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1060 French Pilots are listed below, in alphabetical order.

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Name
Rank
Unit
Informations
Vict.
Sures
Vict. Prob.
Civil-statut
Photo
Indiv Card
Citations
D'ABBADIE-D'ARRAST Charles
Commander
GC II/2 on May 19, 1940
Killed in aerial combat on June 8, 1940    
DAGBERT Charles
Adjutant
3
1
 
DALLAS
Candidate officer
GC III/9 on September 5, 1939
ECN V/13 on December 3, 1939
   
DALTOUR
Lieutenant
GC III/5
   
DAMBRINNE
Sergeant
GC II/6
Taken prisoner on May 13, 1940
1
   
DANSE
Adjutant
GC III/2
Wounded in aerial combat on May 14, 1940
1
-
   
DARDAINE Henri - Charles
Adjutant
GC II/4 by mistake (September 39)
end of September 1939

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".

1
Born in Lunéville (54 - Meurthe et Moselle) on 7 January 1912
Died in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (69 - Rhône) on 13 January 1987
DARDIGNAC
Adjutant
GC III/9 on 18 May 1940
   
DARLAY
Sergeant
GC I/8
1
   
DARTAN
Colonel
DAT Etampes
GC I/55
   
DARTEVELLE Jacques
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/2
Wounded in aerial combat on May 20, 1940
1
-
   
DARU Pierre
Captain

CIC on June 13, 1940
Transferred to CIC on June 13, 1940
   
DAUBARD
Lieutenant
GC II/10
GC II/9 on June 12, 1940
   
DAUBRESSE
Staff-Sergeant then Lieutenant
GC III/7 then GC II/2
Staff Sergeant DAUBRESSE, who passed the competitive examination at the Ecole des Officiers d'Active on 10 September 1939, was appointed as an aspirant and left the Group for his training at Versailles in November 1939.
He joins GC II/2 after its formation
   
DAUNIZEAU Georges
Sergeant
GC II/9
2
   
DAVAL Jean
Lieutenant
GC II/9
Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
1
   
DAVEAU
Sergeant
GC III/3
   
DAVID Edmond
Sergeant
ECN V/13
Wounded in aerial combat on June 1, 1940
   
DAVID
Adjutant
DAT Salon on May 28, 1940
GC I/3 on June 5, 1940
   
DAVY
Commander
GC III/4
   
DE-BARRES Alphonse
Chief Warrant Officer
ECN II/13
Pilot    
DE-BAUMONT
Captain
GC III/9
   
DE-BERTREM Vladimir
Captain
GC III/2
1
-
 
 
DEBETHUNE Charles
Staff-Sergeant
Wounded in aerial combat on May 11, 1940
1
 
DE-BREMOND D'ARS Pierre
Sergeant
GC II/6
3
1
   
DE-CALONNE-D'AVESNES Baudouin
Captain
GC I/8
GC II/2
1
2
   
DE-CATHEU
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/10
   
DECHANET Pierre
Adjutant
GC III/1
Wounded in aerial combat on May 12, 1940
1
-
   
DE-CHASTEIGNER Guy
Adjutant
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
 
DE-FALETANS
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC Cazaux
DAT Bordeaux end of May 1940
GC I/55
   
DE-FAUCIGNY
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Tours on May 12, 1940
GC I/55
   
DE-FRAVILLE Hubert
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/7
1
2
   
DE-GAIL HENRI
Captain
GC II/2
Killed in aerial combat on May 13, 1940
2
1
   
DE-GOLBERY Gaston
Lieutenant
ECN IV/13
Machine-gunner. Wounded in aerial combat on June 23, 1940
   
DE-GRANDPRES
Sergeant
GC I/9
CIC D'Oran
GC III/10 on June 13, 1940
   
DEGUIN Charles
Sergeant
GC III/9
Killed by accident on December 12, 1939
   
DE-LA-BRETONNIERE Jacques
Lieutenant

GC III/1
GC I/2 on August 1939
GC III/1 on June 10, 1940
Reservist, he joined GC I / 2 in August 1939. Transferred to GC III / 1 on 10 Juny 1940.
2
1
 
DE-LA-CHAPELLE Antoine
Sergeant
GC II/4 on August 1939
7
1
   
DE-LA-FLECHERE Alexis
Sergeant
GC II/4 on March 1940,
2
   
DE-LA-GASNERIE Etienne
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/2
2
2
   
DELAGE
Adjutant
ECN IV/13
Pilot    
DE LA-HORIE Guy Paul
Commander

Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n � 248

On 25/08/1944 his P47D was hit by Flak: wounded, the pilot attempted a forced landing but hit a low wall and burst into flames...

Born on 24/08/21905 at Paramé-Saint-Malo (35 - Ille et Vilaine)
Killed on 25/08/1944 (Drôme)
 
DE-LA-MENARDIERE
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/8
Wounded and taken prisoner on May 23, 1940
   
DELANNOY Raymond
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/5 on August 1939
   
DELARUE Raphael
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/7
Sergeant DELARUE, a reservist, was 37 years old in 1939.
Injured in aerial combat on January 10, 1940
1
2
   
DE-LA-SALLE
Captain
GC I/8
   
DE-LA-TAILLE
Captain
GC II/1
   
DE-LA-TAILLE TRETINVILLE Harold Marie
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC Chartres
on March 1, 1940
Killed in aerial combat on June 6, 1940
1
2
Born on 26/07/1918 at Fontenay-Le-Comte (85- Vendée)
Killed on the 06:06/1940 at Orival (80 - Somme)
D'ELBEE Philippe
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/6
1
   
DELEGAY Robert - André
Chief Warrant Officer
3
1
Born on 20 January 1907 in Paris (75)
Died 17 March 1983 at Créteil (94 - Val de Marne)
DE-L'ESTANG DU RUSQUEC Gonzagues
Captain
GC I/5 on June 20, 1940
   
DE-LESTAPIS Jacques
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/6
Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
 
 
DELFINO Louis Barthelemy
Commander
GC I/4
GC II/9 on May 16, 1940

Leaves GC I / 4 May 16, 1940 for GC II / 9

He became the Commander of the Normandy Niemen Squadron from December 1944 to May 1945.

7
3
Born on 15/10/1912 at Nice (06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
Died on 11/06/1968
DELHOUME
Sergeant
GC II/6
2
   
DELISLE André
Sergeant
GC II/2
3
1
   
DELMOTTE
Adjutant
ECN II/13
Wounded in aerial combat on May 17, 1940
   
DELOCQUE-FOURCAUD
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/8
   
DELPARTE André
Sergeant
GC I/5
1
1
 
 
DELUC
Sergeant
ECN II/13
   
DE-MAC-MAHON Maurice
Captain
GC II/1
   
DE-MAISTRE
Captain
GC II/8
   
DE-MALLMANN Gérard
Lieutenant
GC III/1
Wounded in aerial combat on May 26, 1940
2
-
   
DE-MONTGOLFIER Paul
Adjutant
GC II/5 on August 1939
Wounded in aerial combat on May 15, 1940
2
2
   
DEMOULIN Roger
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/6
1
1
 
 
DE-MUYSER Guy
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/2
1
-
   
DENIAU André
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/6
2
1
   
DENIEL
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/8 on November 21, 1939
Wounded by accident on February 12, 1940
   
DE-PINS Gérard - Joseph
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/10
on June 11, 1940
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.
-
1
Born in Montpellier (34 - Hérault) on 19 March 1915
Died at Campet-et-Lamolère (40 - Landes) on 16 October 1998
DE-PLACE
Captain
GC III/4
GC III/6
   
DE-PONTON-D'AMECOURT
Commander
GC II/8
   
DE-PUISTIENNE
Captain
GC III/4
   
DE-PUYBUSQUE Jacques - Jean
Sergeant
on August 7, 1939

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.

7
-
Born on 22 October 1919 in Saint-Sulpice de Lézat (31 - Haute garonne)
Died 27 June 1941 in Vietnam
DE RIVALS-MAZERES Guillaume
Captain
CEAM
DAT Orléans-Bricy
GC I/6 on June 8, 1940
Wounded in aerial combat on June 11, 1940
1
       
DE-ROHAN-CHABOT Henri
Lieutenant
GC II/2
Killed in aerial combat on May 14, 1940
3
-
 
 
DE-SAINT-MARCEAU
Staff-Sergeant
DAT Etampes
   
DESCHAMPS-DE-PAS
Commander
GC I/7
   
DE-SEYNES Maurice
Lieutenant
GC II/6
2
Born on August 7, 1914 at Paris
Died on July 15, 1944
 
DESHONS Hubert
Sergeant
GC III/7
GC III/2
Assigned to the Group in March 1940.
Injured in aerial combat May 15, 1940
1
   
DE-SOLMINIHAC
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/3
Wounded in aerial combat on June 13, 1940
   
DES ROZIERS
Captain
Patrol of Istres
   
DESRUMEAUX
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/2
1
2
   
DESSALLES
Captain
GC I/7
   
DESSAULT
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/3
1
   
DESSELAS
Lieutenant
DAT Bordeaux on May 20, 1940
GC I/55
   
DESTAILLAC Raymond
Captain
GC II/5 on August 1939
2
2
 
 
DETROYAT Michel
Lieutenant
GC I/1
Staé on October 31, 1939
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.
Born 28 October 1905, Paris (75)
Died at Neuilly-sur-Seine (92 - Hauts de Seine) on 5 October 1956
 
DE-VAUBLANC Bernard
Captain
GC II/8
2
   
DE-VILLARS Abel Marie
Lieutenant
GC II/1
He was killed in air combat on 05/12/1942
2
-
Born in Toulon (83 - Var) on 25 April 1915
Died at Meknès (Morocco) on 05 December 1942
DE-VILLOUTREYS Adrien
Sergeant
ECN IV/13
Killed by accident on September 8, 1939
   
DEVIN
Sergeant
GC II/6
1
   
D'HARCOURT Robert
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/3
Killed in aerial combat on May 21, 1940
   
DHOMME
Colonel
DAT Etampes
   
DIAZ Jean
Adjutant

GC III/6 on April 15, 1939

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.

   
DIETRICH Fran�ois
Sergeant
GC II/4
Killed in aerial combat on May 25, 1940
3
 
 
DIETRICH Henri
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC Chartres
GC II/8 on March 6, 1940
2
   
D'IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY Hubert Amédée
Sub-Lieutenant
5
1
Born on 13/07/1913
Died on 24/10/1999
 
DORANCE Michel
Lieutenant
GC I/5
14
3
 
 
DORCY Pierre
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/2
6
-
 
 
DOUARRE Pierre
Sergeant
GC III/7
Sergeant DOUARRE, who passed the competitive examination at the Ecole des Officiers d'Active on 10 September 1939, was appointed as an aspirant and left the Group for his training at Versailles in November 1939.            
DOUBLET Kléber
Sergeant
GC III/1
Killed in aerial combat on June 11, 1940
6
1
 
 
DOUCET René
Adjutant
DAT Etampes
   
DOUCHA
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/2
1
-
   
DOUDIES Jean
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/7
7
3
   
DREIX-DE-LAPLANE
Lieutenant
DAT Tours on May 12, 1940
GC I/55
   
DROIT Marcel
Sergeant
GC I/8
Killed by accident on January 26, 1940
   
DUBOST Albert - Marcel
Sergeant
3
1
Born in Pionsat (63 - Puy de Dôme) on 9 April 1918
Died at Pionsat on 30 May 1995
DU-BOUCHER Jacques
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/1
2
-
 
 
DUBOZ
Sergeant
GC II/9
   
DUBREUIL Ferdinand
Lieutenant
GC II/1
GC III/2
2
1
   
DUCANCELLE Pierre
Sergeant
ECN IV/13
Radio    
DUCHENE-MARULAZ Jacques
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/6
Wounded in aerial combat on May 20, 1940    
DUCLOS
Sergeant
GC III/2
Taken prisoner on September 22, 1939  
 
DUFFOUR Pierre
Sergeant
ECN I/13
ECMJ I/16
Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940    
DUFLOS
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/10
   
DUFFOUR Pierre
Sergeant
GC II/9
Radio_Machine-gunner. Killed by accident on March 5, 1940    
DUGIT-GROS
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/2
   
DUGOUJON Jean
Adjutant
GC II/5 on August 1939
4
3
   
DULAC Robert
Captain
GC II/10
1
   
DUMAS Paul
Chief Warrant Officer
DAT Chateaudun
1
   
DUMOULIN
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Bordeaux
   
DUMOULIN Louis
Sergeant
1
Born on 18/02/1912 at Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent (49 - Maine et Loire)
Died on 01/07/1996 at Mougins (06 - Alpes Maritimes)
 
DUNOD Georges
Lieutenant
CIC Montpellier
GC II/5 on May 19, 1940
1
 
 
DUPERRET Gabriel
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/4 on August 1939
Killed in aerial combat on May 12, 1940
 
 
DUPOUY Pierre
Sergeant
GC I/8
Killed in aerial combat on May 17, 1940
   
DURAND
Adjutant
GC III/9
   
DURAND Albert
Sergeant
GC III/1
4
1
   
DURAND
Staff-Sergeant
ECN II/13
Killed by accident on April 12, 1940
   
DURANTHON André
Sub-Lieutenant

GC II/2
GC I/9 on April 8, 1940

 
 
DURIEUX
Commander
GC II/7
1
 
 
DUROUCHARD
Sergeant
GC II/6
Killed by accident on September 22, 1939
   
DU-RUSQUE
Captain
DAT Chartres
   
DUSSART
Lieutenant
GC II/7
Wounded in aerial combat on May 11, 1940
2
1
   
DUSSAULT
Captain
GC II/3
Fait prisonnier on May 22, 1940
1
 
 
DUTEY-HARISPE
Lieutenant
GC II/10
GC II/8 on April 15, 1940
2
 
 

DUVAL Roger

Captain
GC II/1
GC III/3 on February 04, 1940
1
1
   
DUVERDIER
Sergeant
GC II/1
   
DUVILLARD
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/10 on June 7, 1940