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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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ABGRALL
Captain
GC II/10
 
 
ABRIOUX Paul
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/1
4
1
 
ACCART Jean - Mary
Captain
GC I/5
Jean ACCART joined the French Navy in April 1932. He joined the navy and obtained his pilot's licence in 1933. He was posted to the 1st squadron of the 5th fighter squadron in 1936 before being appointed commander of SPA 67 in 1938 (1st squadron of GC I/5). During the French Campaign, he was seriously wounded in aerial combat on 1 June 1940, and after his convalescence he went on to recreate the advanced fighter section of the Ecole de l'Air, based at Salon. In November 1942, he was placed on armistice leave and managed to leave France for AFN via Spain. He was given command of the ‘Berry’ fighter group, known as 345 Squadron in the RAF. After completing a training period at the Command and General Staff School in the USA, he was assigned to the General Staff's Studies and Plans Office and to the Air Force Inspectorate.
In 1946, he was a fighter instructor at the Centre d'Enseignement Supérieur Aérien before being appointed Chief of Staff at the Air Force Headquarters in December 1946. He became deputy director of the Bretigny test centre, then fighter inspector in 1952. In September 1952, he took command of the Reims air base, before becoming 2nd Deputy Chief of Staff of the French Air Force in September 1955. He was then assigned to the General Chief of Staff of the French Air Force and as such was the national air defence representative at SHAPE. He became deputy to the Air Force General Major in February 1959, then took command of the 1st CATAC and the FAFA in November 1960. He was appointed a member of the Conseil Supérieur de l'Air from 1962 to 1965, and Inspector of Armament Programmes and Manufacturing in 1963. Jean ACCART retired from active service in 1965.
12
4
Born on 7 April 1912 in Fécamp (76 - Seine-Maritime). Died 19 August 1992 in La Gaude (06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
 
ACHON
Sergeant
GC III/2
Wounded in Aerial Combat on May 15, 1940
1
 
ACQUILINA René
Sub-Lieutenant
GC II/2
Wounded in Aerial Combat on June 2, 1940
-
3
 
ALBERT Marcel
Sergeant
Sergeant Marcel ALBERT will join the FFL on October 14th 1941 with his D520 and two other pilots. He will be assigned to the GC "Ile de France" then to the Normandy-Niemen Group
1
1
Born on 25/11/1917 in Paris(75)
Died on 23/08/2010 in Harlingen (USA)
 
ALEXANDRE Jean
Captain
GC II/2
-
4
 
ALLEZ Jacques - Adrien
Commander
Jacques ALLEZ enlisted in the 3rd Cuirassiers Regiment in 1914, then was seconded to the Avord aviation camp, then to Pau in 1915 and 1916. He was posted to squadron 65 in 1917. Appointed instructor in 1917, he was transferred to GC 12 in 1918. He was demobilised in 1919.
In 1939, he was recalled to the I/4 fighter group and became a liaison officer with the British army in 1940. Returning to civilian life, he became President of the Aéro-club de France from 1948 to 1968, then President of the Fédération aéronautique internationale.
    Born 10 October 1894, Paris (75)
Died in Paris on 21 June 1982
     
ALLONZO
Sergeant
ECN IV/13
Wounded in Aerial Combat on June 2, 1940
 
AMARGER Georges - Maxime Sub-Lieutenant Georges AMARGER joined the French Air Force in 1927 as a mechanic. He joined the Nimes school before being posted to Morocco. He received his pilot's licence at Istres in 1931 and was posted to the Reims base in 1936, then to the GAR in Algiers in 1938. He joined the GC I/7 fighter group in Levant in 1940.
After the Armistice, back in France, he escaped to Spain, but was taken prisoner by the Spanish and interned at the Miranda camp. He joined the GC II/7 in Morocco in May 1943.
After the war, he was posted to Tunisia in 1947, then to Indochina from April 1951 to November 1952. He was appointed Commander of the Air Force in Algeria from 1953 to 1961, then posted to the Cognac base in 1961. Georges AMARGER retired in 1965.
   
Né le 30 mars 1909 à Isserville (Algérie)
Décédé le 22 novembre 2001 à Toulon (83 - Var)
     
AMBROGI Marc
Commander
GC I/8 on December 9, 1939
1
 
AMOUROUX Edouard
Commander
 Transferred to the USA on April 24, 1940
In 1931, Edouard AMOUROUX became head of the Etampes Patrol on the MS230, before joining the Middle East in 1933.
Transferred to the USA on 24 April 1940
 
ANCELET
Staff-Sergeant
GC I/10GC III/5
 
ANGIBAULT Roger
Adjiudant
GC II/10
1
 
ANGIOLINI Henri
Sergeant
GC II/5 on August 1939
3
1
 
ARGUEYROLLES Joseph
Adjutant
GC II/1
Killed in Aerial Combat on May 17, 1940
 
ARNOUX Maurice
Commander
GC III/7
Killed in Aerial Combat on June 6, 1940
Born on September 7, 1895 at Montrouge
Died on June 06, 1940
 
ASTIER-DE-VILLATTE Adrien
Captain
GC I/8
Killed in Aerial Combat on May 10, 1940
1
 
AUDEBAUD Louis
Lieutenant
ECN I/13
Killed in Aerial Combat on March 4, 1940
 
AUDEBERT Louis - Alexandre
Sub-Lieutenant
on May 13, 1940.

Joined the Group on 13 May 1940

He will join later the GC II/6 and will be killed in air combat on October 16, 1942

2
-
Born in Queaux (86 - Vienne) on 29 October 1916
Died at Tivouane (Senegal) on 16 October 1942
AUDEMAR D'ALENCON Eric Henri
Lieutenant
Killed in Aerial Combat on June 6, 1940
1
1
Born in Paris 7° Arr on 05/01/1914
Died 06/06/1940 at Morvilliers-Saint-Saturnin (80 - Somme)
AUDRAIN Pierre
Sergeant
GC II/5 on August 1939
3
1
 
AUTIER Raymond
Chief Warrant Officer
GC II/1
Killed in Aerial Combat on May 15, 1940
Born on February 8, 1907
Died on May 15, 1940
 
AVON Maurice
Sub-Lieutenant
GC III/4
Maurice AVON, a former student at the Ecole Normale d'Enseignants in Avignon, discovered Popular Aviation before joining the Advanced Military Training School. He asked to go into aviation and obtained a flying scholarship. In 1938, he joined the Bourges school and learned to fly the Hanriot. He was awarded a military pilot's licence and was incorporated at Istres. He was also trained as an observer at Avord.
He was posted to Oran, then to Casablanca with the GG III/4 in 1940. Demobilised after the Armistice, he was recalled in 1943 and joined the FAFL. He took part in the landings with squadron 329.
He was posted to the GC ‘Provence’ in 1947 in AFN, and was appointed commander of the GC I/2 ‘Cigognes’ in 1948, before being appointed second-in-command of the 7th Fighter Wing in 1953. In 1956, he became second-in-command of the Meknès training base, then trainee at the ESGA (Ecole Supérieure de Guerre Aérienne) in 1958. He was then appointed deputy operational commander of the 5eme RA in Algiers, then commander of the 9th air brigade and commander of the Metz air base in 1960. In 1963, he was assigned to the 3rd Bureau of the Air Force General Staff, and in 1965 became Commander of the southern air defence zone at Aix-les-Milles. He was appointed head of the military air traffic service and then director of air traffic in 1968. Maurice AVON, Air Division General, was put on aircrew leave in 1972
Born on 6 September 1918 in Monteux (84 - Vaucluse).
Died on 21 November 1996.