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1060 French Pilots are listed below, in alphabetical order.

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Name
Rank
Unit
Informations
Vict.
Sures
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Indiv Card
Citations
GABARD Raymond
Sergeant
GC II/4 on August 1939 CIC of Montpellier
GC III/6 on April 12, 1940
   
GAGNAIRE Edgar
Adjutant
GC III/1
Killed in aerial combat on June 10, 1940
7
2
   
GAMBERT
Captain
GC II/6
 
 
GARDE Georges - Julien
Captain
Georges GARDE joined the French Air Force in August 1921 and obtained his pilot's licence in April 1922. From 1926 to 1932, he was posted to French West Africa and took part in local conflicts against the "Rebels" in Mauritania and then in the High Atlas.
In 1932, he was posted to the 1st Fighter Wing based at Villacoublay. From 1933 to 1934, he took part in the Croisière Noire, a raid from North Africa to Sub-Saharan Africa aboard 28 Potez 25 TOEs. He then returned to the 1st Fighter Wing and was appointed Captain, before taking command of the 2nd Squadron.
Georges GARDE was placed on Armistice leave in 1943 and joined the Resistance. He managed to leave France for Algiers. He was commander of the Meknés fighter training centre.
After the war, Georges GARDE was for a time Head of the Air Force Information Service before taking command of the 60th Transport Wing at Villacoublay. He was promoted to Air Brigadier General in 1954.
5
1
Born in Tarare (69 - Rhône) on 30 July 1903
Died at Fréjus (83 - Var) on 8 July 1986
GARNIER Jean
Sergeant
Killed in aerial combat on September 24, 1939
1
Born on the 19/06/1914 at Maubeuge (59 - nord)
Killed on the 24/09/1939 at Etting (57 - Moselle)
 
GAUBERT
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/8
1
   
GAUDON
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/6
1
3
   
GAUDON Maurice
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/1
Killed in aerial combat on June 6, 1940
   
GAUDRY
Chief Warrant Officer
GC I/6
Wounded in aerial combat on June 5, 1940
   
GAUFFRE
Sergeant
GC II/7
1
1
   
GAULARD Albert
Chief Warrant Officer
GC III/10
1
   
GAUTHIER Georges
Sergeant
GC III/6
   
GAUTHIER Gabriel
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/7
Wounded in aerial combat on Décembre 21, 1939
 
 
GAUTHIER Marie
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/7
Killed by accident on September 8, 1939
2
   
GAUTHRIN André Jean
Commandant
on November 28, 1939

Assigned to GC I / 4 on November 28, 1939. Passed in AFN on June 18, 1940 with H75 No137.

He remained in active service after the war and ended his career with the rank of Air Brigadier General

1
Born on 01/03/1906 at Bône (Algeria)
Died on 05/10/1989
 
GEILLE Frédéric
Commandant
GC III/2
Wounded in aerial combat on June 13, 1940
2
-
 
 
GEILLON
Sergeant
GC II/6
Wounded in aerial combat on June 6, 1940
   
GENSON Pierre
Staff-Sergeant
ECMJ I/16
Radio        
GENTY Pierre
Adjutant
GC I/5
CIC Montpellier on April 21, 1940
2
1
 
 
GERARD Roger Louis
Captain
Former pilot of the 1st World War during which he had obtained a victory.
After the Armistice of June 1940, as a member of the "Phratrie" resistance network, he provided valuable information on the German Jets
4
1
Born on 17 May 1898 at Paris (75)
Died on 18/12/1968 at Paris (75)
GERARD Georges
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/4 on March 1940,
1
   
GERARD Jean
Lieutenant
GC II/4
   
GERAUDEL
Lieutenant
GC II/2
1
1
   
GERMAIN
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/9
   
GIBON-GUILHEM
Commandant
GC II/8
4th Office ZOAE January 29, 1940
   
GILBERT
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/6
Taken prisoner on May 13, 1940    
GILBERT Albert
Captain
GC II/6
Killed in aerial combat on May 14, 1940
1
   
GILLES Henri
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/10
2
   
GIORDANI
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/8
1
   
GIRARD Bernard
Lieutenant
GC II/4 on August 1939
2
   
GIROU Jean
Sergeant
GC I/5 on March 8, 1940
7
   
GISCLON Jean
Sergeant
GC II/5 on March 1939
ECMJ I/16 on décember 1939
GC II/5 on March 24, 1940
2
1
   
GIVELET Fernand
Staff-Sergeant
on August 1939
Joined the Group in mobilization, August 1939
1
-
   
GLOANEC
Sergeant
on August 7, 1939
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.
 
GOBERT Edouard
Chief Warrant Officer
ECN I/13
Machine-gunner. Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
   
GODARD
Adjutant
ECN I/13
   
GODDE
Sergeant
GC I/8
   
GOETZ Léon
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/10
2
   
GOILE Alexis - Clement
Staff-Sergeant
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.
1
-
Born in Teilhède (63 - Puy-de-Dôme) on 23 August 1914
Died in Marrakech (Morocco) on 11 June 1943
GOT
Sergeant
GC II/9
Killed by accident on February 12, 1940
   
GOUACHON-NOIREAULT Pierre
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/8
3
   
GOUJON Charles
Adjutant
GC III/6
   
GOUMY
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/1
Wounded in aerial combat on May 10, 1940
1
-
   
GOUPY Auguste
Lieutenant
GC I/5 on March 8, 1940
Wounded in aerial combat on May 10, 1940
1
   
GOURBEYRE
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/7
1
2
   
GOUZI
Sergeant
GC III/3
2
1
   
GRANDBESANCON Pierre
Captain
GC II/8
1
   
GRAS Georges
Adjutant
GC II/5 on August 1939
4
1
 
 
GRASSET
Lieutenant
DAT Chartres
   
GRAY
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/6
2
1
   
GRIMAUD Henri
Sergeant
GC II/7
Wounded by accident on November 28, 1939
3
2
 
 
GRIMPREL
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC Cazaux
DAT Tours on May 12, 1940
GC I/55
Killed during a bombardment of the Alep airfield on June 20, 1941
   
GROSDEMANCHE
Sergeant
GC III/6
Wounded by accident on September 30, 1939
   
GRUYELLE Michel
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/7
4
1
   
GUAY René
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/10
Killed in aerial combat on May 21, 1940
   
GUEHENNEC
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/8
   
GUERIN
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/10
   
GUERRIER Jacques
Captain
GC III/6
   
GUICHARD André
Adjutant
ECN IV/13
Killed in aerial combat on May 27, 1940
   
GUIEU Régis
Captain
GC II/4 on May 15, 1939
Killed in aerial combat on June 7, 1940
7
 
 
GUILLAUME Raymond
Chief Warrant Officer
DAT Salon on May 28, 1940
on June 5, 1940
3
 
GUILLAUME Jean
Sergeant
GC III/7
GC I/1 on August 13, 1940
Wounded in aerial combat on November 22, 1939
1
2
   
GUILLAUME Edmond
Lieutenant
Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n � 78
7
1
 
GUILLER Raymond
Lieutenant
ECN II/13
   
GUILLOU Jean
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/4 on January 14, 1940
Wounded in aerial combat on June 9, 1940
1
   
GUINGO Joachim
Adjutant
GC III/1
Wounded in aerial combat on March 9, 1940    
GUITARD Pierre
Sergeant
GC II/1
Wounded in aerial combat on June 3, 1940    
GUIZARD Gaston
Captain
GC II/1
GC III/10
Wounded in aerial combat on May 14, 1940
1
   
GUTH
Sergeant
GC II/10
   
GUY
Adjutant
GC I/8
Wounded in aerial combat on May 11, 1940
   
GUYOT Georges
Commander
Assigned to GC I / 4 on June 17, 1940. Passed in AFN on June 18, 1940 with H75 Nb285.