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Fighter Pilots are listed below in alphabetical order. Details of the number of men per arm can be found on the Pilots Home page.

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Name	Rank	Unit	Informations	Vict. Sures	Vict. Prob.	Civil-statut	Photo	Indiv Card	Citations
KELLER Auguste Gustave	Sergeant	GC I/4	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	GC I/4	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	GC I/1 -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	GC I/1 -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 François	Staff-Sergeant	GC II/5 on August 1939
LACOMBE Gaston Marie	Lieutenant	GC I/3		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	GC I/4	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 - Jean	Sub-Lieutenant	GC III/2	André LANSOY joined the École de l'Air in 1936. He was posted to the 34th Heavy Aviation Wing in 1938, then to the GC III/2 of the 2nd Chartres Air Wing in 1939. He was wounded in air combat on 13 June 1940. He was sent to Algeria in 1940 with the GC I/3. He took part in operations in Oran, Bou Saada and Ameur el-Ain. In 1943, with the GC I/7 ‘Provence’, he took part in the liberation of France, then joined the GC I/9 at Mekhnès in 1945 before being appointed second-in-command of the 4th Fighter Wing. He spent some time in Indochina in 1948, was posted to Friedrichshafen at the end of 1948, then in 1951 to the master radar station at Troyes. He was a trainee at the CESA (Centre d'Etudes Supérieures Aéronautiques) in 1955. He was appointed Head of the 3rd Bureau at the Air Defence Command in Versailles in 1953. He took part in the Suez operation in 1956, then took command of the Luxeuil base. He was posted to SHAPE (Staff of Allied Forces in Europe) in 1958, to the private staff of the Minister for the Armed Forces in 1960, and finally to the Inspectorate General of the Air Force in 1961. André LANSOY was placed on leave from the Air Staff in 1961..	4	2	Born on 8 January 1917 in Chalette-sur-Loing (45 - Loiret). Died on 22 June 2011 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (92 - Hauts de Seine)
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 GC I/2 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 André - Marie	Staff-Sergeant	DAT Salon first of June 1940 GC II/3 on June 10, 1940	André LAVEISSIERE was a student pilot at the training school for non-commissioned officers of the flying personnel in 1934. He completed a training period at the Etampes flying school in 1935 and was posted to the Chartres air base in 1936. He was called up to the Air Patrol in 1938. He was mobilised in the defence of Lyon as part of a fighter group, then assigned to the flying instructor school before being transferred to the GC II/3 fighter group in 1940 during the French campaign. He was demobilised in August 1940. He managed to escape from France in March 1943 and joined the Free French Air Force on 26 July 1943. He was sent to the British schools, then assigned to squadron 341, ‘Alsace’ group, and sent to OTU in 1945. André LAVEISSIERE was demobilised in 1946 and transferred to the reserves.			Born on 8 August 1913 in Hautot-sur-Mer (76 - Seine-Maritime) Died in Paris (75) on 24 November 1994.
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	GC I/4	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	GC I/1 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	GC I/4	Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n ° 295	1	2
LE-MARTELOT Emile	Adjutant	GC I/2	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	GC I/1 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	GC I/2 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	GC I/1		2	-	Born in Saigon (Vietnam) on 11 July 1915 Died at Lavaur (81 - Tarn) on 3 April 1991
LEPS Jacques - Louis	Commander	GC II/5	Adrien LEPS enlisted voluntarily and was incorporated into the 9th and then the 1st regiment of hussars in 1915. Seriously wounded on 9th July 1915, he asked to join the Air Force and was commissioned as an observer in 1915. Initially a machine-gunner with the N 67, he was sent to the Ambérieux school, and qualified as a pilot in August 1916 and posted to the N 23, then the N 21. He flew the SPAD 2 and ended the war with 12 victories. He was recalled to active service in 1924 and posted to the 38th RA. Between the wars, he worked for the ‘Carburateurs Solex’ company. He was recalled in August 1939 and was posted first to the staff of the Etampes base, then to the GC II/5. He then joined the staff of General PINSARD's Groupement de Chasse 21. On 6 June 1940, when his airfield was bombed by the Germans, he was seriously wounded, along with General Pinsard, who had to have a leg amputated. He retired in 1961. For the record, Adrien LEPS, a great tennis fan, was a linesman until he was... 84 years old!			Born 27 September 1893 in Angers (49 - Maine et Loire). Died in Paris (75) on 18 December 1983.
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	GC I/1	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	GC I/4	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
LORILLON Pierre - Roger	Lieutenant	GC II/10	Pierre Lorilklon was admitted to the Istres competition in 1938. During the French Campaign, he was posted to the GC II/10 in Oran in May 1940. He joined the Normandie-Niemen group in May 1944 before becoming an instructor in England in 1945, then posted to the ‘Vaucluse’ group. He was sent to Indochina in 1953-1954, to Algeria from 1960 to 1962 and to the CCR in Aix from 1962 to 1964. Pierre LORILLON was placed on aircrew leave in 1965.			Born in Champigny-sur-Marne (94 - Val de Marne) on 13 May 1918 Died in Bastia (2B - Haute-Corse) on 17 February 2013
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