In this
section are listed all the citations given to pilots and crew members
of the Air Force and published in the Official Journal. They concern
only the fights of the "Funny War" and those of the Campaign
of France. You will not find here citations published under the
colors of the Air Force Vichy
The citations
presented in the following pages, were published in the Official
Journal between September 1, 1939 and February 11, 1944, date from
which no further citation concerning the events of 1939/1940 was
published.
The citations are grouped by
speciality : Fighting, Reconnaissance and Bombardment
We can find different
types of citations: posthumous or not, with or without the attribution
of War Crosses, ...
Sometimes, the
same citation can appear several times, on different dates : indeed,
it can be identified, at first, as a citation to the order of the
Air Force, then in second publication, is added the phrase "posthumously":
this is the most common case.