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Non-Flying Personnel

42 Members of the Administrative, Health, Logistic, ... non Navigating Personnel are listed below, in alphabetical order.

Name
Rank
Unit
Post
Informations
Civil-statut
Photo
Indiv. Card
Citations
ALLIROT Jean
Lieutenant
GC III/7
Doctor
         
AUVIGNE
Lieutenant
GBA I/54
Deputy Group commander
Present at 10 May 1940
     
BERGER
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
BLANC
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
BLONDEAU Marcel
Lieutenant
GC III/7
Intelligence Officer
         
BOMBOIS Robert
Sergeant
GC III/7
Accountant
         
BONNIGAL
Captain
GBA II/54
Administrative Section Commander
     
BONON
Sub-Lieutenant
GAO 502
Technical Officer
         
BOUCHON
Lieutenant
GC I/2
Administrative Officer
       
BOURIEZ
Sergeant
Photographic Section Assigned to the Photographic Section S.P.A 20.104 assigned to GAO 501        
BOURGEAT
Lieutenant
GR I/35
Head of the Radio 35102 Section attached to the GR I/35.
       
BRANDY Pierre              
BUFFIN
Staff-Sergeant
GBA I/54
Accountant
Present at 10 May 1940
       
CADEOT Clair
Captain
GC I/4
Group Doctor
         
CARLIER
Captain
GBA I/54
Administrative Section Commander
Present at 10 May 1940
       
CELLARD
Lieutenant
GR I/35
Head of Section Photo 7/105 attached to GR I/35.
       
CHAMP-DE-PAS
Commander
GC III/7
Deputy Group Commander
Leaving Group GC III/7 on 15 September, 1939
       
CHANDON
Captain
Photographic Section
Commander of the S.P.A. 20.104 photographic section assigned to GAO 501        
CLEMENT
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/2
Accountant
       
COCHARD
Chief-Warrant Officer
GBA I/54
Discipline Group
Present at 10 May 1940
       
CUCHE
GC I/2
Auxiliary doctor
Joined the Group on 31 January to replace Captain Froment who will leave on 3 February.
       
DROUET
GC I/5
Doctor
       
DUCHATEAU Octave              
DUMONT
Lieutenant
  Commander of the Section of 3 light aircraft affected to the GAO 501        
DURET
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
DURUPT
GBA I/54
Auxiliary doctor
Present at 10 May 1940
       
EME
Staff-Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
FERTILLE
Sub-Lieutenant
GAO 502
Section Commander Photo 21/104.
Resistance fighter, he was killed in 1944.      
FRANQUE
Lieutenant
GR I/35
Doctor
       
FROMENT
Captain
GC I/2
Doctor
Leaves the Group on February 3rd.
       
FUMET Mathieu              
GRAPPE
Sub-Lieutenant
Mechanic, Chief of Photo and Technical Services
         
GROSBOIS François - Maurice
Captain
Chief of General Services
Captain GROSBOIS was a Reserve officer and former pilot in the 1914-1918 war. He fought with the SPA 95 squadron, which was equipped with Spad XIIIs. Born on 30 September 1893      
JACQUET Marc
Lieutenant
Head of
2nd office
Before the war, Marc JACQUET was a law student at the universities of Paris and Kiel. He did his military service in the French Air Force, with the 54th Air Wing. He attended officer training courses and graduated as a second lieutenant. He was mobilised in 1939 and appointed Lieutenant, joining the GB I/38 as head of the 2nd Bureau. He was demobilised in August 1940, and became assistant to Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred HEURTAUX, chief of staff to Air Force General Jean d'Harcourt, the General Secretary for Family and Youth. Under cover of his position, Alfred HEURTAUX set up an intelligence network for the Resistance, and persuaded Marc JACQUET to join him in hiding and become his deputy. Following Alfred HEURTAUX's arrest in November 1941, Marc JACQUET continued the network's activities, but hunted down by the Germans, he took refuge in North Africa and continued his involvement with Henri d'Astier de la VIGERIE.
In North Africa, he joined the Royalist camp, which aimed to install the Comte de Paris in power. But after the assassination of DARLAN, Marc JACQUET was sought after and had to assume an assumed identity: Marc VAUTHIER. Under this name and with the rank of Captain, he succeeded in being given command of a Cavalry Squadron and went ashore with the Allies at Saint-Trpoez on 15 August 1944. But unmasked by the Military Police, he was arrested and taken back to Algiers.
After the war, he entered politics, serving as an RPF MP from 1951 to 1955, UNR MP for the 1st constituency of Seine-et-Marne from 1958 to 1973, and finally as Senator and Chairman of the RPR Group in the Upper House from 1978 to 1981.
Born on 17 February 1913 in Mercy-Le-Bas (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Died in Paris (75) on 18 April 1983
     
JUGIE René - Jean
Soldier
  After the Armistice, René JUGIE joined the Resistance and, under the pseudonym "GAO", created the "GAO" group, which was very active in Corrèze. Born August 19, 1914 in Brive-la-Gaillarde (19 - Corrèze)
Died at Brive-la-Gaillarde on 19 December 1996
     
LABIOCHE Guy - Gustave       Born in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne) on 21 March 1916
Died at Pessac (33 - Gironde) on 24 January 1999
     
LASNIER-LACHAISE Charles
Lieutenant
GR II/22
Officer of Intelligence then Officer of Transmission from June 2, 1940.
Intelligence Officer then Signal Officer from June 2, 1940
Lieutenant LASNIER-LACHAISE ended his career with the rank of Air Brigadier General.
Died March 24, 2015 in Paris      
LANOY
Sub-Lieutenant
GR I/35
Administrative Section Commander
       
LAVAUX Lucien - Fernand
Soldier
Photographer
A photographer by trade, Lucien LAVAUX decided in 1936 to join the French Air Force for 3 years with the aim of becoming an aerial photographer. He was posted to the Duny-Le-Bourget base before joining the Photo Department of the Air Force General Staff. But when he heard that an Air Observation Group was being set up in Limoges, his home town, he was transferred to this Group. Demobilised in March 1939, he left the GAO 512, but returned to it 6 months later on mobilisation....
During the French Campaign, he was assigned to the Group's Photo Department, and after GAO 512 withdrew to the south, he managed to embark for North Africa in Marseille. Demobilised, he returned to mainland France in August 1940.
Back in civilian life, he returned to his job as a photographer and aerial photographer. In particular, he took the 1st aerial photograph of the martyred village of Oradour sur Vienne, in Haute-Vienne.
After the war, a talented aerial photographer, he took beautiful aerial photos of the Limousin region and the city of Limoges in particular. Lucien LAVAUX is the author of a book retracing his career as a civilian photographer and his time with the GAO 512: "PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR TERRE ET DANS LE CIEL" published by the Conservatoire Aéronautique du Limousin.
Born in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne) on 4 February 1915
Died in Limoges on 27 April 2007
     
LEBIGRE Pierre - Henri
Lieutenant
Chief Heavy Photo Section
  Born on 9 April 1899 in Gisors (27 - Eure)
Died in Paris (75) on 22 April 1978
     
LE-PAVEC
Captain
GBA I/54
Doctor
In February 1940, victim of an accident aboard a Potez 58 piloted by Lieutenant GADY: ends up in the Durance river following an engine failure.
In February 1940, he was victim of an accident aboard a Potez 63 piloted by Lieutenant LELEU: the plane hit the top of a tree. He escaped unhurt, but left the Group after his two accidents.
       
LESAGE
Sergeant
GC II/4
Secretary
Present in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939        
LOUARN
Lieutenant
GAO 502
Doctor
         
MAGINOT
Chief-Warrant Officer
GBA I/54
Storekeeper
Present at 10 May 1940
       
MAIZIER
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
MITTLER
Sub-Lieutenant
Photographic Section
Commander deputy of the S.P.A. 20.104 photographic section assigned to GAO 501        
MONIOT
Lieutenant
GBA II/54
Night Officer
       
NICOD Maurice
Chief-Warrant Officer
GC III/7
Chief, Administrative Section, GC III/7
         
PAYE
Lieutenant
GBA I/54
Deputy Group commander
Present at 10 May 1940
       
PERRIER
Adjutant
GBA I/54
Garage Manager
Present at 10 May 1940
       
PETITPREZ
Captain
GAO III/551
Meteorological Officer
         
PEYROUX
Lieutenant
GR II/33
Chief of Photography Section
         
RAY
Aspirant
GAO III/551
Doctor
         
VIDAL
Captain
GC I/2
Transmission Officer
       
VIOLET Georges
Captain
GC III/7
Deputy Group commander
Joined GC III/7 on 15 September 1939. He died accidentally on 18 August 1943 near Meknes, during a collision with another D520 of GC I/2.        

 

The names of the personnel of the Reconnaissance Squadron GR I/35 are extracted from the book :
"L'Oeil de la 7eme Armée- Le Groupe de Reconnaissance I/35 dans la Campagne de l'Ouest" by Franck POIRE