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Name
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Rank
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Unit
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Post
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Informations
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Civil-statut
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Photo
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Indiv. Card
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Citations
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| GADY
René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pilot
|
Breguet 693 Nb 21 was
shot down by the Flak during a ground attack on May 12, 1940.
Sub-Lieutenant GADY is unharmed.
René GADY was killed
in an air crash on 26 October 1940
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Born
on 25 May 1912 at Ansac sur Vienne (16 - Charente)
Killed on 26 October 1940 at Narbonne (11 - Aude) |
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| GAIGNARD
Michel - Léon |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
Michel GAIGNARD
was the first Pilote Breveté de l'Aviation Populaire
in 1936. |
Born March
12, 1916 in Chalonnes-Sur-Loire (49 - Maine-et-Loire)
Died January 6, 2011 in Angers (49 - Maine-et-Loire) |
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| GAILLARD
Paul Honoré |
Corporal
|
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Machine-Gunner
|
On April 11,
1940, Bloch MB 210 No. 181, crashed on takeoff. Corporal GAILLARD
is killed. |
Born on 1 July
1920 at Maisonneuve (86 - Vienne)
Killed on 11 April 1940 at Cannet des Maures (83 - Var) |
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| GAILLERES
Jean |
Adjutant
|
GB II/31
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Killed in aerial
combat on September 9, 1939 |
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| GALERNEAU
Marcel - Léon |
Staff-Sergeant
|
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Machine-Gunner
|
On May 24,
1940, Amiot 354 No38, probably hit by the Flak, crashed. The
crew is killed. |
Born on 6 July
1912 at Le Bernard (85 - Vendée)
Killed on 24 May 1940 at Cuisy en Almont (02 - Aisne) |
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| GALLAND
André |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Bombardment
Group nb 19
|
Machine-Gunner
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| GAMBIER
DE LAFORTERIE Lucien - Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Born 7 April
1914, Lille (59 - Nord)
Died 6 July 1996, Perpignan (66 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques) |
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| GAMET |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB II/21
|
Pilot
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| GANUCHAUD
Jean-Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
Jean-Marie
GANUCHAUD was posted to the Versailles Air Force School in 1939
and took the EOR competitive examination at Le Bourget (Reserve
Cadet), before joining the PPEOR School at Avord (Reserve Cadet
Preparation Platoon). He was posted to the GB I/25 at Sidi-Ahmed
in Tunisia. He attended flying schools in Oran and Meknes. On
29 June 1940, after the Armistice, he joined the Free French
Air Force in Gibraltar, then the United Kingdom. He was posted
to various flying schools and then to the OTU from 1940 to 1943.
He was sent to the USA as part of the Free French naval forces
and then to the Naval Mission in the United States. In 1945,
he was posted as second-in-command of the Navy to the French
establishments in Oceania in Papeete (Tahiti). Demobilised from
the Navy in 1946, he was transferred to the Air Force reserves.
Re-enlisted in August 1952, he was posted to SHAPE (Supreme
Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Fontainebleau. Jean-Marie
GANUCHAUD served in the reserves from 1954 to 1977. |
Born on 2 July
1916 in Nantes (44 - Loire-Atlantique).
Died on 27 July 1986 in Nice (06 - Alpes-Maritimes) |
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| GARDIOL
Max |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On May 24, 1940, on the
return of a mission, the Bloch MB 210 No.170 struck a LeO451
GB I/11 on landing and ignited. The Corporal Corporal GARDIOL
is injured.
Max Gardiol joined the
Free French Air Force and fought with the Guyenne Heavy Bomber
Group (Squadron 346).
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| GAST
Louis - René |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
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Observer
|
Killed
on 17 May 1940: his aircraft, the LeO 451 No122, is shot down
by the Flak. Chief Warrant Officer GAST jumps by parachute,
but the parachute does not open.. |
Born
January 23, 1905 at Erstein (67 - Bas-Rhin)
Killed May 17, 1940 at Rocquigny (02 - Aisne) |
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| GATINOIS
Marcel - Joseph |
Adjutant
|
|
Pilot
|
On June 6, 1940, the No.
451 No. 150 was shot down by Fighters during an attack on
a column of enemy armoured vehicles. The crew is killed.
Posthumous commendation
with the attribution of the Cross of War with Palm.
|
Born December
17, 1910 at Saint Amand sur Arnain (80 - Somme)
Killed on June 6, 1940 at Remaugies (80 - Somme) |
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| GAUBERT |
Lieutenant
|
GB II/23
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| GAUCHE René
- Auguste |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Seriously wounded
on 5 June 1940 aboard Glenn Martin 167F No 74, shot down by
fighter aircraft. |
Born on 8 February
1908 in Boismont (54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Died at Verdun (55 - Meuse) on 3 July 1989 |
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| GAUDRY |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB II/31
|
Pilot
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| GAUSSENS |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
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| GAUTHIER
Hubert - Eugène |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Pilot
|
Killed on May 31, 1940,
aboard the Leo 451 No. 133 shot by Fighters . The crew parachutes,
but too low. there will be no survivors.
Posthumous citation, with
the attribution of the Cross of War with Palm.
|
Born November
13, 1906, Lunéville (54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle), France
Killed May 31, 1940 at Besson sur Matz (60 - Oise) |
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| GAUTIER
Henri |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
At the start
of a mission, the Bloch MB 210 No.25 hit the take off an Amiot
143 down in the field. The device ignites and its bombs explode.
Staff Sergeant GAUTIER is wounded. |
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| GAUVAIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mecnanic
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| GEERTZ Georges
- Jean |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
|
On January
12, 1940, the LeO 451 No. 17 crashed during a night flight.
His crew is killed. |
Born on 21
March 1908 in Bordeaux (33 Gironde)
Killed on 12 January 1940 at Arles (13 Bouches du Rhône) |
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| GEGOUT
Michel |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
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Crew
Chief
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| GEIGER |
Sergeant
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| GELLY
Guy |
Sergeant
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Front
Machine-Gunner
|
On
May 14, 1940, his aircraft was shot down by the Flak. Sergeant
GELLY parachutes himself and will be taken prisoner when he
reaches the ground. |
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| GEMON Marie
- Joseph |
Captain
|
|
Pilot
|
On June 20,
1940, Amiot 354 No. 28 is missing at sea.The crew is killed. |
Born on 22
February 1901 in Pérignac (17 - Charente-Maritime)
Missing at sea on 20 June 1940 |
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| GENEST |
Adjutant
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|
Pilot
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| GENRE |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On June 10,
1940, Breguet 693 No38 was shot down by a Me109. The crew is
unscathed. |
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| GENTIER
Maurice - Victor |
Sergeant
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Radio
|
LéO
451 No 38 was shot down by fighter aircraft, crashed in flames
and exploded on 6 June 1940. Maurice GENTIER was killed in the
explosion. |
Born on 31
December 1920 at Saint-Amand en Puisaye (58 - Nièvre)
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Mézières en Santerre
(80 - Somme) |
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| GENTY René
- Joseph |
Lieutenant
|
|
Crew
Chief
|
Born
in Monthermé, in the Ardennes, he joined the air
force in April 1936.
The Leo 451 No151
was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Lieutenant
GENTY, injured, parachuted.
He pursued a military
career after the war, leaving the Air Force with the rank
of Air Brigadier General.
|
Born 23 June
1914, Montherme (08 - Ardennes)
Died 10 December 1972, Clamart (92 - Hauts de Seine) |
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| GEOFFROY
Louis |
Sergeant
|
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Machine-Gunner
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| GERARDOT
Paul - Jacques |
Lieutenant-Colonel
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Crew
Chief
|
Paul GERARDOT, a Saint-Cyr
alumnus (1917), began his career in the infantry in 1919.
He joined the Air Force in February 1921, and was commissioned
as an Observer.
He was commissioned as a pilot in 1925 and took part in
a number of raids.
He commanded the 16th Escadrille of the 34th Aviation Regiment,
and worked for a time in the Cabinet of the Under-Secretary
of State for the Air in 1931, before being assigned to the
New Aircraft group at Villacoublay.
In 1933, he took part in the Croisière Noire (28
Potez 25TOEs flew from Istres to North Africa and Sub-Saharan
Africa). On his return, he took command of the Ecole Supérieure
de Guerre.
In October 1938, he became Deputy Commander of the 51st
Wing, then Commander of the GB I/51 with which he began
the French Campaign. In September 1939, he took command
of the 31st Wing, replacing the Lieutenant-Colonel who had
been taken prisoner on September 9, 1939.
On October 6, 1939, returning from a reconnaissance mission
over Germany, LéO 451 No6 was shot down by two German
fighters.
Paul GERARDOT, whose leg was fractured in the crash, was
taken prisoner. He is interned at Oflag IV-D near Elsterhorst.
He managed to escape
in December 1940, and joined the Free Zone. He became Commander
of the 8th Bombardment Group based at Al-Aouina, Tunisia,
then Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command in AFN and
AOF in 1943. In September 1944, he was appointed Chief of
the French Section of the XII° Air Tactical Command.
In August 1945, he was appointed Deputy Inspector General
of the French Air Force, and from March 1946, Chief of the
General Staff of the French Air Force.
Paul GERARDOT's staff included Georges AOUACH, none other
than the pilot of LéO451 n°6, which he crashed
on October 6, 1939.
From February 1947, he was in charge of the Centre d'Enseignement
Supérieur Aérien.
At his request, he was placed on leave of absence in July
1949, and put on permanent leave from flying personnel in
January 1950.
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Born
July 6, 1898 in Paris (75)
Died April 4, 1980, Versailles (78 - Yvelines) |
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| GERAUD Pierre |
Adjutant
|
GB II/35
|
Pilot
|
The Breguet
691 No 39 is shot down on May 18, 1940 by 10 Me109. The crew,
unharmed is made prisoner |
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| GIARD Paul |
Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On May 16,
1940, the Breguet 693 No30 was shot down by the Flak. The crew
is taken prisoner. |
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| GIBRON robert
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB II/21
|
Pilot
|
Killed by accident
on May 25, 1940 |
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| GILLET |
Lieutenant
|
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Navigator
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| GILLET Jacques
- Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
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Observer
|
The Douglas
DB7 No41 is shot down by Fighters on June 10, 1940: the crew
is killed. |
Born on 6 January
1913 at Calais (62 - Pas de Calais)
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Raisnes (59 - Nord) |
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| GILLET Pierre
- Michel |
Lieutenant
|
|
Crew
Chief
|
Killed on 14
April 1940 aboard the Leo 451 No 111 : the plane crashed
during a training flight at low altitude. |
Born January
30, 1906 in Paris (75)
Killed on April 14, 1940 at Cornilhac-Corbières (11 -
Aude) |
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| GIMEL Raymond |
Sergeant
|
GB II/21
|
Pilot
|
Killed in aerial
combat on May 25, 1940 |
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| GIONETTI |
Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Breguet 693
No66 was severely damaged by the Flak on May 25, 1940. Sergeant
GIONETTI was seriously injured. |
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| GIRARD Maurice |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
The Breguet
693 No70 was damaged by the Flak on June 9, 1940, and crashed
to the ground: the crew was wounded .. |
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| GIRAUD |
Sergeant
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| GIRAUDON
André Fernand |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On May 22,
1940, the Breguet 693 No25 was shot down by the Flak during
the attack of a motorized column. The crew is killed. |
Born August
22nd 1917 at Clermont-Ferrand (63 - Puy De Dôme)
Killed on 22 May 1940 at Esssigny Le Grand (02 - Aisne) |
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| GIRAUDON
Henri - Pierre |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
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Born 14 August
1903, Arpajon (91 - Essonne)
Died 29 July 1990, Paris (75) |
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| GIRIER |
Général
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
The Breguet
693 No3 is accidentally destroyed on landing on June 7, 1940,
on the return of a test flight: General GIRIER is wounded in
both legs. |
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| GOBEAU Gustave |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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| GODINEAU |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
The Breguet
693 Nb 61 severely damaged by Me109 on June 5, 1940, crashed
back on his land. The Corporal Corporal GODINEAU is seriously
injured. |
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| GOHON
Bernard |
Sergeant
|
|
Pilot
|
Assigned
to the GBA II/35 Group in May 1940, after completing his pilot
training at the Istres school. |
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| GOMBERT
Gérard - Louis |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Pilot
|
Killed
on 17 th May 1940: his aircraft, the LeO 451 No122, is shot
down by the Flak. He will succeed in keeping his plane in the
line of flight to allow the crew to jump. |
Born
September 09, 1915 in Hellemes Lille (59 - Nord)
Killed May 17, 1940 at Rocquigny (02 - Aisne) |
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| GONZALVEZ
Robert |
Sergeant
|
GB II/21
|
Radio
|
Killed in aerial
combat on May 25, 1940 |
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| GOSSET |
Sub-Lieutenant
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| GOUGNON |
Commander
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Cder
of Group
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| GOURAUD |
Captain
|
GB II/62
|
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Killed by accident
on June 17, 1940 |
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| GOURRON |
Adjutant
|
|
cannoneer
|
On June 13,
1940, the Leo 451 No. 276 was shot down by Fighters. The crew
parachutes. Adjutant GOURRON is injured. |
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| GOYER Albert |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Pilot
|
The Breguet
693 No9 is shot down by the flak during a ground attack on May
12, 1940. The Chief Warrant Officer GOYER, unharmed, is taken
prisoner. |
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| GRANDCHAMP |
Sergeant
|
|
cannoneer
|
Sergeant GRANCHAMP is
credited with two victories during the French Campaign.
On June 6, 1940, the
LEO 451 No. 183 badly damaged by Fighters on June 6, 1940,
was forced to land in the countryside and was destroyed. Sergeant
GRANDCHAMP is injured.
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| GRANDREMY
Jean - Alfred |
Lieutenant
|
|
Crew
Chief
|
On May 11,
1940, the LeO 451 No. 63, severely hit by the Flak, managed
to rejoin his land, but was destroyed on landing. Lieutenant
GRANDREMY has previously jumped into a parachute and will be
taken prisoner. |
Born on 14
March 1912 |
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| GRANGE Edmond
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB II/23
|
Radio
|
Killed in aerial
combat on June 8, 1940 |
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| GRENET Pierre
|
Commander
|
|
Pilot
|
The Breguet
693 No28 is literally cut in two by the Flak on May 18, 1940.
Commander GRENET, boss of the GBA II / 54 is killed. |
Born on 6 January
1905 at Mantes (78 - Yvelines)
Killed on 18 May 1940 at Landrecies (59 - Nord) |
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| GRIMAL
Georges - Fernand |
Captain
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|
Cder
3rd Sqn.
|
Georges Grimal
studied at the Ecole Polytechnique in 1929, then at the Ecole
de l'Air in Versailles. After several postings to heavy aviation
wings, he was appointed to the 5th bureau of the EMAA in 1938.
He took part in the French campaign with the GB II/34, then
was assigned to the GR I/52 with which he withdrew to AFN. He
was posted to the Marrakech training base. At the end of the
war, he was stationed in Germany with the 31st Wing. In 1946,
he was seconded to the Ministry of Armament, to the Technical
and Industrial Directorate, then to the ME's technical planning
office. In 1952, he was appointed commander of the Algiers air
zone. In 1956, he became deputy head of the French delegation
to the permanent group in Washington. He was appointed Inspector
General of Manufacturing and Programmes in 1959, then deputy
to the General Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Air Defence
in 1960. Georges Grimal left the active army in 1961 with the
rank of Air Division General. |
Born on 2 October
1908 in Lyon (69 - Rhône).
Died at Baigts de Béarn (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
on 27 June 2006 |
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| GRISONI
Louis - Antoine |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Pilot
|
On 24 May 1940,
during a cross-country transport mission, Glenn Martin 167 F
No 61 was mistakenly shot down in flames by British anti-aircraft
fire. Staff Sergeant GRISONI was killed. |
Born on 13
August 1913 in Algeria
Killed on 24 May 1940 at Lezennes (59 - Nord) |
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| GROSS |
Captain
|
GB II/32
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| GUEGAJEN |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
The Breguet
693 Nb 51, accident in Orléans-Bricy on June 20, 1940,
will be abandoned on the spot. the crew is unscathed. |
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| GUELOU Georges
- Hyacinthe |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
He later joined
the GB I/19 "Gascogne" and was killed on August 18,
1944 aboard the B26 Marauder serial 42 107706 coded "69"
during a bombing mission on the German batteries at Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer
(Var),
The aircraft, hit by flak, fell into the sea. The crew was killed. |
Born March
04, 1915 in Plougrescant (22 - Côtes-d'Armor)
Killed August 18, 1944 at Toulon (83 - Var) |
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| GUENOU Fernand |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB II/62
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Wounded and
taken prisoner on June 12, 1940 |
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| GUERCHON
Paul |
Corporal
|
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Cannoneer
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| GUERIN |
Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
The Douglas
DB7 No. 29 was shot down by the German Fighters on May 22, 1940.
The crew was captured. Sergeant GUERIN is slightly injured. |
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| GUERNON
Roger - Louis |
Lieutenant
|
GB I/61
|
|
Roger GUERNON
was admitted to the Ecole de l'Air in 1935. He was posted to
the 61st squadron in Morocco and took part in the French campaign
with the GB I/61. In December 1940, he transferred to the GB
II/63 at Thiès (Senegal). He took part in the landings
in Sardinia and Provence in 1944. He was posted to the Ecole
de l'Air at Salon in 1945, then to the 4th office of the Air
Force General Staff. He attended the Ecole Supérieure
de Guerre Aérienne in 1954 and was appointed to command
the military air transport group in 1956. He was sent to Reggan
in the Sahara to work at the military experimentation centre.
On his return to Paris, he was appointed Air Military Adviser
to the Ministry of the Armed Forces in 1960. In 1962, he became
Commander of Military Air Transport, then Deputy Chief of Staff
of the Armed Forces in 1964 before becoming Deputy Chief of
Staff of the Armed Forces in 1966. He was a member of the Conseil
Supérieur de l'Air and Director of the Centre d'Expérimentations
Nucléaires from 1969 to 1972. Roger Guerron left the
active army in 1972. |
Born on 13
May 1916 in Argenteuil (78 - Yvelines).
Died in Paris (75) on 23 January 1985. |
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| GUESPIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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| GUICHON
Claude Pierre |
Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Breguet 693
No20 was destroyed by the Flak on May 16, 1940. The crew was
killed. |
Born on 4 May
1916 in
Paris (75)
Killed on 16 May 1940 at Chaumont Porcien (08 - Ardennes) |
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| GUIDEAU |
Sergeant
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Radio
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| GUIDICELLI
Etienne |
Sergeant
|
GB II/21
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Killed by accident
on May 25, 1940 |
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| GUILLAUMIN |
Sub-Lieutenant
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| GUILLEMIN
de MONPLANET Jacques - Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
Jacques GUILLEMIN
DE MONPLANET, a former student at the Saint-Cyr military academy,
joined the Versailles air academy in 1939. He was posted to
the GB I/19 at Colomb-Béchar, then to the GC II/5 La
Fayette at Bône. He took part in operations over Corsica
and France with this group.
He was posted to the Ministry of Air before leaving for Indochina
in 1949. In 1951, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Allied
Air Forces Central Europe, then Operations Commander of the
1st Fighter Wing in Reims, and finally Commander of the 4th
Fighter Wing. He was assigned to the Inspectorate General of
the French Air Force before being appointed . Second-in-command
of the Mont-de-Marsan air base and air experiment centre in
1958, then commander of the Tours air base. In 1963, he became
Air Attaché to the French Embassy in Bonn, then Head
of the Export Section at the Direction du Matériel in
1966. Jacques Guillemin de Montplanet left the active army in
1969 with the rank of Air Brigadier General. |
Born on 16
June 1918 in Montmorillon (86 - Vienne).
Died on 6 July 2012 in Asnières sur Seine (92 - Hauts
de Seine) |
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| GUILLOTEAU
René - Jean |
Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
On the 25th
of May, at the start of a mission, he hit Amiot 143 on his takeoff.
His aircraft, a Bloch MB210, damaged, however, fulfilled his
mission, but he could not return to his ground and would have
to land on a closer terrain. |
Born on 6 April
1919 in Aytre (17 - Charente-Maritime)
Died in Paris (75) on 18 June 1993 |
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GUILLOU
Louis
|
Sergeant
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| GUIMBRETIERE |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Seriously wounded
May 20, 1940, aboard the Breguet 693 No65, damaged by the Flak |
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| GUINLE Hubert
- Jean |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Hubert GUINLE
was killed by British troops on 24 June 1941 in Palmyra, during
the Syrian Campaign between the Allied Forces and the Vichy
troops. |
Born on 19
June 1919 in Marsac (65 - Hautes-Pyrénées)
Killed on 24 June 1941 in Palmyra (Syria) |
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| GUIONNET |
Captain
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GB II/23
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Pilot
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| GUIRAL Denis
- André |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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On May 9th,
1940, while taking off for a training flight, the Léo
451 No 96, in loss of speed, crashes The Adjutant GUIRAL is
killed. |
Born November
02, 1909 in Carmaux (81 - Tarn)
Killed May 10, 1940 at Arles (64 - Pyrénées Atlantiques) |
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| GUISSET
Marcel - Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer
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Killed on November
8, 1939 during a night mission: his aircraft, the Bloch MB200
No162, hit by flak, crashed to the ground. |
Born February
11, 1915 in Saint-Laurent de Cerdans (66 - Pyrénées
Orientales)
Killed November 8, 1939 in Kollermisel (Germany) |
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| GUITTENY
Marcel - Paul |
Commander
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Cder
of Grou
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Marcel GUITTENY
was posted to 15 Wing in 1935, and took command of GB II/15
in 1936. |
Born on 2 February
1895 in Saint-Nazaire (44 - Loire-Atlantique)
Died at Maganc-Laval (87 - Haute-Vienne) on 19 March 1986 |
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| GUNEPIN
Gisèle |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Navigator
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In April-May
1940, Gisdèle GUNEPIN voluntarily joined the French Air
Force, taking advantage of the new law on female auxiliaries
who wished to become pilots, to train at the Bordeaux-Mérignac
Air Force School with pilots Jean-Marie-Adèle LEYDET
and Elisabeth LION. Of the three, the only one with a transport
pilot's licence and 100 hours' flying time was Elisabeth LION,
as Gisèle GUNEPIN did not meet the conditions laid down
by the law for auxiliaries who wanted to enlist as pilots. She
therefore remained in service at GB II/19 (where she still was
in 1943/1944) as a navigator and Jean-Marie-Adèle LEYDET
was moved as a machine-gunner to GR I/14.
In 1944 Charles Tillon, Minister for the Air, created the first
corps of female military pilots. Gisèle GUNEPIN was recruited
along with twelve other highly experienced female aviators.
After training in Châteauroux and a course of study in
Tours, the 13 candidates, nicknamed ‘The 13 Amazons of
the Air’, were all accepted. But the death of Maryse HILSZ
on a mission put an end to this adventure for women, and it
was not until 1996 that recruitment for women in the Air Force
was reopened. |
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| GUSTIN Paul
- Cyrille |
Lieutenant
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Pilot
Cder 2nd Sqn.
And
Crew Chief
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Born in Trieux
(54 - Meurthe et Moselle) on 3 August 1905
Died 27 April 1976 at Montbard (21 - Côte d'Or) |
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| GUYON Jean
- Marie |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Jean Guyon
was killed in Algeria in April 1943 while serving with GB I/11. |
Born on 26
May 1917 in Les Sables-D'Olonne (85 - Vendée)
Killed on 26 April 1943 in Biskra (Algeria) |
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| GUYOT |
Commander
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Cder
of Group
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| GUYOT Armand
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Chief
Warrant Officer
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GB II/21
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Radio
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Killed by accident
on May 25, 1940 |
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