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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
KELLER Auguste Gustave
Sergeant
killed in aerial combat on June 15, 1940
2
Born on the 17:09/1915 at Strasbourg (67 - Bas-Rhin)
Killed on 15/06/1940 at Chartes (28 - Eure)
KERANGUEVEN Georges
Captain
GC III/2
2
2
 
 
KESSE Charles
Chief Warrant Officer
Morally and physically tested, he will be hospitalized on June 10, 1940
2
 
KILLY Robert
Sergeant
GC II/3
3
3
   
KULLING Joseph
Adjutant
GC III/6-
Romilly Transformation Center April 24, 1940
   
KUNTZEL Auguste
Staff-Sergeant
-CIC Montpellier on February 1940
Transferred to the Montpellier CIC as an instructor in February 1940. He subsequently joined the GC III/3, then the GC III/6 on 3 September 1939, before being demobilised on 25 October 1940. Born on 27 March 1910 in Yutz (57 - Moselle)
Died at Strasbourg (68 - Bas-Rhin) on 13 June 1992
 
LABIT Georges
Captain
GC II/2
1
4
   
LABONDE
Commander
GC I/8
   
LABREUVEUX
Lieutenant
-CIC Chartres on February 27, 1940
Following health problems linked to high-altitude combat training, Lieutenant LABREUVEUX was forced to leave the Chasse and was transferred to the CIC at Chartres on 27 February 1940.
   
LACHAUX Fran�ois
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/5 on August 1939
   
LACOMBE Gaston Marie
Lieutenant
2
 
LACOMBE Georges
Captain
GC III/7
Lieutenant LACOMBE graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique and was certified as a Pilot in 1934. He was 30 years old in 1939,
Killed in aerial combat on May 21, 1940.
3
   
LACROIX Fernand
Sergeant
killed in aerial combat on May 11, 1940
1
 
LAGRANGE
Sergeant
GC III/1
1
-
   
LAGUET
Adjutant
GC II/6
Wounded in aerial combat on June 9, 1940
1
   
LAMAISON Robert
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/8
2
1
   
LAMAZOU Pierre
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/6 on October 17, 1939
Killed by accident on November 25, 1939
   
LAMBLIN Jacques
Sergeant
GC II/7
5
6
 
 
LAMORERE
Lieutenant
GC III/5
   
LAMOUROUX Georges
Candidate Officer
GC III/9
1
   
LANCESSEUR
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/3
   
LANCOUDRANGE
Sergeant
ECN IV/13
Machine-Gunner    
LANCRENON Claude
Lieutenant
GC III/7
Killed by accident on December 01, 1939
   
LANDEROIN Albert
Captain
GC II/10
killed in aerial combat on May 20, 1940
1
   
LANSOY André
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/2
Wounded in aerial combat on June 13, 1940
4
2
 
 
LAPORTE
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/10
   
LARGEAU André
Sergeant
GC II/1
1
-
   
LARIQUE
Captain
GC II/2
   
LASTEYRIE
Staff-Sergeant
DAT Salon first of June 1940
GC II/3 on June 10, 1940
   
LAURANT Michel - Georges
Lieutenant
CIC of Chartres
on May 13, 1940

Joined the Group on 13 May 1940 from the CIC at Chartres.

After the Armistice, he was posted to Fighter Squadron 565 of the Vichy Air Force, based in Ivato-Tannarive, Madagascar. He was there in May 1942, when the British attacked the island. It was shot down on 7 May 1942, but managed to land on its belly.

1
-
Born in Toulon (83 - Var) on 16 August 1916
Died at Houga (32 - Gers) on 2 May 2009
LAURENT
Sergeant
GC III/6
EOR on October 5, 1939
   
LAURENT
Chief Warrant Officer
ECN I/13
Pilot    
LAVEISSIERE
Staff-Sergeant
DAT Salon first of June 1940
GC II/3 on June 10, 1940
   
LE-BIDAUD Alois
Captain
GC III/3
killed in aerial combat on June 19, 1940
   
LE-BIHAN
Sergeant
ECN II/13
Machine-Gunner    
LEBLANC Maurice
Lieutenant
GC III/2
5
1
   
LEBLANC Marie-Emile
Chief Warrant Officer
GC III/3
4
1
   
LE-BOUEDEC
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/9
ERC 2/562 on December 3, 1939
   
LEBRUN
Sergeant
Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n � 306
   
LE-CALVEZ Yves
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/4 on May 1939
School of Active Officers Versailles on November 19, 1939
GC I/5 on March 20, 1940
3
2
   
LECHAT André
Lieutenant
GC III/2
4
   
LECLERQ Lucien
Adjutant
GC II/6
killed in aerial combat on May 11, 1940
   
LE-COZANNET
Adjutant
ECN II/13
Machine-gunner. Wounded in aerial combat on May 17, 1940
   
LECRIVAIN
Lieutenant
GC III/10
   
LEENHARDT Tony
Lieutenant
GC II/10
GC III/1 on February 27, 1940
3
1
 
 
LEFEBRE
Chief Warrant Officer
DAT Orléans-Bricy
   
LEFEUVRE
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Bordeaux on May 20, 1940
GC I/55
   
LEFEVRE Maurice
Sergeant
GC II/7
Wounded in aerial combat on May 11, 1940
1
1
   
LEFOL Georges
Candidate Officer
GC II/5 on August 1939
School of Active Officers Versailles on November 15, 1939
GC I/5 on March 20, 1940
12
1
   
LEFOYER Henri
Captain
GC I/6
Wounded and taken prisoner on June 11, 1940
   
LEGENTIL André
Lieutenant
on December 6, 19/39
Assigned to the Group on 6 December 1939. Seriously wounded in air combat on 3 June 1940.
3
1
Born on 6 January 1913
Killed on 11 September 1943
LE-GLOAN Pierre
GC III/6
   
LEGRAND André
Sergeant
GC II/5 on August 1939
7
1
   
LEGRAND Georges
Lieutenant
GC III/6
   
LEGRIX-DE-LA-SALLE
Commander
GC I/10
GC I/9
   
LE-GUENNEC Alain
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/6
   
LEMARE Georges
Sergeant
Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n � 295
1
2
 
LE-MARTELOT Emile
Adjutant

Emile Martelot joined the French Air Force in 1930 and qualified as a military pilot in September 1930. He joined the GC I/2 in the mid-1930s.

He was wounded in air combat on 2 April 1940.

After the Armistice, in February 1941, he joined the Alliance network of the Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur. In June 1943, he managed to reach Great Britain via Spain and Portugal.
He asked to be posted to the Normandy-Niemen Group and was seriously wounded in air combat in September 1944. He had to leave the Group and returned to France.

At the beginning of 1945, with the rank of Captain, he was assigned to supervise student pilots in the United States. On his return to France, he was posted to the Brétigny Test Centre. He did a short stint in Korea, before returning to the Test Centre. He was killed on 18 June 1952 while testing a Gloster Meteor at the Andelys airfield.

Born on 2 June 1911 in Montreuil (93 - Seine-Saint-Denis)
Died at Andelys (27 - Eure) on 18 June 1952
LEMERRE Pierre - Jean
Lieutenant
then in school on October 15, 19/39
Transferred to school on 15 October 1939
Born 26 July 1897, Paris (75)
Died in Paris on 21 September 1983
 
LEMOINE
Staff-Sergeant
on March 23, 1940
CIC of Cazaux on June 13, 1940
Assigned to the Group on March 23, 1940. Assigned June 13, 1940 to CIC de Cazaux.
   
LENIAUD Marcel
Adjutant
GC II/6
killed in aerial combat on May 14, 1940
2
   
LE-NIGEN Edouard
Sergeant
GC III/3
10
1
   
LENOIR
Staff-Sergeant
ECN I/13
Machine-Gunner    
LEONARDO
Lieutenant
ECN IV/13
Killed by accident on September 8, 1939
   
LEPAGE Georges
Sergeant
GC I/9
GC II/9
   
LEPAGE Louis
Chief Warrant Officer
ECN III/13
Machine-gunner
   
LE-PECQ Bernard
Sergeant
GC III/10
3
   
LEPEZEL
Sergeant
GC I/55
Killed by accident on June 19, 1940
   
LEPREUX Jacques
Sergeant
GC I/5
killed in aerial combat on September 30, 1939
 
 
LEPROVOST Jacques
Sergeant
2
-
Born in Saigon (Vietnam) on 11 July 1915
Died at Lavaur (81 - Tarn) on 3 April 1991
LE-RESTIF Yves
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/5
killed in aerial combat on September 30, 1939
 
 
LEROUX
Sergeant
GC III/9
GC I/1 on August 26, 1940
   
LESAULNIER
Sergeant
GC III/10
Demobilized on July 27, 1940
   
LESCHI
Sergeant
GC II/9
1
   
LE-SELLIER-DE-CHEZELLES Hubert
Lieutenant
GC III/3
Wounded in aerial combat on May 13, 1940
1
1
       
LESPINASSE
Staff-Sergeant
DAT Etampes
DAT Bordeaux
GC I/55
   
LE-STUM Guy
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/5 on March 14, 1940
1
1
   
LE-TALLEC Léon
Adjutant
GC III/6 on October 17, 1939
Killed by accident on November 25, 1939
   
LETE
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/3
1
   
LEVASSEUR Marcel
Chief Warrant Officer
Wounded in aerial combat on May 12, 1940
 
 
LEVAVASSEUR
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/8
CIC Chartres on april 1, 1940
Wounded in aerial combat on May 12, 1940    
LEVREUX
Sergeant
GC I/8
   
L'HOPITAL-NAVARRE
Sergeant
GC III/7
Wounded in aerial combat on March 31, 1940    
LIAUTARD
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/8
Wounded by accident on June 12, 1940
4
2
   
LIENARD
Adjutant
GC II/13
   
LINARD Jean
Sergeant
GC III/2
2
-
   
LION
Adjutant
GC III/7
GC I/1 on August 13, 1940
Wounded by accident on October 25, 1939
Wounded in aerial combat on June 9, 1940
   
LITOLFF Albert
Adjutant
GC I/7
GC III/7
Assigned to GC III/7 on 15 October 1939 from GC I/7.
6
1
 
 
LOEUILLET
Captain
Passed in AFN on June 18, 1940 with the H75 n � 286
   
LOGEROT
Lieutenant
GC III/7
           
LOI Martin
Sergeant
GC II/3
GC III/6
4
1
   
LONGUESSERTE
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/10
   
LOUIS Camille
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/7
killed in aerial combat on June 5, 1940
1
1
   
LOUVEAU Jean
Sergeant
GC I/8
   
LUMIERE
Captain
GC III/9
   
LYON
Chief Warrant Officer
GC III/2