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1060 French Pilots are listed below, in alphabetical order.

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Name
Rank
Unit
Informations
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Indiv Card
Citations
SAGON
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC Chartres
GC II/8 on March 08, 1940
   
SAILLARD Pierre
Sergeant
GC II/4 on August 1939
Killed in aerial combat on November 22, 1939
1
 
 
SAINT-GALL
Sergeant
ECN II/13
Machine-gunner. Wounded in aerial combat on May 17, 1940    
SAINT-GENIS
Lieutenant
ECMJ I/16
Navigator    
SAINT-JOHN-DE-CREVECOEUR
Lieutenant
GC II/8
   
SAINT-MARCEAU
Sergeant
GC I/55
   
SALAUN Jean-Nicolas
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/6
Wounded and taken prisoner on May 21, 1940  
 
SALES Edouard
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/5 on August 1939
6
3
   
SALMAND André
Chief Warrant Officer
GC I/5
Killed in aerial combat on April 7, 1940
1
   
SALVA Pierre
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/8
4
3
Born on 05/05/1917 in Lyon (69 - Rhône)
SANNIER Lucien
Sergeant
ECN I/13
Machine-gunner        
SARRAULT
Captain

As commander of the CEAM (Centre d'Expérience Aériennes Militaires), he joined the GC I/2 on 7 June 1940 and replaced Commander DARU, who had been transferred to the CIC, on 13 June 1940.

Captain SARRAULT to become Air Brigadier General

   
SASSARD
Lieutenant
GC II/6
1
   
SATGE Henri
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/2
GC III/6 on May 12, 1940
   
SAUSER Rémy
Sergeant
GC II/5 on August 1939
   
SAUSSOL Roger
Chief Warrant Officer
GC III/1
Wounded in aerial combat on May 26, 1940
5
-
   
SAUVAGE André
Sergeant
ECMJ I/16
   
SAUVAGE Jean
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/3
3
1
   
SAUZE
Sergeant
GC III/9
   
SCHMIDT Jean - Lucien
Lieutenant
Wounded in air combat on 21 May 1940
1
1
Born in Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne) on 26 January 1906
Died in Boulogne-Billancourt (92 - Haut-De-Seine) on 4 September 1972
SCHNEIDER Marcel
Chief-Warrant-Officer
GC III/10
       
SCHNEIDER Jean Jules
Captain
GC III/10
Seriously wounded in air combat on May 23, 1940. The mission of that day consisted in protecting a Bloch MB174 Reconnaissance aircraft piloted by... Antoine DE-SAINT EXUPERY. The two men were also friends. This mission will be narrated by the writer in his book "Pilote de Guerre".
He will die by accident in November 1944 when the B24 which brings him back from Algiers towards Le Bourget, crashes in the forest of Saint-Prix (Saône et Loire)
4
Born 28/08/1896 in Paris (75)
Died on 14/11/1944 in the forest of Saint-Prix (Saône et Loire)
SCHREINER
Adjutant
GC II/6
GC III/9
Air School
1
   
SCOTTE Pierre
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/5 on March 8, 1940
Wounded in aerial combat on May 13, 1940
Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
1
1
   
SEGHI Ezie
Adjutant
ECN I/13
Machine-gunner        
SENET Henri
Chief Warrant Officer
GC I/6
Wounded in aerial combat on June 5, 1940
1
   
SEVELY
Lieutenant
GC I/8
   
SEYRAL
Adjutant
ECN V/13
   
SIBIRIL-LEFEBRE Jean
Sergeant
GC II/9
Killed in aerial combat on June 3, 1940
   
SICARD
Sergeant
GC III/10
   
SIGRIST Michel
Staff-Sergeant
ECMJ I/16
Machine-gunner        
SILERZYCKI
Captain
GC III/6
   
SILVAN Henri Joseph
Sub-Lieutenant
He later joined the GC I/9 and was killed on 18/05/1945 in Algeria
Born on 29/07/1917 at Roanne (42 - Loire)
Killed on the 18/05/1945 at L'Alma (Algeria)
 
SILVESTRE DE SACY Marcel
Captain
GC I/6
Killed in aerial combat on May 21, 1940
2
 
 
SIMON
Sergeant
ECMJ I/16
Navigator    
SINGEOT Marcel
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/10
2
1
   
SONNTAG
Sergeant
GC II/7
1
   
SOUCHE GerMayn
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/10
GC I/8
 
 
SOULAGES Marcel
Sergeant
GC III/3
   
SOUVIAT Jacques
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC Cazaux
DAT Bordeaux end of May 1940
GC I/55
   
SOVICHE Pierre - Henri
Commander
Before the war, in July 1939, Pierre SOVICHE, then a Captain, was part of the Franco-British mission led by General Doumenc to the USSR.
by General Doumenc in the USSR, accompanied by Major Valin,
Commandant SOVICHE joined GC I/1 on 28 April 1940 to replace Commandant PALLIER as Group Commander.
Born on 1 June 1901 in Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Died at Gleizé (69 - Rhône) on 3 August 1988
 
SPERAT
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/10
Wounded in aerial combat on June 7, 1940    
SPILLIAERT
Sergeant
GC II/6 (GCIII/9 on January 01, 1941 ?)
   
STARKE Robert - Frédéric
Sergeant
Robert Starké was born on 13 June 1915 in Woerth, Bas-Rhin. He joined the Romilly air base as a student pilot on 24 August 1935. After obtaining his wings, he joined the 1st Fighter Squadron based at Le Bourget on 15 May 1936, then at Villacoublay and finally at Etampes on 20 October of the same year.
On 24 August 1938, after signing a new contract, Sergeant Starké was posted to the 2nd Escadrille of GC I/1. During the "Drôle de Guerre", Sergeant Starké was promoted to the rank of Sergeant-Chef.
On 20 June 1940, while flying over a HEINKEL HE111 that had been destroyed on the ground, Sergeant STARKE collided with another French pilot of the GCI/8, Sub-Lieutenant PORODO. Miraculously, PORODO escaped unhurt, but Sergeant SARKE was found burnt to a crisp in his aircraft.
5
-
Born on 13 June 1905 in Woerth (67 - Bas Rhin)
Killed on 20 June 1940 at Saujon (17 - Charente-Maritime)
 
STAUB
Sergeant
DAT TOURS on May 12, 1940
GC I/55
 
STEHLIN Paul
Captain
GC III/6 on May 12, 1940
 
STEUNOU Marcel
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/6
 
STIQUEL André
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/8
on May 01, 1940
Killed in aerial combat on May 26, 1940
1
Born on 15/10/1910 (30 - Gard)
Killed on 26/05/1940 in Pas de Calais (62)
STREIFF Raymond - Clément
Adjutant

Raymond STRIEFF qualified as a Farman pilot in 1929 and joined the French Air Force in 1930. He qualified as a Military Pilot and was posted to the 2nd Fighter Regiment in Strasbourg, then to the Chartres air base.

On mobilisation, he was posted to the GC I/2 and was placed on Armistice leave in June 1940. He was posted to general supplies at Le Mans.

In 1942, he was posted to Vichy, to the Secretary of State for Aviation, and to the Service des Oeuvres Sociales de l'Air based in Vichy.

In 1946, he was posted to the GAL in Germany. He was placed on active personnel leave in 1947.

Returning to civilian life, he was an executive pilot with Motostandard.

3
-
Born 23 November 1908 in Isming (57 - Moselle)
Died at Strasbourg (67 - Bas-Rhin) on 28 December 1996
STROHL
Captain
GC II/6
 
SURREL
Lieutenant
DAT Chartres
 
TAIN Jean
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/1
GC II/9 on May 16, 1940
On 16 May he was transferred to the GC II/9.
Second lieutenant at the Chaouia base (Morocco), he was killed on 31/07/1945.
1
1
Born on 21 May 1908 in Langres (52 - Haute-Marne)
Killed on 31 July 1945 at Chaouia (Morocco)
 
TALLENT Maurice
GC I/5
11
1
 
TANGUY Victor
Sergeant then Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/7 then GC I/8
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. He joins GC I/8 after its formation
1
1
 
TARDY-De-MONTRAVEL Jacques Maurice
Sub-Lieutenant
Passed in AFN on June 18th, 1940 with the H75 n � 327
2
Born on 15/10/1912 in Paris 16eme Arr
TARIEL Jean
Lieutenant
GC III/1
Wounded in aerial combat on May 18, 1940
4
-
 
TEILLET Roger
Staff-Sergeant
Roger TEILLET enlisted in the French Air Force in 1935 and joined the Rabat Air Base in Morocco. He qualified as a pilot in October 1936. As a young Sergeant, he was posted to GC I/1, 1ere Escadrille, on 9 March 1937.
7
1
Born in Périgueux (24 - Dordogne) on 25 January 1914
Died at Senlis (60 - Oise) on 12 October 1988
 
TESSERAUD Georges
GC II/4 on August 1939
7
4
 
TESTU
Sergeant
ECN IV/13
Machine-gunner. Wounded in aerial combat on May 17, 1940
 
THABUIS Léon
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/10
Killed in aerial combat on May 17, 1940
 
THIBAUDET Pierre André
Commander
Born on 15/11/1904
 
THIERRY Emile Robert
Sub-Lieutenant
4
1
Born 19/04/1915 at Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Died at Taulignan (26 - Drôme) on 14/09/2000
THIROUX DE GERVILLIER Arnould
Sergeant
GC III/6
Arrived to the GCIII/6 on December 6, 1939. Killed in aerial Combat on May 21, 1940
   
THOLLON Robert
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/8
8
 
THOMAS Alain
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Bordeaux on May 20, 1940
GC I/55
 
TITARD
Adjutant
DAT Salon early of June 1940
GC II/3 on June 10, 1940
1
 
TIXIER-VIGNANCOURT Raymond
Lieutenant
GC II/4 on March 1940,
Killed in aerial combat on 10 May 1940
 
TORTRAT
Lieutenant
GC II/2
 
TOTEMS
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/10
 
TOURADE
Staff-Sergeant
GC III/3
 
TOURET Jean
Sergeant

GC I/3
GC I/2 September 1939
CIC on November 16, 1939
GC II/6
GC II/8 on October 1, 1941

Assigned to the Group in September 1939. Left GC I/2 on 16 November for assignment to the CIC.

He was later assigned to the GC I/3.

1
Born on 01 January 1915 at Champagnac-le-Vieux (43 - Haute-Loire)
Died on 29 July 1999 at Le Puy en Velay (43 - Haute-Loire)
TOURNE Robert
Staff-Sergeant
GC II/3
4
 
TOURNIER
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/10
 
TRAVERS
Captain
GC III/3
GC III/6 on January 12, 1940
GC I/10 on May 24, 1940
 
TREBOD Pierre - Auguste
Lieutenant
on April 20, 1940
Pierre TREBOD, who started out as a mechanic, obtained his military pilot's licence in August 1929. After serving with the 2nd fighter aviation regiment at Strasbourg-Neuhoff, he qualified as a public transport pilot and became a test pilot at the SNCASO-SNECMA factory in Chatellerault, flying many routes between Chatellerault and Bordeaux. With this solid experience, he joined the GC I/1 on 20 April 1940. He was killed in air combat on 03 June 1940.
Born on 07 February 1910 in Bordeaux (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 3 June 1940 at Boran-sur-oise (60 - Oise)
 
TREGOUET
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/8
 
TREILLARD Jean
Captain
ECN I/13
   
TREMELO Alexandre
Sub-Lieutenant
CIC de Chartres
GC II/4 on May 22, 1940
1
   
TREMOLET René
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/5 on August 1939
3
1
 
 
TRICAUD Georges
Commander
GC I/6
GC III/9
3
1
 
 
TRINCANO
Sergeant
GC II/1 on August 23, 1939
on September 18, 1939
GC I/9 on December 1939
GC I/2 on June 21, 1940
Joined the Group on September 17, 1939. Leaving GC I / 2 in December for GC I / 9, he returned to the Group on June 21 1940
   
TRINEL Napoleon
Sergeant
GC III/6 on March 6, 1940
   
TROUILLARD Roger
Captain
GC III/3
Killed in aerial combat on May 13, 1940
2
1
   
TROYES Aimé
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/3
Wounded in aerial combat on May 25, 1940
4
2
   
TRULLA
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Bordeaux on May 20, 1940
GC I/55
   
TULASNE
Captain
GC II/9
GC I/7
 
 
TULLE
Staff-Sergeant
DAT Etampes
GC I/55