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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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| AUDEBERT
Louis Alexandre |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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Joined
the Group on 13 May 1940
He will join later the
GC II/6 and will be killed in air combat on October 16, 1942
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Born in Queaux (86 -
Vienne) on 29 October 1916
Died at Tivouane (Senegal) on 16 October 1942
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| BEDA
Antoni |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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2
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Antoni BEDA, an instructor
at the Polish Air Force Academy in 1939, did not take part
in the fighting during the German invasion of Poland.
When Poland surrendered, he managed to reach France via Romania
and joined the French Air Force. Initially assigned to the
Montpellier Training School, he joined the GC I/2 Group on
29 March 1940. Wounded in air combat on 11 June 1940.
After the Armistice, from Saint-Jean de Luz, he took a boat
for Liverpool. He fought with the RAF. Demobilised in December
1946, he emigrated to the United States. He was killed in
a car accident in Florida in October 1963.
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Born in Lodz (Poland)
on 20 May 1912
Killed in Ocala, Florida (USA) in October 1963
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| BERTROU
Paul - Marie |
Captain
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Captain
BERTROU will join the GC II/2 on January 12th 1940 as Group
Commander. He will be killed in air combat on May 12, 1940 |
Born 06 August 1902
at Tarbes (65 - Hautes Pyrénées)
Died at Regniowez (08 - Ardennes) on 12 May 1940
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| BRAGEOT |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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| BRUCKERT
Henri |
Adjutant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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Killed
in aerial combat on April 2, 1940 |
Born 23 March 1912 at
Illkirch (67 - Bas-Rhin)
Died at Ernstein (67 - Bas-Rhin) on 02 April 1940
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| BRZEZINSKI
Jozef |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Polish
pilot assigned to the Group on March 29, 1940. |
Born on 3 July 1909
in Suwalki (Poland)
Killed on 15 March 1942 in Exter (Great Britain)
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| CHABERT
Jean |
Adjutant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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| CHALUPA
Stanislaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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3
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1
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After completing his studies,
Stanislaw Chalupa entered the Artillery Officers' School before
joining the Air Force Pilot School in Deblin. He graduated
in 1938. He fought in the Polish Campaign and won his first
victory. After the Polish surrender, he went to France via
Romania, and after a period of training, he was posted to
the Group on 29 March 1940. Wounded in air combat on 17 May
1940.
After the Armistice of
June 1940, from Saint-Jean de Luz, he took a boat to Liverpool
in Great Britain, and took part in the Battle of Britain with
Squadron 302. In 1942, he left the combat units and was assigned
to operations before becoming an instructor. He was demobilised
in December 1946 as a Captain.
Returning to civilian
life, he worked first in England and then in Canada. After
his retirement, he returned to Poland in 1995, to Krakow.
He died on 24 April 2004.
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Born in Krakow (Poland)
on 14 January 1915
Died in Krakow on 24 April 2004
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| COADOU
Marcel |
Commander
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Staff
Group
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Major COADOU, World War
I ace was reinstated in the Air Force in December 1937, at
the age of 40 and joined the GC I/2 as Deputy Commander.
In 1931, he created
the first flying club of Brittany on the St-Michel en Grèves,
which is now the ACCG of LANNION, street of Commandant COADOU.
On September 13, 1937, he was decorated, on the airfield of
St Michel en Grève, with the order of Commander of
the Legion of Honour.
After the war, Marcel COADOU and his wife, Mrs Sabine COADOU
became instructor pilots at the Aero Club of Frejus-St-Raphael.
Marcel COADOU was also
an inventor, with notably a double fuel supply system that
allowed him to fly on his back or the installation of a machine
gun borrowed from the armoury, above the wing of his Caudron
G3 to double the firepower.
After the First World War, his inventiveness didn't stop there:
he made many inventions including cars (Aerolythe, Vélolythe,...).
A street in Lannion and a square in Saint-Raphael bear his
name, as well as a stele in Fréjus (Rue des Batteries).
Source Mrs COADOU Michelle
- Daughter of Commandant COADOU
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Born February 7, 1897
in Saint Brieuc (22 - Côtes d'Amor)
Died on 22 October 1985
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| COUBE
Raymond - François |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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1st Sqn.
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He
later joined the GC II/1 and was killed in air combat on April
21, 1941 |
Born
February 04,1909 at Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (54 Meurthe
et Moselle)
Died April 21, 1941 at Cannet des Maures (83 - Var) |
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| COUDERC |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Joined
the Group at the end of September 1939: Potez 631 pilot. Moved
on March 27, 1940. |
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| DARDAINE
Henri - Charles |
Adjutant
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2nd Sqn.
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Henri DARDAINE joined
the Air Force in 1931. He obtained his Military Pilot's Licence
in Istres and was posted to the 5th Fighter Wing in Bron.
He joined the GC I/2
Group in September 1939 from the GC II/4.
After the Armistice, he became a pilot in the Vichy Air Force
and was seriously wounded in Syria in 1941. He then joined
the Free French Air Force.
After the war, he
was posted to the Cabinet of André Philip, Minister
for the Economy. In 1950, he returned to the Bron base as
Flight Commander of the Reserves Training Centre.
In 1956, he volunteered for Algeria.
In 1957, he left the
Air Force and continued his career in civil aviation, as
a pilot for the newspaper "Le Progrès".
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Born in Lunéville
(54 - Meurthe et Moselle) on 7 January 1912
Died in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (69 - Rhône) on 13
January 1987
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| DARU
Pierre |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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Transferred
to CIC on June 13, 1940. |
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| DE-CHASTEIGNER
Guy |
Adjutant
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1st Sqn.
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Killed
by accident on 21 October 1939 (mortally wounded by Captain
William when firing a rifle at stones: one of the bullets ricocheted
and hit Warrant Officer DE-CHASTEIGNER in the head...) |
Born 21 May 1908, Léognan
(33 - Gironde)
Died at Beauvais (60 - Oise) on 22 October 1939
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| DE-LA-BRETONNIERE
Jacques |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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1
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Reservist,
he joined GC I / 2 in August 1939. Transferred to GC III / 1
on 10 Juny 1940. |
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| DE-PUYBUSQUE
Jacques - Jean |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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7
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Jacques de PUYBUSQUE joined
the French Air Force in 1938, and obtained his pilot's licence
in July 1938. He joined the GC I/2 on 7 August 1939.
After the Armistice, he
was initially posted to the depot base at Salon en Provence,
but volunteered to go to Indochina and was transferred to
the A596 fighter squadron.
On 27 June 1941, during
a joint exercise with the French Navy, Jacques de PUYBUSQUE's
Morane MS406 disappeared at sea.
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Born on 22 October 1919
in Saint-Sulpice de Lézat (31 - Haute garonne)
Died 27 June 1941 in Vietnam
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| DE-VILLARS
Abel - Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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2
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He
was killed in air combat on 05/12/1942 |
Born in Toulon (83 -
Var) on 25 April 1915
Died at Meknès (Morocco) on 05 December 1942
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| DIAZ
Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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Left Group GC I/2 on 15
April to join GC III/6.
After the Armistice, he
volunteered for Indo-China, which he joined in October 1940.
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| FRANCOIS |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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| GIVELET
Fernand |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Joined
the Group in mobilization, August 1939 |
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| GLOANEC |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Joined
the Group on 7 August 1939. Wounded in air combat on 24 May
1940, he had to parachute. Caught by a spy from the 5th Column,
he was shot at while still attached to his parachute. A car
finally took him to a hospital, but it took a wrong turn and
had to turn back to avoid going back to the front. During the
manoeuvre, the car hit a lorry and Sergeant GLOANEC was wounded
again.... He spent eight days in hospital. |
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| GOILE
Alexis Clement |
Staff-Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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After the Armistice,
he crossed the Franco-Spanish border illegally to join the
French Forces in North Africa.
He was killed in air combat in Marrakech on 11 June 1943.
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Born in Teilhède
(63 - Puy-de-Dôme) on 23 August 1914
Died in Marrakech (Morocco) on 11 June 1943
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| HUSSON
Guy - Paul |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Second
Lieutenant HUSSON later joined the GC I/4 and was killed in
air combat on 07 March 1944. |
Born in Haiphong (Tonkin)
on 01 July 1916
Died 07 March 1944 at Ain Defla (Algeria)
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| HYVERNAULT
Pierre - René |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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3
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1
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Pierre HYVERNAULT passed
the entrance exam to the Saint-Cyr School with flying colours,
and joined the French Air Force in September 1928 for 8 years.
At the end of the final examinations, with a very honourable
22nd place out of 336 candidates, he was accepted at the Ecole
Militaire Aéronautique de Versailles, which he entered
in October 1930. He obtained his military pilot's licence
in December 1931. He was posted to the 3rd Fighter Aviation
Regiment based at Chateauroux.
In January 1934, he was posted to headquarters, but his qualities
as a leader of men and organiser quickly led Pierre Hyvernault
to return to the unit and he took over the command of the
2nd Squadron of the 2nd EALD (Escadrille Aérienne Légère
de Défense). In November 1938, he was posted to the
Inspection Générale de l'Aviation de Chasse,
but in May 1939, faced with the increasingly worrying situation
in Europe, he joined the 1st Air Force and was posted to the
GC I/2 in March 1940.
Captain Pierre Hyvernault
was killed in aerial combat on 11 May 1940.
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Born in Cluis (36 -
Indre) on 26 July 1908
Died at Blénoud-lès-Toul (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
on 11 May 1940
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| JOST
Victor |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Joined
the Group on October 18, 1939. Left GC I / 2 on November 16,
1939 for assignment to CIC. |
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| JOUSSELIN |
Master-Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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| LAURANT
Michel - Georges |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Joined the Group on 13
May 1940 from the CIC at Chartres.
After the Armistice, he
was posted to Fighter Squadron 565 of the Vichy Air Force,
based in Ivato-Tannarive, Madagascar. He was there in May
1942, when the British attacked the island. It was shot down
on 7 May 1942, but managed to land on its belly.
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Born in Toulon (83 -
Var) on 16 August 1916
Died at Houga (32 - Gers) on 2 May 2009
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| LE-MARTELOT
Emile |
Adjutant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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Emile Martelot joined
the French Air Force in 1930 and qualified as a military pilot
in September 1930. He joined the GC I/2 in the mid-1930s.
He was wounded in air
combat on 2 April 1940.
After the Armistice,
in February 1941, he joined the Alliance network of the Forces
Françaises de l'Intérieur. In June 1943, he
managed to reach Great Britain via Spain and Portugal.
He asked to be posted to the Normandy-Niemen Group and was
seriously wounded in air combat in September 1944. He had
to leave the Group and returned to France.
At the beginning of 1945,
with the rank of Captain, he was assigned to supervise student
pilots in the United States. On his return to France, he was
posted to the Brétigny Test Centre. He did a short
stint in Korea, before returning to the Test Centre. He was
killed on 18 June 1952 while testing a Gloster Meteor at the
Andelys airfield.
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Born on 2 June 1911
in Montreuil (93 - Seine-Saint-Denis)
Died at Andelys (27 - Eure) on 18 June 1952
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| LEMOINE |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Assigned
to the Group on March 23, 1940. Assigned June 13, 1940 to CIC
de Cazaux. |
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| MARCHELIDON
Jacques - Léon |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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1
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After the Armistice, Jacques
MARCHELIDON fought in the Free French Forces with the 329
Sqn "Cigogne", the new name of the GC I/2, equipped
with Spitfire Vs and then Spitfire IXs. Already holder of
the British DSO in 1945, he was awarded the Flying Cross in
1946 by the Dutch government in exile in London.
Lieutenant-Colonel, he
commanded the 7th Fighter Wing from 17 November 1951 to 17
October 1953.
In December 1961, Colonel
MARCHELIDON was given a three-year suspended prison sentence
for having participated in the preparation of the Algiers
putsh on 21 April 1961. He was Deputy Head of Operations at
the Sahara Joint Command Staff.)
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Born in Pouligny-Saint-Pierre
(36 - Indre) on 27 March 1916
Died at Gien (45 - Loiret) on 9 October 1982
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| MEUNIER
René - Eugène |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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1
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Joined
the Group on August 7th 1939.
still in the GC I/2, he
will be killed in command service on 24/03/1947 in Ba Qued
(Cochinchina)
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Born in Cholet (49 -
Maine et Loire) on 03 November 1919
Died at Ba Qued (Indochina) on 24 March 1947
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| MONTY
André |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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4
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Reservist,
he joined GC I / 2 in August 1939. Killed in aerial combat on
June 8 1940 |
Born in Paris (75) on
12 June 1910
Died 08 June 1940 at Corcy (02 - Aisne)
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| PAMULA
Léopold |
Lieut.-Colonel
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Léopold PAMULA
began his military career as an infantryman in the Austro-Hungarian
Army before joining the Polish Army in 1919. It was not until
1923 that he joined the Bydgoszcz Flying School.
Lieutenant-Colonel at the time of the attack on Poland by
the German Army, he was severely wounded in aerial combat.
Like many Poles, he managed to reach France via Romania.
He was posted to the
Polish pilot training centre at Lyon-Bron, then appointed
Commander of the 3rd Polish Fighter Squadron in France before
joining the GC I/2.
On 19 June 1940, he
managed to take a boat from Bordeaux to Plymouth.
Too old (40) to fly a plane, he was to be appointed commander
of a Polish Fighter Squadron, but died of a blood infection
after dental treatment...
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Born 15 November 1898,
Buczacz, Poland
Died at Nocton (Great Britain) on 9 August 1940
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| PATUREAU-MIRAND
Raoul - Marie |
Captain
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Staff.
2° Sqn.
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4
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Killed
by the flak on June 17 1940 |
Born in Chateauroux
(36 - Indre) on 22 February 1913
Died at La Charité-sur-loire (58 - Nièvre) on
17 June 1940
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| PERSON |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Joined
the Group on September 25, 1939. Left GCI / 2 on November 16
for assignment to a Recognition Group. |
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| PICHON
Maurice - Etienne |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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1
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Joined the Group on 17
September 1939.
Maurice PICHON died in
an accident at the controls of a GOELAND Caudron belonging
to the Services Civils des Liaisons Aériennes (SCLA):
lost in thick fog, the aircraft crashed to the ground. The
two crewmen and two passengers were killed.
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Born on 16 February
1913
Died 3 September 1941 at Crémieu (38 - Isère)
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| PINCE |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Joined
the Group in Juny 1940. |
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| PROVENSAL
Luc - Louis |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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| ROGER |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Joined
the Group in September 1939 from GC I / 3. Leaves GC I / 2 on
November 16 for CIC assignment. |
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| SARRAULT |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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As commander of the CEAM
(Centre d'Expérience Aériennes Militaires),
he joined the GC I/2 on 7 June 1940 and replaced Commander
DARU, who had been transferred to the CIC, on 13 June 1940.
Captain SARRAULT to become
Air Brigadier General
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| STREIFF
Raymond - Clement |
Adjutant
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2nd Sqn.
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3
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Raymond STRIEFF qualified
as a Farman pilot in 1929 and joined the French Air Force
in 1930. He qualified as a Military Pilot and was posted to
the 2nd Fighter Regiment in Strasbourg, then to the Chartres
air base.
On mobilisation, he was
posted to the GC I/2 and was placed on Armistice leave in
June 1940. He was posted to general supplies at Le Mans.
In 1942, he was posted
to Vichy, to the Secretary of State for Aviation, and to the
Service des Oeuvres Sociales de l'Air based in Vichy.
In 1946, he was posted
to the GAL in Germany. He was placed on active personnel leave
in 1947.
Returning to civilian
life, he was an executive pilot with Motostandard.
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Born 23 November 1908
in Isming (57 - Moselle)
Died at Strasbourg (67 - Bas-Rhin) on 28 December 1996
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| TOURET
Jean |
Sergeant
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2nd Sqn.
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Assigned to the Group
in September 1939. Left GC I/2 on 16 November for assignment
to the CIC.
He was later assigned
to the GC I/3.
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Born on 01 January 1915
at Champagnac-le-Vieux (43 - Haute-Loire)
Died on 29 July 1999 at Le Puy en Velay (43 - Haute-Loire)
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| TRINCANO |
Staff-Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Joined
the Group on September 17, 1939. Leaving GC I / 2 in December
for GC I / 9, he returned to the Group on June 21 1940 |
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| VIDAL
Maurice - Marie |
Captain
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Staff
Group
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Killed
in aerial combat on April 7, 1940 |
Born in Saumur (49 -
Maine et Loire) on 05 April 1906
Died 07 April 1940 at Saverne (67 - Bas-Rhin)
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| WEBER
René |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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2
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After
the Armistice, René WEBER fought in the Free French Air
Force with GC I/4 Navarre. |
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| WILLIAME
Robert - Eugène |
Captain
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Staff
. 1° Sqn.
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8
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1
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Robert Williame entered
the Saint-Cyr Military School in 1930. In 1932, he joined
the French Air Force with the rank of Second Lieutenant, and
was commissioned as a Military Pilot at Avord in 1933. He
joined the GC I/2 Group on 1 October 1934.
In July 1940, he contracted
scarlet fever and was forced to take a rest. He returned to
service in September, but as the GC I/2 Group had been disbanded
in August 1940, he was posted to the GC II/9, which he joined
on 2 October 1940. He took command of the 6th Squadron of
GC III/9. He was killed by accident on 31 October 1940 during
a simulated air battle on board a MB152 Bloch: he was "confronting"
Captain TRICAUD at the time, but his aircraft stalled at low
altitude, probably as a result of Captain WILLIAME feeling
unwell, still weakened by his illness.
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Born
February 24th 1911 at Saint-Martin-Boulogne (62 - Pas de Calais)
Died at Salon-en-Provence (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône) on 31/10/1940 |
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| ZINNICKER
Pierre |
Sergeant
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1st Sqn.
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Joined the Group on 18
October 1939
He joined the GC III/2
and was shot down in aerial combat on 8 June 1940: alone on
board his Curtiss H75, he attacked a German formation of around
thirty Bombers escorted by around fifteen Chasseurs... The
battle was too unequal and the aircraft went down in flames.
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Born in 1919 BOSSANCOURT
(10 - Aube)
Killed on 8 June 1940
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