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Fighter Pilots are listed below in alphabetical order. Details of the number of men per arm can be found on the Pilots Home page.

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Rank
Unit
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EBERHARDT
Chief Warrant Officer
ECN V/13
   
ELLIS
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/10
   
ELMLINGER Georges
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/2
Wounded in aerial combat on June 9,1940
6
1
   
EMPRIN Michel
Chief Warrant Officer
GC I/5
Killed in aerial combat on April 24, 1940
   
ENGLER Paul
Captain
GC II/4 on May 15, 1939
4
1
   
ESCOFFIER Pierre - Paul
Lieutenant
GC II/1
Pierre ESCOFFIER did his military service in 1932. A reservist, he was recalled in
1938 and joined the GC II/1 on 23 August 1939. He was demobilised in 1940 and joined a Resistance network.
1
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Born 16 June 1909, Paris (75)
Died in Vallauris (06 - Alpes-Maritimes) on 8 May 2006
 
ESCUDIER Georges
Captain
ECMJ I/16
Georges ESCUDIER enlisted voluntarily in 1927. He joined the Istres school and did the EOR at Avord. He obtained his observer's licence and was posted to the 11th aviation regiment in Metz, then to the 32nd in Dijon in 1929. He entered the École militaire et d'application de l'aéronautique in Versailles in 1932, and was posted to Metz in 1934, then to Bizerte in Tunisia in 1935, and finally to the 6th Wing in 1939. He took part in the French Campaign as part of the ECMJ I/16. He was sent to the Levant to the GC I/7 fighter group at Rayack (Syria) in October 1940. On his return to France, he was posted to the École de l'Air and was responsible for training the chicks at the École de l'Air (October 1941). He was placed on Armistice leave in 1943 and began looking for a new job. He was granted renewable leave until May 1944. He was posted to an Air Force fire brigade and was then appointed commander of the Saint-Cyr airfield. He was arrested in September 1944 by the FFI and interned in Fresnes prison. He appeared before a people's commissioner and was transferred to Saint-Denis, then to Drancy. He was charged at Fresnes and released in April 1945. While waiting for the case to be dismissed, he looked for work and became a housing inspector. He was charged and appeared before the chamber; sentenced, he appealed for clemency. But his conviction excluded him from society. Nevertheless, he worked in the car industry and then in real estate. Georges ESCUDIER was finally amnestied in 1956.
Born 6 January 1908 in Auxonne (21 - Côte-d'Or)
Died 29 March 2006 at Chambourcy (78 - Yvelines).
 
ESTAN Paul
Chief Warrant Officer
DAT Avord
Wounded in aerial combat on May 24, 1940.    
EVRARD
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/10
Transfered to the CIC of Salon on May 31, 1940
   
FABRE Albert
Lieutenant
GC II/6
       
FABRE
Lieutenant
GC II/1
   
FABRE
Adjutant
GC III/9
   
FABRE
Chief Warrant Officer
ECN IV/13
Wounded by accident on September 8, 1939
   
FABRE-GARRUS Yves
Lieutenant
GC II/5 le May 19, 1940
2
1
   
FAISANDIER Pierre
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/9
4
1
   
FARGES
Sergeant
ECN III/13
Machine-gunner    
FARGUES
Sergeant
ECN II/13
 
 
 
FARRIOL
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/1
   
FATIO
Sergeant
GC I/10
GC III/5
   
FAUCHER
Lieutenant
GC III/5
   
FAUCONNET Pierre
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/4 on March 1940,
Wounded in aerial combat on June 6, 1940
   
FAURE Jean
Lieutenant
ECMJ I/16
       
FAVOTTE Pierre
Chief Warrant Officer
Pierre FAVOTTE joined the air force in 1938. He trained at the Istres school, then was posted to Chartres with the GC I/6 group, with which he took part in the French campaign. After the Armistice, he was demobilised and joined the Resistance's Air intelligence service. He was recalled to active service in 1945 and posted to Chartres.
He was sent to Indochina in 1952 and assigned to the air traffic service. Pierre FAVOTTE was taken prisoner at Diên Biên Phu and died on 20 August 1954 in captivity in Indochina.
    Born on 1 March 1918 in Paris (75).
Died 20 August 1954 in Indochina
     
FELDZER Constantin
Sergeant
GC III/10
1
 
 
FERGUE
Sergeant
ECN IV/13
   
FEUILLAT Pierre
Chief Warrant Officer
Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n � 79
3
 
FEUILLERAT
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/7
Assigned to GC III/7 on 11 May 1940
1
   
FICHEPAIN
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/8 on May 19, 1940
GC II/3
Wounded in aerial combat on May 25, 1940    
FIRMINHAC Raymond
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/3
Killed in aerial combat on May 24, 1940    
FLANDI Augustin
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/8 on May 11, 1940
Killed in aerial combat on May 15, 1940
1
   
FLEURQUIN Pierre Albéric
Commander
DAT Salon on May 28, 1940
Major Pierre FLEURQUIN, is the creator of the Etampes acrobatic patrol before the war. He fought in the FAFL and ended his career in February 1958 with the rank of Brigadier General.
1
2
Born on 21/02/1905 in Lille (59 - Nord)
Died on 30/08/1971 at Liafranch (Spain)
FOISSAC Lucien
Sergeant
GC III/7
   
FONTAINE Jean
Lieutenant
GC II/1 on August 23, 1939
3
-
   
FONTANET Raymond
Commander
GC II/6
1
   
FOREST Max
Sergeant
GC III/7
Assigned to GC III/7 on 4 June 1940            
FORTIN Jean
Sergeant
GC II/2
4
5
   
FORZY Jean
Sergeant
Wounded and taken prisoner on May 20, 1940
1
 
FRAISSINET Jean - Alfred
Lieutenant
GC II/3
Jean FRAISSINET was drafted into the 6th Hussars in 1914. He was a student at the Saumur Cavalry School in 1916. He joined the air force in April 1916. He was then a student pilot at the Dijon, Chartres, Avord, Cazaux and Pau schools in 1919.
He was posted to No 57 squadron in August 1917. Demobilised in 1919, he served several periods in the reserve from 1920 to 1937.
He was recalled in 1939 and posted as assistant officer to the GC II/3. He went to
AFN where he was appointed to the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the AFN forces. Jean Fraissinet was demobilised in July 1940
Born 22 June 1894 in Marseille (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône).
Died 21 May 1981 in Cogolin (83 - Var)
 
FRALON Sergent Wounded in air combat on 26 May 1940, he jumped by parachute and was evacuated to Senlis hospital.            
FRANCOIS
Sergeant
-
1
   
FRANVEL
Chief Warrant Officer
GC III/10
   
FREMONT
Commander
GC II/10
   
FROISSARD
Captain
GC II/10
   
FROMENTAL
Lieutenant
GC III/5
   
FROZART
Sergeant
GC I/8
   
FUES Daniel
Lieutenant
ECN III/13
   
FURST
Adjutant
GC II/2
Wounded in aerial combat on May 21, 1940
1
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