, Lieutenant
LABREUVEUX was forced to leave the Chasse and was transferred
to the CIC at Chartres on 27 February 1940. |
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| LEGENTIL
André |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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3
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1
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Assigned to the Group
on 6 December 1939. Seriously wounded in air combat on 3 June
1940.
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Born on 6 January 1913
Killed on 11 September 1943
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| LEMERRE
Pierre - Jean |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Transferred
to school on 15 October 1939 |
Born 26 July 1897, Paris
(75)
Died in Paris on 21 September 1983
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| LEPROVOST
Jacques |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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Born in Saigon (Vietnam)
on 11 July 1915
Died at Lavaur (81 - Tarn) on 3 April 1991
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| LEVASSEUR
Marcel |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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2nd Sqn.
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Wounded
in air combat on 12 May 1940 |
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| MANFROY
Robert - André |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Born in Chatellerault
(86 - Vendée) on 28 August 1916
Died at Tours (37 - Indre et Loire) on 23 December 1991
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| MARECHAL
Bernard - André |
Captain
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1
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1
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Posted to the group on
7 March 1940. Killed in air combat on 3 June 1940.
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Born on 10 December
1907 at Annecy (74 - Haute-Savoie)
Killed on 03 June 1940 at Senlis (60 - Oise)
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| MARKIEWICZ
Antoni - Lucjan |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Antoni MARKIEWICZ joined
the Polish Air Force in 1931 and was posted to the 22 Bomber
Eskadra in Krakow. In 1936, he joined an advanced fighter
pilot course. On 1 September 1939, he shot down a Henshel
126, probably the first aircraft of the Second World War to
be killed in aerial combat. On 17th September, Markiewicz
flew to Romania, reached France via Beirut and joined the
I/145 Fighter Group, which had already won 3 victories in
Poland. He was posted on 14 June 1940.
After the armistice, he went to England and was posted to
302 Sqn, where he suffered a serious accident in February
1941 and never flew again.
Demobilised in November 1945, he remained in Great Britain
and took the name AL MARTIN.
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Born on 13 January 1915
in Sandomierz (Poland)
Died on 30 April 2005
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| MICHEL |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Left
GC I/1 on 18 September 1940 to join the "Jeunesse et Montagne"
movement |
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| MICHY
Louis - Eugène |
Commandant
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Staff
Groupe
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Born 22 January 1899,
Paris (75)
Died at Saujon (17 - Charente-Maritime) on 12 July 1993
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| MONCHANIN
Jean - Julien |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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1st Sqn.
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1
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Jean MONCHANIN joined
the Group on 8 September 1939 from the Etampes Patrol.
Wounded in air combat on 17 May 1940.
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Born in Charrecey (72
- Saône et Loire) on 9 August 1907
Died at Fismes (51 - Marne) on 23 October 1972
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| MOREL |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Wounded
in air combat on 21 May 1940 |
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| NOVACEK
Cyril |
Captain
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1st Sqn.
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Czech
pilot posted on 8 March 1940 from the Chartres CIC. He was wounded
in air combat on 9 June 1940. |
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| OZANNE
Jean - Marie |
Lieutenant
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Former Polytechnique
student.
First posted to the Chartres CIC from 27 September 1939 to
6 March 1940, he then joined the GC I/1 and was transferred
to the GC III/10 on 15 April.
He commanded the GC I/2 from 1944 to 1945.
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Born on 9 May 1912 in
Gruchet-le-Valasse (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Died at Caen (14 - Calvados) on 29 November 1978
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| PALLIER
Gabriel |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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Gabriel PALLIER, who
joined the French Air Force in 1915, fought as a fighter pilot
and was credited with two probable victories.
He joined the Saumur Officer Training School in 1921 and 1922
and, with the rank of Lieutenant, was posted to Syria.
On his return to France, he was posted to the Ecole d'Avord
and promoted to Captain. From 1931 to 1934, he joined the
4th Indochina Escadrille, where he flew raids on Potez 25
TOEs. He returned to France to take command of the 1ere Escadre
d'Aviation légère de Défense before taking
command of GC I/1, then based at Etampes, in October 1936.
Transferred on 14 April 1940 to the Saint-Cyr pilot school,
he tried in June 1940 to transfer his school to North Africa,
but the limited autonomy of his aircraft decided otherwise.
He was appointed acting commander of the Toulouse-Francazal
air park, but refusing to collaborate, he preferred to ask
to be put on leave before joining the FFI in Paris in 1943.
He took part in the liberation of Paris. He rejoined the Air
Force in 1947 and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel. He held
various administrative posts before retiring in 1951.
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Born
on 19 October 1896 in Quang-Yen (Tonkin)
Died at Fréjus (83 - Var) on 23 July 1990 |
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| PARAFINSKI
Mieczyslaw - Jan |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Sergeant Mieczyslaw
PARAFINSKI was born in 1914. After the Polish defeat, he went
to France and fought first in the GC I/145 then, on 14 June,
he was posted to the GC I/1. On 18 June 1940, he left this
group with the seven other Polish pilots for England.
Mieczyslaw PARAFINSKI joined the 308th Polish Squadron and
was killed on 26 February 1941 when his Hawker Hurricane crashed
during a training flight in Great Britain.
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Born in 1914 in Krakow
(Poland)
Died in Baginton, Warwicks (Great Britain) on 26 February
1941
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| PARISSE
Jean - Georges |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Transferred
on 30 September to the Versailles School. He later joined the
GC I/3 and was killed in air combat on 21 May 1940. |
Born on 29 June 1917
at Varangéville (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Killed on 21 May 1940 at Fourchette (80 - Somme)
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| PEBREL
Jean |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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2
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Reserve Officer: joined
the Group on 25 August 1939.
He was demobilised on 28 July 1940.
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| PERAUD
Jean - Etienne |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Jean
PERAUD distinguished himself in 1934 by flying a Farman 356
from Paris to Saigon in 6 days and 2 hours, winning the Coupe
du Président de la République. He joined the Group
on 21 October 1939. On 5 April 1940, he was posted to the Ministry
of Air. |
Born on 26 June 1911
in Gond-Pontouvre (16 - Charente)
Died at Libourne (33 - Gironde) on 23 February 1990
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| PIPA
Joseph |
Captain
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Czech pilot posted on
8 March 1940 from the Chartres CIC.
After the Armistice, he joined the RAF and fought mainly in
the Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron (from May 1942 to May 1945).
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Born on 13 October 1915
in Lukov (Czechoslovakia)
Died in Great Britain on 2 January 1977
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| POSTOLKA
Jindrich |
Corporal
-Chef
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Czech
pilot posted on 31 December 1939. After the Armistice, he joined
the RAF and became an instructor at Squadron 311. |
Born 19 February 1913
in Vienna (Austria)
Died in London (Great Britain) on 16 October 1993
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| RENAUD
Marcel - Gustave |
Lieutenant
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Staff
1° Sqn.
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Transferred to the Group
in January 1941 from GC III/7
He was killed in March 1943 off Berck sur Mer while serving
with the Groupe de Chasse n°2 "Ile de France"
of the Free French Air Force.
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Born on 16 July 1920
in Paris (75)
Killed on 13 March 1943 off Berck sur Mer (62 - Pas de Calais)
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| ROQUES
Jacques - Rafael |
Captain
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Staff
Groupe
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Jacques ROQUES, an aviation
enthusiast, qualified as a pilot in September 1915. A Swiss
national, he joined the French Air Force at the age of 18
via the Légion Etrangère. He fought with the
48th Fighter Squadron from January 1917 and was credited with
5 sure and 3 probable victories. Jacques ROQUES, whose father
was Swiss and whose mother was Venezuelan, became a naturalised
French citizen in 1919.
On mobilisation, he rejoined his former SPA 48 squadron at
GC I/1 but took part in only one combat and did not fly much:
Jacques ROQUES was 42 years old at the time...: As Deputy
Group Leader of GC I/1, he briefly took command of the Group
in April 1940. He was demobilised on 30 July 1940 and joined
the French Forces of the Interior.
After the war, he took over the running of his father's pharmaceutical
company.
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Born on 2 August 1897
in Paris (75)
Died at Louveciennes (78 - Yvelines) on 24 May 1988
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| ROSSIGNEUX
Jean - Paul |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Left GC I/1 on 21 September
1940 to join the "Jeunesse et Montagne" movement.
He was killed in May 1942 in Madagascar: the British had sent
a force to seize the port of Diego Suarez. Jean ROSSIGNEUX,
a pilot with Escadrille 555 flying Potez 63-11s, was shot
down by British Grumman MARTLETs.
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Born on 18 January 1916
in Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône)
Killed on 5 May 1942 at Diego-Suarez (Madagascar)
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| ROUX
Ernest |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Flight
engineer assigned to the Group in June 1936 |
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| SCHMIDT
Jean - Lucien |
Lieutenant
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Staff
1stSqn.
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1
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1
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Wounded
in air combat on 21 May 1940 |
Born in Toulouse (31
- Haute-Garonne) on 26 January 1906
Died in Boulogne-Billancourt (92 - Haut-De-Seine) on 4 September
1972
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| SKIBINSKI
Bronislaw - Jerzy |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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In September 1939, Bronislaw
SKIBINSKI, a Polish pilot, fought with the 122nd Polish Fighter
Squadron.
He returned to France after the Polish surrender. Initially
assigned to GC I/145, he joined GC I/1 on 14 June 1940.
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Born
in Kamienskoje (Ukraine) on 12 March 1916
Died at Tours (37 - Indre et loire) on 21 April 1969
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| SOVICHE
Pierre - Henri |
Commander
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Staff
Groupe
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Before the war, in July
1939, Pierre SOVICHE, then a Captain, was part of the Franco-British
mission led by General Doumenc to the USSR.
by General Doumenc in the USSR, accompanied by Major Valin,
Commandant SOVICHE joined GC I/1 on 28 April 1940 to replace
Commandant PALLIER as Group Commander.
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Born on 1 June 1901
in Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Died at Gleizé (69 - Rhône) on 3 August 1988
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| STARKE
Robert -Frédéric |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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5
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Robert Starké
was born on 13 June 1915 in Woerth, Bas-Rhin. He joined the
Romilly air base as a student pilot on 24 August 1935. After
obtaining his wings, he joined the 1st Fighter Squadron based
at Le Bourget on 15 May 1936, then at Villacoublay and finally
at Etampes on 20 October of the same year.
On 24 August 1938, after signing a new contract, Sergeant
Starké was posted to the 2nd Escadrille of GC I/1.
During the "Drôle de Guerre", Sergeant Starké
was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-Chef.
On 20 June 1940, while flying over a HEINKEL HE111 that had
been destroyed on the ground, Sergeant STARKE collided with
another French pilot of the GCI/8, Sub-Lieutenant PORODO.
Miraculously, PORODO escaped unhurt, but Sergeant SARKE was
found burnt to a crisp in his aircraft.
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Born on 13 June 1905
in Woerth (67 - Bas Rhin)
Killed on 20 June 1940 at Saujon (17 - Charente-Maritime)
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| SZEMPLINSKI
Lucjan |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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After
the Polish defeat, he returned to France and fought first with
GC I/145 and then, on 14 June 1940, with GC I/1. On 18 June
1940, he left this group with the seven other Polish pilots
for England. He fought with 307 Sqn and was killed by accident
in January 1944: during a training flight, the starboard engine
of the Bristol Beaufighter in which Lucjan SZEMPLINSKI was flying
failed. The plane crashed as it approached the base. |
Born on
16 June 1912 in Kolaki Male (Poland)
Killed on 13 January 1944 at Montrose, Tayside (Great Britain)
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| TAIN
Jean |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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On 16 May he was transferred
to the GC II/9.
Second lieutenant at the Chaouia base (Morocco), he was killed
on 31/07/1945.
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Born on 21 May 1908
in Langres (52 - Haute-Marne)
Killed on 31 July 1945 at Chaouia (Morocco)
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| TEILLET
Roger |
Staff-Sergeant
|
1st Sqn.
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7
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1
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Roger
TEILLET enlisted in the French Air Force in 1935 and joined
the Rabat Air Base in Morocco. He qualified as a pilot in October
1936. As a young Sergeant, he was posted to GC I/1, 1ere Escadrille,
on 9 March 1937. |
Born in Périgueux
(24 - Dordogne) on 25 January 1914
Died at Senlis (60 - Oise) on 12 October 1988
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| TREBOD
Pierre - Auguste |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Pierre TREBOD, who started
out as a mechanic, obtained his military pilot's licence in
August 1929. After serving with the 2nd fighter aviation regiment
at Strasbourg-Neuhoff, he qualified as a public transport
pilot and became a test pilot at the SNCASO-SNECMA factory
in Chatellerault, flying many routes between Chatellerault
and Bordeaux. With this solid experience, he joined the GC
I/1 on 20 April 1940. He was killed in air combat on 03 June
1940.
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Born on 07 February
1910 in Bordeaux (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 3 June 1940 at Boran-sur-oise (60 - Oise)
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| VEROTS
Auguste |
Adjudant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Originally an aviation
mechanic, Auguste VEROTS joined the Morane flying school in
1935.
He was posted to GC I/1 in 1936.
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Born on 5 November 1910
in Saint-Etienne (42 - Loire)
Died at Puy en Velay (43 - Haute-Loire) on 22 May 2000
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| VIOLET
Georges |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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Before
the war, Captain VIOLET was Commandant of the Ecole de Perfectionnement
à la Chasse in Dijon. He joined the GC III/7 on 15 September
1939, replacing Commandant Champ-De-Pas, and became Deputy Commandant
of the Group. He in turn left the Group on 31 March 1940 to
join GC I/1.
In July 1941 he joined the GC I/2. He died accidentally on 18
August 1943 near Meknes, in a collision with another D520 of
the GC I/2. |
Born on 02 January 1907
at Etoile (26 - Drôme)
Killed on 18 August 1943 at Meknès (Morocco)
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| WCZELIK
Antoni |
Captain
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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An
experienced pilot who had taken part in the fighting in Poland,
Antoni WCZELIK joined France, via Romania, after the Polish
defeat. He first fought with GC I/145 before joining GC I/1
on 14 June 1940. On 18th June, with the other Polish pilots
of the Group, he joined Great Britain and fought with 302 Sqn.
He was killed on 14th April 1942 on board a Spitfire during
a fight against ME109s during a Boston Bomber escort flight.
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Born in
Kalinowszczyj on 4 October 1906
Killed on 14 April 1942 in La Manche
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| ZANIEWSKI
Piotr |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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After graduating from
an infantry school in Konin, he was posted to the 10th Infantry
Regiment in Lowicz, then transferred to the 12th Aviation
Regiment in Krakow. In June 1936, he left for the Grudziadz
aviation school. On graduating, he was transferred to the
121st Fighter Squadron, with which he took part in the occupation
of Zaolzie and the brief 1939 Campaign. After the Polish defeat,
he returned to France via Romania, and fought first with the
GC I/145 before being posted to the GC I/1 on 14 June. On
18 June 1940, he left this group with the seven other Polish
pilots for England. Once across the Channel, he trained with
Squadron 308 from September 1940 to January 1941. He then
joined Squadron 315 from January 1941 to June 1941, and finally
RAF Squadrons 307, 605, 258 and 286. He finished the war as
an instructor in an OTU.
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Born
on 29 January 1917 in Odessa |
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| ZUKOWSKI
Aleksy |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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After the Polish defeat,
he returned to France and fought first with GC I/145 before
being posted to GC I/1 on 14 June. On 18 June 1940, he left
this group with the seven other Polish pilots for England,
where he fought with 302 Sqn.
He was killed on 18 October 1940 on board his hurricane during
a clash with ME109s.
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Born 28
March 1911 in Vilnius (Lithuania)
Killed at Boxley on 18 October 1940
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