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| ACHARD
Augustin - César |
Soldat
2nd Class
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Training
Centre 4/122
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Augustin
ACHARD was killed on 15 June 1940 during a bombing raid. |
Born
on 6 December 1902 in Cotes de Corps (38 - Isère)
Killed on 15 June 1940 in Auxerre (89 - Yonne) |
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| AGAZZI
Pierre - Louis |
Sub-lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Mérignac Aviation School
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Killed
on 2 October 1939 in Bordeaux. His aircraft, a Morane 315, crashed
in a wood on 27 September 1939 following a pilot error. The
student pilot died of his injuries a few days later. |
Born
on 22/07/1920 in Grenoble (38 - Isère)
Killed on 2 October 1939 in Bordeaux (33 - Gironde) |
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| ALIBERT
Pierre - Léon |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Student
at the Ecole de l'Air in 1939
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Pierre ALIBERT was a
student at the École de l'Air in 1939. He was placed
on armistice leave in 1943 and joined the ‘Pericles’
Resistance network. He joined AFN and then went to school
in the United States.
He was posted to the CIET (Centre d'Instruction des Equipages
de Transport) in Toulouse in 1946, then to the GMMTA (Groupement
des Moyens Militaires de Transport Aérien) in 1951.
He was sent to Indochina from November 1953 to December 1954
as a sub-GMTAA. He was assigned to the 5th office of the Air
Force General Staff in 1955, then appointed second-in-command
of the Le Bourget base in 1958. He attended the École
Supérieure de Guerre in 1959 and joined the EMAA budget
office in 1961. He was successively appointed Commander of
the CIET and the Toulouse base in 1963, Director of Infrastructure
in 1965, Commander of Air Engineering in 1968, and finally
Director of Air Infrastructure in 1974. Pierre Alibert was
placed on aircrew leave in 1976..
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Born
on 23 December 1920 in Gaillac (81 - Tarn). Died on 28 October
1995 in Saint-Mandé (94 - Val de Marne).
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ANDRÉ
Armand-Louis
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Soldat
2nd Class
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Nouvion
School 7th Company
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| ANDRE
Jacques - Louis |
Sergeant
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Bourges,
Avord and Etampes schools as a pupil.
Salon school as an instructor
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Jacques
André enlisted voluntarily in 1939 and attended flying
schools in Bourges, Avord and Etampes. He was an instructor
at the Salon school in 1940 before withdrawing to Algeria. He
was posted to the GC II/3 and took part in operations in Syria
in 1941.
In 1943, he left for the USSR with the Normandie group.
He was transferred to a light aviation company in 1947 before
being appointed Commander of the Cazaux firing and bombing centre
from 1957 to 1960. He was assigned to sector 3 radar at Drachenbronn
from 1960 to 1962. He was appointed Commander of the Gien base
from 1963 to 1965 and then Commander of the Ivato air base in
Madagascar from 1965 to 1967. He ended his career at the IV°
air region headquarters in Aix-en-Provence. In 1968, Jacques
André was placed on aircrew leave. |
Born
on 25 February 1919 in Paris (75) Died on 2 April 1988 in Antibes
(06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
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| ANDRE
Paul - Michel |
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Bordeaux
Air Base School Group
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Born
on 07 September 1909 in Fontaineblau (77 - Seine et Marne)
Killed on 20 June 1940 in Mérignac (33 - Gironde) |
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| ARNAUD |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Assistant
to the Patrol Commander at the Ecole de l'Air et le Perfectionnement
at
pilotage, Captain FLEURQUIN. He joined the Bordeaux School on
1st October 1939. |
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| AUDOLI
François |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Deputy
Commander of the Multiplaces Division, Captain DE-LONGEVIALLE |
Born
on 9 August 1906 |
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| AYME
Guy - Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Air Force School
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Guy AYME joined the
École de l'Air in Bordeaux in 1939 and was posted to
the GB I/31 group at Istres in 1941. He managed to escape
from France via Spain, but was interned in the Miranda camp
in Spain in September 1943. He joined AFN, then was sent to
England to attend flying school.
In 1945, he was posted to Cazaux, in 1948 to Dakar in the
liaison group, then in 1952 to the headquarters of the 1st
RA in Dijon. He was sent to Indochina in 1954 to the air liaison
squadron. On his return, he was posted in 1955 to the 1st
office of the Air Force headquarters, in 1958 to Marrakech
and then to the Cognac base in 1961. He was sent to Boufarik
in Algeria in 1963. Guy AIME retired in 1964 with the rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel.
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Born on 27 September
1918 in Moissac (82 - Tarn-et-Garonne)
Died on 7 June 2011 in Vannes (56 - Morbihan)
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BAILLY
Pierre
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Air Force
School
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| BALAS
Antoine - Louis |
Lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Air Force School
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After completing his
higher education, Antoine Balas was still a student when the
Second World War broke out. He was mobilised and joined the
Ecole de l'Air de Bordeaux-Mérignac in October 1939.
On 2 December 1939, he joined the Bordeaux Military Intendancy
as a special volunteer for eight years, as part of the ‘Pinczon
Du Sel’ class at the Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Force
School.
In May 1940 he obtained his pilot's licence.
After the Armistice, in July 1940 he was posted to the Salon-de-Provence
air base before joining the GBA I/51 at Lézignan in
the Aude region in December.
In January 1941 he was transferred to the 1/25 Group of the
25th Bombardment Wing at Bizerte-Sidi-Hamed in Tunisia. This
Group was still equipped with venerable Bloch MB 200s... .
This Group took part
in the fratricidal fighting in Syria in the summer of 1941.
After the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942,
25 Wing came under British command and took part in bombing
raids against the Afrika Corps in Tunisia until April 1943.
On 28 September 1943, 25 Bomber Wing embarked for Liverpool
in England, where the French crews were trained at RAF schools.
These crews were then integrated into the Royal Air Force's
Bomber Command formations to form the 2 French Heavy Groups
‘Tunisia’ and ‘Guyenne’. Lieutenant
Antoine BALAS was assigned to GB I/25 ‘Tunisia’.This
group made its first sortie on 28 June 1944, carrying out
bombing missions against the nests of flying bombs in the
north of France. In June 1944, they also took part in protecting
the Normandy landings.
On 8 August 1944, a formation of 16 aircraft took off on
a mission. Lieutenant BALAS' Halifax MK III, registration
NA529 L8-L, was hit by coastal anti-aircraft fire, then
over Watten (Nord). The aircraft was probably hit again
by the Wizermes or Setques anti-aircraft batteries, and
arrived in Lumbres (Pas-de-Calais) with fire on board, while
losing parts. Above the town centre, an explosion detached
the left wing and the aircraft went into a spin and crashed
to the ground.
There were no survivors
See the complete
file via the link opposite
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Born on 8 January 1919
at Vals-les-Bains (07 - Ardèche)
Killed on 8 August 1944 at Lumbres (62 - Pas-de-Calais)
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| BARBOU
Pierre |
Commander
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Commander
of the Evreux flying school
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Pierre
BARBOU was called up to the infantry in August 1914. He joined
the air force as an observer in 1916 and was assigned to the
C 46 squadron. Awarded a military pilot's certificate in 1918,
he joined the 12th aviation regiment in 1920 before being demobilised.
He was recalled in 1939 and posted to the Evreux flying school,
which he commanded from 1939-40.
Pierre BARBOU retired in 1940. |
Born
on 28 January 1890 in Paris (75)
Died on 24 October 1984 in Angers (49 - Maine et loire). |
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BARTHÉLEMY
Charles
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Air Base
BA 106
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Student
mechanic
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BASUY
Jacques
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Bordeaux
Flying School
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| BATLLE
Fernand - Louis |
Sergeant
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Cholet
Elementary Pilot School
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Fernand BATLLE grew up
in La Rochelle, in a family deeply marked by the sacrifice
of his father, a World War I veteran. From a young age, Fernand
began learning the painter's trade from his father before
embarking on a military career in 1934, joining the Air Force
as a non-commissioned flight officer.
In 1939, after completing his training as a flight mechanic
in Agadir and Meknes, Fernand BATLLE was assigned to strategic
bases, first in Dugny (Le Bourget), and later in Orly. Determined
to advance, he joined the Elementary Piloting School in Cholet
in February 1940 to become a pilot. However, the German invasion
in the spring of 1940 disrupted his plans. With the collapse
of French institutions, Fernand found himself in the unoccupied
zone, waiting for demobilization. Refusing to remain idle
in the face of defeat, he seized the opportunity to continue
fighting against the occupier by joining a clandestine network
led by Major Roman CZERNIAWSKI. This network, named "Interallié/Famille,"
played a crucial role in gathering intelligence for the British
Intelligence Service, despite the precarious early stages
of the organized Resistance. In 1941, the network was dismantled
following a betrayal, and Fernand was arrested by the Abwehr.
Deported to several concentration camps, including Dachau,
he endured torture, starvation, and extreme conditions. Despite
everything, he miraculously survived until his liberation
by American forces in April 1945.
After the war, Fernand resumed his career in the Air Force
and participated in missions in Africa and Asia, notably during
the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Indochina. He concluded his
career at the Historical Service of the Air Force before passing
away prematurely in 1964 following a car accident. His heroic
commitments earned him numerous distinctions, including the
Resistance Medal and the title of Officer of the Legion of
Honour.
Text taken from Source Yannick JULIEN - 11/2024 - Souvenir
Français - Comité Aunis Atlantique
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Born
on 11 October 1915 in Saint-Jean de Liversay (17 - Charente-Maritime)
Killed on 9 November 1964 in Paris (75) |
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| BATLLE
Joseph - Gauderique |
Lieutenant-Colonel
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Commander
of the Auxiliary Flying School
Commander of the Schools Group
Commander of the Versailles Air Force School
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Joseph BATLLE joined
the 26th fighter battalion in 1912. He became a student pilot
in 1916 and was posted to 77 squadron, then to SPA 103. He
was appointed Commander of 103 in 1918.
He commanded BA 105 in Morocco in 1919, then was posted to
the 2nd Aviation Workers Group at Istres. In 1932, he was
appointed Base Commander at Dijon, Orly in 1936 and Villacoublay
in 1937. He was transferred to the reserves and recalled in
1939 to become commander of the auxiliary flying school in
1939. In 1940, he took command of the group of folded schools
and the Versailles Air School. Joseph BATLLE was transferred
to the reserves in 1949.
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Born
on 16 December 1894 in Rodès (66 - Pyrénées-Orientales)
Died on 22 October 1990 in Rodès |
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| BAZAUGOUR
Jean - François |
Lieutenant
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Detached
to the Rabat Air Force School in 1940
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Jean
BAZAUGOUR was admitted to the École spéciale militaire
de Saint-Cyr in 1934. He was posted successively to the staff
of the École militaire et d'application de cavalerie
et du train in 1936 and to the 3rd Algerian spahi regiment in
1937. He was sent to the southern Tunisian front in 1939, then
seconded to the Rabat Air Force School in 1940. He returned
to Great Britain and joined the FAFL in July 1940. He was called
up to General de Gaulle's private staff in London and tasked
with a special mission in AFN. He was arrested at Bou-Sfer and
released in 1941. Back in France, he made contact with the Resistance.
He managed to escape from France in April 1943, but was imprisoned
in Spain. He rejoined AFN and was posted as a bomber navigator
to the GB II/20 ‘Bretagne’ in July 1943. He was sent
on a mission to Algiers in August 1944, before being transferred
to the 2nd office of the EMGA and seconded to the DGER in November
1944.
He was appointed liaison officer to the General Commander-in-Chief
in Germany in 1947, then commander of the Air elements in Baden.
He was a trainee at the ESGA (Ecole Supérieure de Guerre
Aérienne) and the Cours Supérieur Interarmées
in 1949. He was called to the Inspectorate General of the Air
Force as Deputy Chief of Staff in 1950. He was appointed Deputy
Senior Air Officer at the Ministry of National Defence in 1951,
then sent to the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk (USA)
in 1953. He was appointed military attaché to the Nordic
countries in Oslo in 1955 before taking command of White House
air base in 1959. In 1962, he was appointed Deputy Commander
of Allied Forces Southern Europe in Naples. He was successively
appointed head of the military air traffic service in 1964,
deputy to the commander of tactical air forces and the 1st air
region, deputy to the general commanding the 2nd air region
in 1965, and finally head of the French military mission to
the commander-in-chief of allied forces South Europe in Naples
in 1966.
Jean BAZAUGOUR left the active army in 1967 with the rank of
Air Brigadier General. |
Born
on 14 May 1914 in Basillac (24 - Dordogne).
Died at Affieux (19 - Corrèze) on 22 November 1982 |
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BEASSE
Claude - Auguste
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Master-Corporal
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La Rochelle
- La Jarne Flying School
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He
was killed on 12 April 1942 while serving with the 222nd Squadron
of the F.A.F.L: He was shot by the Germans.
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Born
on 6 November 1919 in Angers (49 - Maine-et-Loire)
Killed on 12 April 1942 in Saint-Omer (62 - Pas-de-Calais)
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| BECAM
Jean - Jules |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Student
at the Air Force Military and Training School
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Jean
Becam entered the École spéciale militaire de
Saint-Cyr in 1937, then the École militaire et d'application
de l'armée de l'Air in 1939.
In 1941, he was posted to AFN, successively to reconnaissance
group I/61 at Blida and bombing group II/23 at Meknes.
After the Allied landings in North Africa, he joined the Free
French Air Force. He was sent to Great Britain in 1943 as an
OTU then sent on a mission to Morocco until 1945. He was recalled
to England for a flying training course before returning to
France, where he was appointed to the Cognac training base and
then to the 3rd Bureau in 1946.
He joined the CESA to attend the Technical Staff Course in 1948,
before being sent to Indochina and posted to GT II/64 Anjou
in 1949. Wounded, he was repatriated to France in 1950. After
convalescing, he was transferred to the Inspection Générale
de l'Armée de l'Air in 1951. He attended the Ecole Supérieure
de Guerre Aérienne in 1952 before taking command of the
Ouakam base in 1954. He was assigned to the National Defence
General Staff in 1960 and then appointed Chief of Staff of the
5th Air Force Command in 1961-1962. He then moved to the Air
Force's Military Personnel Directorate in 1962, before being
appointed head of the air force branch in the theatre of operations
of the Air Force General Staff in Taverny in 1965, director
of the CESA in 1967, deputy to the commander of Air Force schools
in 1969 and finally director of the Joint Advanced Training
Course in 1970.
Jean Becam retired from active service in 1972, with the rank
of Air Division General. |
Born on 2 June 1918
in Landerneau (29 - Finistère)
Died on 7 May 1992 in Bréville sur Mer (50 - Manche)
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| BECQ
DE FOUQUIERES Louis - André |
Captain
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Melun-Villaroche
Flying School
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Voluntarily enlisted in
1931 and posted to the 9th Dragons. Sent to the Levant in
Beirut in 1936 with the 1st regiment of Moroccan Spahis. Became
an aircraft observer in 1939. When war was declared, he joined
the 1st regiment of Moroccan Spahis before joining the French
Air Force in 1940. He joined the Melun-Villaroche flying school
and was then sent to Morocco with the I/5 fighter group in
Rabat, where he took part in operations in Provence and France.
He was seconded to General Leclerc's staff in 1947, then became
General de Lattre de Tassigny's liaison officer in 1949. He
joined the École Supérieure de Guerre in 1950
and was posted to the 3rd office of the Air Force General
Staff in 1953. Louis BECQ DE FOUQUIERES took command of the
Creil base in 1954 before being put on leave from the Air
Staff in 1957..
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Born
on 11 August 1913 in Paris (75).
Died on 31 January 2001 in Spain. |
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BERNETEL
Félix
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Rochefort
Flying School
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BERTRAND
Henri
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Sergeant
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Rochefort
School - Air Base BA 107 - 7th Company
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Mechanic
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| BESSAC
Louis - Félix |
Master-Corporal
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Albi
Auxiliary Flying School No 47
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Born
on 25 March 1915 in Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône)
Killed on 6 May 1940 in Albi (81 - Tarn) |
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| BIMONT
Robert - Gilbert |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Versailles
Air Force School
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Robert
BIMONT was called up for military service in 1939 and was posted
to the Ecole de l'Air in Versailles and then to the Châteauroux
training centre. He escaped from France on 24 June 1940, and
joined the FAFL in Gibraltar. He was sent to England at Odiham
and then to Andover OTU. He was posted to the ‘Topic’
squadron on 20 September 1940, to GRB 1, then to the ‘Lorraine’
in September 1941. He took part in the Libyan campaign and was
posted to the ‘Bretagne’ group in 1942, before joining
the ‘Artois’ group (Bethune squadron) in 1943. He
was seconded to the Air Command in AEF and Cameroon in 1944.
He was appointed commander of the Libreville base and then posted
to the Arras squadron at Pointe-Noire in 1945. Robert BIMONT
was then demobilised and transferred to the reserves. |
Born on 15 May 1917
in Saint-Denis (93 - Seine-Sant-Denis)
Died on 31 May 2009 in Saint-Malo (35 - Ille et Vilaine).
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BLANCARD
Marcel - Fernand
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Master-Corporal
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Student
at the Agen Flying School
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Born
on 4 July 1920 in Neuilly-Plaisance (93 - Seine-Saint-Denis)
Died on 14 May 2004 in Cavaillon (84 - Vaucluse)
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| BLANCHET
Maurice |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Air school
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Maurice
BLANCHET was a student at the Ecole de l'Air in 1939 and was
demobilised in 1940. He was repatriated in 1945 and sent to
flight school in the USA. He was posted to the CIET (Centre
d'Instruction des Equipages de Transport) in Toulouse in 1946,
then sent to the Far East, assigned to the GT Anjou. He spent
time in Algeria in 1948 before being posted to Baden and then
Lahr with the 1st Air Division in 1951. He did a second tour
in Indochina with the I/64 group. He was taken prisoner at Dîen
Bîen Phû on 7 May 1954 and repatriated in September.
He was posted to Algeria with I/62 from 1955 to 1958. He did
a traineeship at the CESA (Centre d'Etudes Stratégiques
Aérospatiales) before being posted to the Délégation
ministérielle à l'armement in 1961. Maurice BLANCHET
was placed on aircrew leave in 1964. |
Born on 12 November
1919 in Lorient (56 - Morbihan)
Died on 4 March 2000 in Bourg la Reine (92 - Hauts de Seine).
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BOICHOT
Robert
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Brioude
Flying School No. 43
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Student
pilot
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| BOISOT
Marcel - Henri |
Aspirant
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Bordeaux-Mérignac
Air Force school
Meknes flight school
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Marcel
BOISOT was posted to the Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Academy
in 1939. He was transferred to the Meknès flight school
in 1940. He managed to escape from AFN and joined the Free French
Air Force on 28 June 1940.
He was sent to the British schools at Saint-Athan and Odihan
and then to OTU. He was posted successively to Squadron no.
605 in 1942, to the "Alsace" group, to "Ile-de-France"
and to Squadron 329 in 1944
Marcel BOISOT was a member of the French military mission to
Egypt in 1945 before being demobilised on 7 August 1946 and
transferred to the reserves. |
Born on 9 December 1917
in Sainte-Savine (10 - Aube)
Died on 26 April 2002 in Nogent sur Vernisson (45 - Loiret).
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| BOISSON |
Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School - Bergerac Annex
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Supervision
Annex to the Salon Air School in Bergerac |
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| BONNEAU |
Colonel
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Salon
Air School
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Commandant
of the Salon air academy (moved to Bordeaux) |
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BONNET
Jean
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Vichy
Flying School
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| BOUDARD
Denys - Emile |
Staff-Sergeant
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Bernay
flying school, then Évreux
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Denys BOUDARD enlisted
voluntarily in 1939. He went to flying school in Evreux and
chose the fighter. After the German attack in May 1940, he
withdrew with his school to Bergerac. After the Armistice,
he was posted to Blida in Algeria. He managed to escape from
France by plane, and joined the FAFL in London in May 1941.
He spent time in Camberley, then in OTU from 1941 to 1943.
He was posted to the ‘Ile-de-France’ group at Drew
in Scotland from 1943 to 1945, then became an OTU instructor
at Anston.
In 1946, he was sent to Meknès to the Christian Martel
fighter school, before being seconded to Cognac in 1948. From
1948 to 1950, he was posted to the Brétigny CEV, then
sent to the Far East with the ‘Corse’ group, moving
with his unit to the Hanoi base. Repatriated for medical reasons
in 1951, he returned to Brétigny until 1954, when he
was posted to Air Company II/139 at Lahr. In 1955, he was
posted to the CEV, Marignane annex. Denys BOUDARD was put
on leave from the Air Force in 1965.
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Born on 5 November 1919
in Flers-de-l'Orne (61 - Orne)
Died on 9 October 2005 in Caen (14 - Calvados)
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BOUGEN
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Flying
School No. 26
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Student
pilot
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| BOUYGUES
Joseph |
Sergeant
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Auxiliary
flying school n°11 La Rochelle
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Born
on 23 July 1909 in Paris (75)
Killed on 3 June 1940 in La Rochelle (17 - Charente-Maritime) |
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| BRIAND
Robert - Jacques |
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Flying
school n°102
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Born
on 5 September 1913 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (78 - Yvelines)
Killed on 13 April 1940 in Moissy-Cramayel (77 - Seine et Marne) |
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| BUC
René - Auguste |
Soldat
2nd Class
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Pilot
primary schools n°21 Bernay
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Born
on 17 August 1901 in mont-Saint Aignan (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Killed on 2 May 1940 in Le Mans (72 - Sarthe) |
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| BURELLIER
Jean - Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Flight
school 102 - Versailles school group base
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Born
on 14 February 1909 in Juré (42 - Loire)
Killed on 3 May 1940 in Villejuif (94 - Val de Marne) |
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| CABARET |
Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Cadre
Officer 3rd Brigade Salon Air School (Moved to Bordeaux |
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CAESAR
Fernand - Théophile
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Corporal
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Rochefort
Technical School
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Born
on 9 May 1921 in Strasbourg (67 - Bas-Rhin)
Died on 1 May 1983 in Strasbourg
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CALVEZ
Henri
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Cholet
Flying School
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Student
pilot
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| CHAINTREUIL
Alfred |
Sergeant
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Fés
flying school base
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Born
on 24 December 1917 in Aime (73 - Savoie)
Killed on 18 February 1940 in Fès (Morocco) |
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CHARBONNEAUX
Pol-Ernest
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Lieutenant
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Air Sector
12 then Tours Training Centre
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Born
on 26 October 1909
Died on 20 July 1954
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| CHRIST
André |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Instructor at the Salon
Air School (moved to Bordeaux), killed on 11 September 1939
aboard Morane 315 no. 89. The accident was caused by recklessness
on the part of Sergeant CHRIST. His student, Sub-Lieutenant
VALO, was also killed.
Citation: Young
pilot full of drive and spirit. Was the victim of a fatal
accident during a training flight on 11th September 1939.
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Born
on 24 October 1910 in Metz (57 - Lorraine)
Killed on 11 September 1939 in Reignac-De-Blaye (33 - Gironde) |
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CHRISTIANE
Henri
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Sergeant
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Avord
Flying School
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Pilot
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| CHRISTIENNE
Charles - Léon |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Student
at the air force school
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Charles
CHRISTIENNE graduated from the École de l'Air in 1939.
He qualified as an observer and served in the Armistice Army
with G.R II/22 from December 1940 to November 1942. He escaped
from France in May 1943 and went to London, where he joined
the FAFL. He was assigned to the ‘Lorraine’ bombing
group from May 1944 to May 1945. He joined the machine-gunner-navigator-bomber
school at Cazaux and qualified as a pilot in 1948. He was assigned
to supervise brigades at the École de l'Air. He attended
the Air Staff College in 1951, and then joined the 1st office
of the EMAA (Air Staff College). He took command of the ‘Vaucluse’
squadron and then the Persan-Beaumont base from 1953 to 1956.
Charles CHRISTIENNE took part in the Cyprus operation between
1957 and 1966 and held various positions of responsibility in
the Air and Joint Staffs. He was admitted to the École
de guerre in 1961 and qualified as a staff officer in 1963.
He was appointed Commander of Villacoublay air base from 1966
to 1968 and Second in Command of the EMAA organisation division
from 1968 to 1971. He then became deputy director of personnel
for the French Air Force from July 1971 to July 1973, when he
left the active army with the rank of Air Brigadier General.
Charles CHRISTIENNE was head of the Service Historique de l'Armée
de l'Air from February 1974 to February 1985. |
Born on 11 February
1920 in Lorient (56 - Morbihan)
Died on 23 January 1989 in Paris (75).
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| CITROEN
Bernard - Maxime |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Versailles
Air Force School
|
Bernard
Citroen studied at Polytechnique. He was assigned to the 101
Saint-Cyr pilot training school and qualified as a pilot on
22 February 1940. He chose bombing and left for Toulouse on
17 June 1940. Demobilised after the Armistice, he remained in
Toulouse and joined Pétroles d'Aquitaine on 1 June 1942.
He joined the Combat Resistance group and in November 1942 decided
to leave for London. He travelled to Spain, but was arrested
by the Guardia Civil and detained in Gijon. After his release,
he contacted the British Consulate and left for Seville. He
joined the FAFL on 3 June 1943 and spent time in OTU before
being posted to Squadron 342 ‘Lorraine’. Bernard CITROEN
was demobilised in October 1945. |
Born on 4 June 1917
in Paris (75)
Died on 9 August 2002 in Paris.
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| COLLARDEY
Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
School
of ISTRES
|
Jacques
COLLARDEY was a student pilot at Istres in 1940 and underwent
the first phase of pilot training. In June 1940, he withdrew
to Bordeaux with his school, and tried unsuccessfully to leave
France. He was demobilised and heard General DE-GAULLE's 18
June appeal. He crossed the demarcation line at Tours and sought
contacts to escape. He joined the Resistance as part of the
Famille network in January 1941. The network was dismantled
in November 1941, and he joined the intelligence services in
London (BCRA). He was arrested on 24 November 1941 and deported
to the Mathausen camp until May 45.
After the war, he was posted to the Cognac training base. In
1947, he took part in pilot-instructor training courses in Toulouse
and Avord. He was posted to the GT I/62 transport group in Algeria,
then to GT I/64 ‘Béarn’, and GT II/64 ‘Anjou’.
On his return to France, he was transferred to the Villacoublay
transport and air liaison group in 1951. He joined the overseas
mixed air group in 1953 at Ivato, then again at Villacoublay.
Jacques COLLARDEY was sent to the West Indies in 1961 before
being retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. |
Born on 1 December 1921
in Paris (75).
Died on 14 April 2019 in Sceaux (92 - Hauts de Seine)
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| COSTE |
Commander
|
Salon
Air School
|
Mechanic
- Technical Training at the Salon Air School (moved to Bordeaux) |
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COUDETTE
Pierre
|
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Student
pilot at the Relizane school
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DARIEUX
Pierre
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Rochefort
School
|
Apprentice
mechanic
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| DAUSSAC
Eugène - Jean |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Air Force
Academy in Bordeaux
|
Eugène DAUSSAC
entered the Bordeaux Air Force Academy in 1939. He managed
to escape from France in June 1940 to join the AFN. Returning
to France to work on a youth construction project, he escaped
again, this time via Spain, but was imprisoned in Figueras
in March 1943. He was repatriated to the AFN, attended schools
in Marrakesh, Kasba-Tadla and Meknes, then was posted to Great
Britain in April 1944. He was transferred to the 5th Advanced
Flying Unit then to the ‘Ile-de-France’ group in
January 1945.
He joined the staff college in 1946, then was assigned to
the 3rd office of the EMGFAA (General Staff of the Air Force)
in 1948. He joined the 3rd fighter wing in 1950, was appointed
second in command of the ‘Ile-de-France’ in 1951,
then was assigned to the 1st Wing in Reims in 1952 before
being assigned to the tactical air control squadron in Metz
in 1954, then to the GCTA in Germany in 1955. He was assigned
to the 4th ATAF in 1959, then to the GATAC in Constantine
in May 1962. He took command of the Doullens base in 1963.
In 1965, he was assigned to the Southern Air Defence Zone
Command in Aix-les-Milles and in 1970 was appointed deputy
commander of the 4th RA. Eugène DAUSSAC was granted
leave from the Flying Personnel in 1970.
|
Born on 23 December
1919 in Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne)
Died on 15 April 1993 in Arles (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône).
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| DAYSON |
Lieutenant
|
Salon
Air School
|
Supervision
Annex to the Air School Exhibition in Bergerac |
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| DE
LAMARZELLE Yves |
Captain
|
Salon
Air School
|
Supervising
Officer, 1st Brigade, Salon Air School (relocated to Bordeaux)
– Shooting and Bombing Instruction. He left the Salon School
on 16 September 1939 to join the Staff of the School Inspectorate |
Born
on 6 January 1908 in Auxonne (21 - Côte-d'Or)
Died on 1 March 1999 in Mortagne au Perche (61 - Orne) |
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| DE
LA POYPE Roland |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Student
at the Le Mans and Angers flying schools in 1939 and at the
Étampes fighter pilot school in 1940
|
Roland
DE LA POYPE voluntarily enlisted in the Air Force on 15 August
1939. He attended flight schools in Le Mans and Angers in 1939
and the fighter school in Étampes in 1940. He managed
to escape from France and enlisted in the Free French Air Force
on 9 July 1940. He was sent to French Equatorial Africa in 1940-1941,
then transferred to RAF schools in 1941. He was assigned to
the 602nd Squadron in July 1942, then to GC 3 ‘Normandie’
in the USSR in October 1942. He was transferred to the 2nd office
of the Air Force General Staff in February 1946, then to the
5th office in January 1947. Roland DE LA POYPE resigned from
active military service and was transferred to the reserve in
April 1949.. |
Born on 28 July 1920
in Les Pradeaux (63 - Puy-de-Dôme)
Died on 23 October 2012 in Saint-Tropez (83 - Var).
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DE
NUCHÈRE François
|
Sergeant
|
Châteauroux
C.I.B. - Air Base BA 103.
|
Wounded
on 7 March, he was hospitalised in Châteauroux and Argenton-sur-Creuse. |
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| DE
REVIERS DE MAUNY Jean-Baptiste - François |
Captain
|
Salon
Air School
|
Supervisory
officer, 2nd Brigade School in Salon (relocated to Bordeaux) |
Born
on 22 September 1906 in Paris (75)
Died on 20 May 1996 in Versailles (78 - Yvelines) |
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| DE
RUTY Gabriel - Marie - Antoine |
Commander
|
Salon
Air School
|
Second
in command of the Salon School (relocated to Bordeaux) |
Born
on 10 March 1899 in Dijon (21 - Côte d'Or)
Died on 22 December 1994 in Sèvres (92 - Hauts de Seine) |
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| DEFRISE
Marcel - Albert |
Lieutenant
|
School
in Istres
|
Marcel
DEFRISE voluntarily enlisted in 1932 and was assigned to the
37th Aviation Regiment in Morocco. He qualified as a mechanic
and was sent to Casablanca, Morocco, in 1934. Admitted to the
Air Force Academy in 1937, he was then assigned to the Istres
Academy in 1939. He withdrew to French North Africa and was
placed on Armistice leave.
In 1945, he was assigned to Fighter Group II/7 and sent to Indochina.
He was seconded to Friedrichshafen in Germany in 1946, to Oran-La
Senia in 1947 and finally to Koblenz in 1948. He was appointed
commander of the air defence zone in Versailles in 1955, then
assigned to Taverny in 1961. Marcel DEFRISE retired in 1965
and was transferred to the reserve. |
Born on 27 December
1912 in Plancy (10 - Aube)
Died on 13 February 2009 in Chatou (78 - Yvelines).
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| DELACHENAL
Pierre - René |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Air Force
School
|
Pierre DELACHENAL entered
Saint-Cyr and then the Air Force Academy in 1939. He moved
to the French North African Army in 1940, where he was assigned
to GB II/32 and then appointed instructor at the Marrakesh
school. With the ‘La Fayette’ II/5 group, he took
part in the Provence landings.
In 1947, he was assigned to the 3rd office of the Air Force
General Staff, and in 1949 he was appointed commander of fighter
squadron III/2. In 1951, he joined the 3rd Fighter Wing in
Reims before being transferred in 1955 to the 3rd office of
the EMAA. He was a trainee at the War College in 1957, then
was assigned to the Air Force Inspectorate General. He was
appointed commander of the Colmar base in 1961, then deputy
head and head of the EMAA programme division in 1965. He took
command of the 2nd CATAC in 1966 and was appointed president
of the Centre for Advanced Training in Air Safety in 1967.
He was put in charge of studies and plans for the EMAA in
1969 before commanding the 2nd RA in 1969. He became technical
inspector of the Air Force in 1972 and a member of the Air
Force High Council. Pierre DELACHENAL left active military
service in 1976.
|
Born on 5 October 1918
in Chambéry (73 - Savoie)
Died on 17 August 2011 in Clamart (92 - Hauts de Seine).
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| DELAMETH
Jean - Léopold |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Instructor
at Dinan Flight School No. 24
|
Jean
DELAMETH enlisted voluntarily and was assigned to the 37th Aviation
Regiment in Rabat in 1928. He was demobilised in 1930 and re-enlisted
in 1935.
He completed an advanced training course for Air Force instructors
in Salon-de-Provence. When the war broke out, he returned to
his base, Flight School No. 24 in Dinan, where he was an instructor,
and then withdrew to Villefrance-de-Rouergue.
He was sent to Casablanca, then demobilised after the Armistice.
He was recalled to the Marrakesh air base as an air traffic
officer and sent to Great Britain.
He was appointed to the FAFL General Staff in May 1944. He was
then transferred to the Châteauroux flight school base
in 1945 and assigned to the Air Force General Inspection section.
Jean DELAMETH was demobilised on 27 March 1946 and transferred
to the reserve cadre. |
Born on 7 July 1908
in Henencourt (80 - Somme)
Died on 16 March 2007 in Albert (80 - Somme)
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| DENIS
James |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Radio
telegraphist school in Saint-Jean-d'Angely
|
James
DENIS joined the Army in 1925. He qualified as an aircraft gunner
in 1927 and transferred to the Air Force in 1929. He obtained
his pilot's licence and was assigned to the 2nd Fighter Group.
He was assigned to the radio telegraphist school in Saint-Jean-d'Angely.
At the Armistice, he joined the Free French Forces in London
on 20 June 1940 and took command of Fighter Squadron No. 1 in
Cairo. He was transferred to GC 1 ‘Alsace’ in the
Middle East in 1942 and then to the FAFL headquarters. He took
command of the Rayack base in 1943 before being assigned to
the office of the Minister of Air in 1944.
After the war, he was assigned to the 60th Air Liaison Wing
at Villacoublay, then attended the War College in 1948. He was
appointed Commander of the Bourget base in 1949. James DENIS
was discharged from flying duty in 1953 and transferred to the
reserves. |
Born on 1 February 1906
in La Jarrie-Audoin (17 - Charente-Maritime)
Died on 21 June 2003 in Niort (79 - Deux-Sèvres)
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DEPORT
Claude - Albert
|
Sergeant
|
Air Force
School
|
Student
Pilot
|
Born
on 22 March 1915 in Paris (75)
Died on 27 June 2006 in Canada
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| DESSAILLY
René |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Schools
in Limoges, Bourges and Avord
|
René DESSAILLY
enlisted in 1939 and underwent training at schools in Limoges,
Bourges and Avord. He was assigned to the Youth and Mountain
Group in 1940, then demobilised in 1941. He joined the ‘Boulard’
Free Corps of the Resistance in May 1943 in Créteil.
After the war, he was sent for training at the Meknes fighter
pilot school in 1945, joined the CIET (Transport Crew Training
Centre) in Toulouse in 1947, then the Avord school in 1949.
He was assigned to transport group II/63 in Orléans
in 1953, then sent to Indochina in 1953-1954 and Algeria in
1962. René DESAILLY was discharged from the air force
in 1968.
|
Born on 25 October 1919
in Créteil (94 - Val-de-Marne)
Died on 12 August 1999 in Evreux (27 - Eure).
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| D'HERBOMEZ
Hubert - Charles |
Sergeant
|
Angers
School
|
Hubert
D'HERBOMEZ voluntarily enlisted in the military air force in
1929. He obtained his pilot's licence in 1930 and was assigned
successively to the 9th Squadron in Strasbourg, the 10th Squadron,
and finally the 4th Squadron of the 6th Fighter Wing in 1933.
He was transferred to the reserves in 1934.
Mobilised in 1939, he was assigned to the school in Angers.
Demobilised in 1940, he re-enlisted as a volunteer in 1942 and
was sent to French Guiana. He was appointed commander of the
Cayenne air base and put in charge of the French Guiana-Brazil
air service in 1943. Hubert D'HERBOMEZ was demobilised in 1945
and transferred to the reserve. |
Born
on 3 September 1911 in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire (85 - Vendée).
Died on 15 October 1989 in Saint-Herblain (44 - Loire-Atlantique) |
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DIARA-HAROUNE
|
|
Saint-Malô
2nd Brigade Air School
|
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DOR
Jacques
|
Sergeant
|
Salon
School
|
Student
Pilot |
Born
on 6 January 1906
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| DUCREUZET
François |
Aspirant
|
Bordeaux
Air Force Base School Group
|
|
Born
on 10 February 1909 in Paris (75)
Killed on 19 June 1940 in Mérignac (33 - Gironde) |
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| DUMAS
Charles - François |
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Orly
Flight School 102
|
|
Born
on 26 February 1915 in Vallon (07 - Ardèche)
Killed on 2 April 1940 in Corbeil-Essonnes (91 - Essonne) |
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| DURAND
Gustave - Emile |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Student
at the Morlaix flying school
|
Gustave
DURAND was drafted into the 182nd Infantry Depot in Saintes
in November 1939. He was seconded to the Air Force in 1940 and
assigned to the Air Force Engagement. He trained at the Morlaix
flying school, then at flying school No. 23 in June 1940. He
managed to escape from France on 18 June after hearing General
de Gaulle's appeal and joined the FAFL on 20 June 1940. After
a spell in Camberley, he was called up to the Air Force headquarters
in London in 1941. Gustave DURAND was repatriated and demobilised
in 1946.. |
Born on 17 March 1919
in Bricqueville-sur-Mer (50 - Manche)
Died on 2 November 1981 in Paris (75)
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| DURAND
DE PREMOREL Charles - Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Versailles
Air Force Academy
Salon Academy
|
Charles DURAND DE PREMOREL
entered the Salon Air Force Academy in 1938. With the German
advance, the school moved to Bordeaux. He obtained his pilot's
licence and went on to the fighter training centre. He was
granted leave during the armistice in 1940 and then assigned
to Jeunesse et Montagne.
He was called back into service in 1944, sent to Meknes, then
assigned to the ‘La Fayette’ fighter group in Germany
in 1945. He spent some time in Indochina in 1948. In 1949,
he was assigned to the ‘Dauphiné’ fighter
group, then to the ‘Ardennes’ squadron in 1950.
He was assigned to the CEAM in Mont-de-Marsan in 1953, to
the 3rd office of the Air Force General Staff in Paris in
1956, and to the 5th RA in Algiers until 1957. Back in mainland
France, he joined the General Studies Office at the EMAA in
Paris. In 1959, he was assigned to Mont-de-Marsan to the Groupement
des unités d'expérimentation (Experimental Units
Group). He became second in command of the base, then commander
of the Cambrai base in 1962. He was assigned to Taverny to
the CAFDA (Air Defence Forces Command) in 1963, then to the
Studies and Plans Office in 1969. Charles DURAND DE PREMOREL
was granted leave from the Flying Personnel in 1970.
|
Born on 5 November 1917
in Nantes (44 - Loire-Atlantique)
Died on 7 March 2018 in Versailles (78 - Yvelines).
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|
ELOY
Pierre
|
Sergeant
|
Specialised
maintenance centre C.E.S. 4/122
|
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| ERCHELMANN
Zdeniech |
Corporal
|
Toulouse
Bombing Training Centre
|
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Killed
on 29 April 1940 |
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| EZANNO
Yves - Paul |
Lieutenant
|
Versailles
Air Force Academy.
|
Yves
EZANNO was called up to the Air Force in 1936. He was accepted
into the EOA (Active Officer School) in 1939, then entered the
Air Force Academy in Versailles. He joined the French Foreign
Air Force in England in June 1940 and was assigned to Combat
Group No. 1, participating in operations in Gabon and Libya
in 1941. He was assigned to the ‘Lorraine’ group,
then in 1943 to the ‘Alsace’ group, before being appointed
commander of Squadron 198 in 1944. After the war, he took command
of the Meknes fighter school in 1948, was appointed special
advisor to the CEAM in Mont-de-Marsan, and then in 1949 was
appointed fighter inspector. He took command of the Saint-Dizier
base in 1952 and was assigned to the 4th ATAF in Germany in
1953 and to the GATAC (Groupement Aérien Tactique) in
Oran in 1957. He was assigned to SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe) in 1960, then became deputy to the French
representative to the Permanent Group of the Atlantic Pact in
1961. He was appointed commander of Air Defence in 1963, then
member of the Higher Air Council from 1964 to 1967. Yves EZANNO
retired from the Air Force in 1967 with the rank of Air Force
Major General. |
Born
on 14 July 1912 in Clamart (92 - Hauts-de-Seine).
Died on 20 October 1996 in Fréjus (83 - Var). |
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| FALCON
DE LONGEVIALLE Emmanuel |
Captain
|
Salon
Air School
|
Commander
of the Multi-seat Division |
Born on 28 December
1907 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône department)
Killed on 3 September 1941 in Maupertuis (Manche department)
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FASSIN
Raymond - Georges
|
Lieutenant
|
BA 105
- Tours Air Base - Observer Training School
|
After
the Armistice, Raymond FASSIN joined the Resistance under the
pseudonym DACIER Charles. Arrested by the Germans, he was deported
and died in Neuengamme concentration camp on 12 February 1945.
|
Born
on 6 December 1914 in Gennevilliers (92 - Hauts-De-Seine)
Killed on 12 February 1945 in Neuengamme (Germany)
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FEUVRIER
François - Louis
|
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Trainee
in other weapons C l R cle Tours
|
|
Born
on 9 September 1911 in Cussey-Sur-L'ognon (25 - Doubs)
Died on 14 January 1979 in Bassigney (70 - Haute-Saône)
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| FLEURQUIN |
Captain
|
Salon
Air School
|
Commander
of the Air Force Academy Patrol and Advanced Pilot Training |
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FONTAINE
|
EOR
|
Marignane
Air Force School
|
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| FOURCAUT
Jacques - Henri |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Salon
and Bordeaux Air Force Academy
|
Jacques FOURCAUT entered
the Air Force Academy in Salon in 1938 and then joined the
academy in Bordeaux at the start of the war. He was placed
on Armistice leave and then joined the ‘Villon’
resistance network. He was called up again and assigned to
Morocco at the Kasba-Tadla academy and then Djedeida in 1945.
He was assigned to the ‘Bretagne’ bomber group in
Germany in 1946, then to the GT I/63 transport group in Thiès,
Senegal, in 1947. He was sent to Indochina in 1948 with the
GT I/64 group in Hanoi. He was assigned to the GMMTA headquarters
in 1949, then to the Staff College. He was appointed second
in command of the ‘Béarn’ group in 1952,
then of the ‘Franche-Comté’ group. He served
a second tour in Indochina as commander of the ‘Franche-Comté’
from September 1952 to March 1954. On his return, he was assigned
to the 3rd office of the Armed Forces General Staff. He entered
the War College in 1955. He was successively assigned to the
Indian Ocean Staff in 1955, the 4th Office of the Air Force
Staff in 1957, the Armed Forces Staff in 1959, and the Joint
Staff in 1961. He was appointed commander of the Chateaudun
base in 1962, joined the 2nd office of the EMAA in 1964, and
was appointed special advisor to the Chief of Staff of the
Air Force in 1967. Jacques FOURCAUT retired from flying duty
in 1970 with the rank of Air Force Brigadier General.
|
Born
on 6 November 1918 in Pleaux (15 - Cantal).
Died on 7 January 2001 in Saclay (91 - Essonne). |
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FRADISS
Jean
|
Lieutenant
|
Hoyan
Flying School
|
|
Born
on 24 March 1903
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| FREDET
Guy - Léon |
Lieutenant
|
Salon
Air School
|
Supervisory
Officer, 3rd Brigade, Salon School |
Born
on 29 June 1910 in Levallois-Perret (75)
Died on 14 July 1982 in Boissise-Le-Roi (77 - Seine-et-Marne) |
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FROMENT
René
|
|
118th
Air Battalion and C.I.R. of Rennes
|
Student
Pilot
|
Born
on 8 September 1910
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GENAY
Yvan - Auguste
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
Brioude
Flight Student No. 45
|
Taken
prisoner on 6 November 1942
|
Born
on 9 May 1914 in Saint-Etienne-Les-Remiremont (88 - Vosges)
Died on 3 October 1975 in Aurillac (15 - Cantal)
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GÉRARD
André - Marie
|
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Seminarian
Air Force School 4th Brigade
|
Reported
missing on 15 June 1940
|
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GÉRARD
Edouard
|
Sergeant
|
Air Base
BA 101 - C.I.B Toulouse
|
Edouard
GERARD was killed on 11 November 1940 in Kribi (Cameroon) in
a plane crash while serving with the F.A.F.L.'s Joint Combat
Group No. 1.
|
Born
on 11 February 1917 in Lamor Plage (56 - Morbihan)
Killed on 11 November 1940 in Kribi (Cameroon)
|
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GEUCRET
Emile
|
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Technical
School 5th Company 13th Regiment Rochefort
|
Student
mechanic
|
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| GHIDONE
André |
Lieutenant
|
Flying
school 102
|
|
Born
on 23 October 1914 in Léognau (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 3 May 1940 in Boissy-Saint-Léger (94 - Val
de Marne) |
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| GIRARDOT |
Lieutenant
|
Salon
Air School
|
Supervisory
Officer, 1st Brigade, Salon School |
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| GODDE
Claude - Abel |
Sergeant
|
CIC de
Montpellier
|
Claude GODDE entered
the Air Force Academy in 1938. He was assigned to the CIC
in Montpellier and took part in the French campaign. He was
an instructor at the CIEAA in Carcassonne, then joined GC
I/8 in 1942. He was assigned to the first passive defence
battalion in 1943 and joined the FFI in August 1944 in Grenoble.
He was seconded to the 45th American Army and then sent to
the Meknes school in April 1945.
He left for Indochina in 1946 and was assigned to GC I/2 Cigognes.
He was repatriated in 1947 and successively assigned to III/2
Côte-d'Or in 1950, the 3rd Wing in 1953, and finally
the 6th Fighter Wing in La Sénia (Algeria) in 1954.
He was repatriated in 1956 to the training base in Salon-de-Provence
until 1959, before being transferred to the 5th office of
the Air Force General Staff and then to the Tactical Air Force
General Staff. He took command of the Tours base in 1963 and
became deputy senior officer at the headquarters of the 2nd
RA in 1966.
Claude GODDE left active military service in 1971.
|
Born
on 24 April 1918 in Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Died on 2 June 2005 in Clamart (92 - Hauts de Seine) |
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GOUX
Alexandre - Joseph
|
Corporal
|
Angers
Air Force School
|
Student
pilot
|
Born
on 9 August 1903 in Condal (71 - Saône-et-Loire)
Died on 4 May 1989 in Vinat (01 - Ain)
|
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GRENIER
Gilbert
|
Master-Corporal
|
Flying
School No. 21
|
Mechanic
|
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|
|
| GRIGAUT
Claude - Gilbert |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Student
at the Air Force Academy
|
Claude
GRIGAUD joined the Air Force Academy in 1939. He was assigned
to GB in Oran, then to GB II/52. He was subsequently assigned
to the Brétigny Test Centre in 1945, to EMAA (Air Force
Headquarters) in 1950, and to CEAM in Mont-de-Marsan in 1953.
He was assigned to the ESGA (Higher Air Warfare School) in 1958.
He was assigned to the GATAC (Tactical Air Group) in Oran in
1958, to the 92nd Bombing Brigade in Cognac in 1960, and then
to the BPM (Equipment Programmes Office) in 1962. He was appointed
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 1966, Commander of
the Air Force Academy, then Commander of the Academies in 1969.
He was appointed Major General of the Air Force in 1971, then
Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 1972. He is a member of the
Air Force High Council. |
Born on 23 June 1919
in Paris (75)
Died on 25 July 2016 in Carqueiranne (83 - Var)
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| GROS
Jules - François |
Captain
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Flying
school
No. 52 in Fez
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Born
on 7 March 1909 in Colligny (01 - Ain)
Died on 18 January 1940 in Fez (Morocco) |
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GROSJEAN
Marie
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Adjutant
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Roanne
Flying School
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Pilot
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| GUEGUEN
Yves - Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Student
at the Air Force Academy
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Yves GUEGUEN was a student
at the Air Force Academy in 1940. He was sent to Bamako and
then Thiès in French West Africa. He was granted leave
during the Armistice in 1943. He managed to escape from France
and was interned in Spain. He made his way to England and
joined the Free French Forces. He was assigned to the ‘Lorraine’
group in 1944 and then to the ‘Maine’ group in 1945.
He transferred to the CIET (Transport Crew Training Centre)
in 1946 and was assigned to Villacoublay to the transport
and air liaison group in June 1953. He was appointed Deputy
Head of the GMMTA (Groupement des Moyens Militaires de Transport
Aérien) in 1955, then Deputy Commander of Joint Group
No. 1 in Cyprus in 1956. He was Commander of the 61st Wing
in Orléans in 1957, then of the CIET and the Toulouse
base in 1959. He was appointed Chief of Staff of GATAC (Groupement
Aérien Tactique) No. 2 in Oran, then Chief of Staff
of the Air Transport Command in 1962. He was a trainee at
the ESGA (Ecole Supérieure de Guerre Aérienne)
in 1964, then headed the 3rd office of the Air Force Staff
in 1965. He was Deputy Commander of the Air Force Schools
in 1967, then Commander of the 2nd CATAC in Nancy in 1969.
Central Director of Equipment in 1970, he was finally placed
on leave from the Flying Personnel in 1975 with the rank of
Air Corps General.
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Born on 2 November 1919
in Rouen (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Died on 19 December 2008 in Arcachon (33 - Gironde).
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GUENOT
Gilbert
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Corporal
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Rochefort
Flying School
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Radio
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GUERNON
Léon - Serge
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Soldat
2nd Class
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Flying
School No. 23
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Trainee
pilot. Léon GUERNON was killed on 27 March 1943 in England
while serving with the 236th Squadron of the French Air Force
in the Commonwealth.
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Born
on 16 January 1921 in Chaumont (52 - Haute-Marne)
Killed on 27 March 1943 in Pyes Hall (England)
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GUERROIS
Jacques
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Soldat
2nd Class
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CIB Châteauroux
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| GUYOT |
Lieutenant
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Assistant
to the Mechanical Officer at the Salon School (relocated to
Bordeaux), Captain VIDAL |
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| HALOTIER
René - Henri |
Soldat
2nd Class
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Auxiliary
Pilot Training School No. 47 Albi
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Born
on 30 May 1912 in Paris (75)
Died on 6 May 1940 in Albi (81 - Tarn) |
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| HAMEL |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Navigation
instruction Salon School (moved to Bordeaux) |
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| HANRION
Jean-Baptiste |
Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Supervision
Annex to the Air School Exhibition (moved to Bordeaux) in Bergerac |
Born
on 17 July 1910 in Bully-Les-Mines (62 - Pas de Calais)
Died on 26 October 1981 in Brest (29 - Finistère) |
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HARDY
Henri
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Orly
Flying School
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Student
pilot
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HAYET
Paul
|
Sergeant
|
Air Force
School
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HAZARD
Jacques- Victor
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Sub-Lieutenant
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Agen
Flying School
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Trainee
pilot. Jacques HAZARD was killed on 21 June 1942, over the North
Atlantic while serving with the 228th Squadron of the French
Air Force.
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Born
on 11 October 1920 in Château-Thierry (02 - Aisne)
Killed on 21 June 1942 over the North Atlantic
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HELIES
Emile - Claude
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Corporal
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Naval
Academy
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Pilot:
Emile HELIES went missing on 31 October 1942 over Calais while
serving with Fighter Group No. 2 Ile de France.
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Born
on 6 January 1921 in Levallois-Perret (75)
Killed on 31 October 1942 in Calais (62 - Pas-de-Calais)
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| HELIOT
Bernard - Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
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La Flèche
Air Force School
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Bernard
HELIOT entered the Air Force Academy in La Flêche in October
1939. He was seconded to the Orange Youth Centre in March 1940.
Sent to Tunisia in 1942, he took part in several operations.
He attended the Kasba Tadra school in 1943, then was sent for
training in the USA in November 1943, where he attended several
American training schools. On his return to France, he was assigned
to the GC I/9 fighter group, then to GC II/2 ‘Ile-de-France’.
Sent to Indochina in 1946 with the ‘Cigognes’ group,
he then went to Germany and then France under the command of
the DAT. He became second in command of the ‘Normandie-Niémen’
group in 1954. He took command of the light aviation at La Reghaïa,
then command of the 5th RA in 1957. He was appointed to Versailles
to command the light aviation in 1959. Bernard HELIOT retired
in 1961 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. |
Born on 30 March 1920
in Versailles (78 - Yvelynes)
Died on 24 July 2016 in Versailles (78 - Yvelines).
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HENAUX
Robert - Jean
|
Soldat
2nd Class
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Vannes
Flying School
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Robert
HENAUX joined the F.A.F.L. and was killed on 16 August 1941
in England in a plane crash at 56 Operational Training Unit.
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Born
on 9 January 1920 in Paris (75)
Killed on 16 August 1941 in Sutton Bridge (England)
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| HOMOLLE
Jean-Louis - Théophile |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Versailles
Air Force School
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Jean-Louis
HOMOLLE enlisted in 1939. He obtained his observer's licence
at Villacoublay and attended the Air Force Academy in Versailles.
He escaped from France in September 1940 and reached England
via the AFN. He joined the FAFL on 27 October 1940 and attended
various schools before moving on to OTU. He was assigned to
Squadron 340 ‘Ile-de-France’ in 1943.
After the war, he was assigned to the Normandie-Niémen
group in 1946, to the Air Defence Staff in 1947, and was stationed
in Germany from 1952 to 1953. He was successively assigned to
the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean
in 1954, in Algeria in 1956, and finally in Laos to the French
military mission to the Laotian government in 1961. Jean-Louis
HOMOLLE was discharged from the military in 1965. |
Born on February 4,
1921, in Paris (75)
Died on November 29, 1983, in Clichy (92 - Hauts-de-Seine).
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HOUDIN
Gérard
|
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Flying
School No. 23
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Taken
prisoner in June 1940
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HUMBERT
Jacques
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Adjutant
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Istres
Flying School
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Mechanic
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| IBOS
Paul - Lucien |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Chateauroux
and Toulouse Training Centre
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Paul
IBOS voluntarily enlisted in October 1939 and was sent to the
training centres in Châteauroux and Toulouse. At the Armistice,
he managed to escape from France and joined the FAFL on 10 September
1940. He was sent to the Odiham flying school in November 1940,
then assigned to the 2nd Bombing Squadron in AEF and then to
the ‘Lorraine’ group in September 1941. He was transferred
to the Damascus flying school before being assigned to Squadron
203 in 1942. He was sent to OTU in Great Britain and then assigned
to Squadron 342 ‘Lorraine’ in September 1943.
Paul IBOS was demobilised on 21 March 1946 and transferred to
the reserve. |
Born on 18 August 1919
in Saigon (Indochina)
Died on 12 March 2015 in Chesnay-Rocquencourt (78 - Yvelines).
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| JENNY
CLARK |
Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Supervisory
Officer, 2nd Brigade School of Salon (relocated to Bordeaux) |
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JERABECK
Jean
|
Sergeant
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air Base
BA 127 School No. 3
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Missing
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JOUVENEAU
Jacques - Albert
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Corporal
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Saint-Brieux
School
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Trainee
pilot: Missing in action since 19 June 1940
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Born
on 23 August 1918 in Chatelaillon-Plage (17 - Charente-Maritime)
Died on 28 December 1994 in Clermont-Ferrand (63 - Puy-de-Dôme)
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| JOYBERT
Bernard - Marie |
Corporal
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Auxiliary
Pilot Training School No. 17 Evreux
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Born
on 11 April 1918 in Versailles (78 - Yvelines)
Died on 1 December 1939 in Valaille (27 - Eure) |
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KLEIN
Raymond
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Flying
School No.?
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KOLLER
Henri
|
Soldat
2nd Class
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Air Base
BA 131 Technical School
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LABALLE
Roger - Dominique
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Aspirant
|
Air Force
School
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Roger
LABALLE died following an illness on 19 August 1940 in Ludwisburg,
Germany.
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Born
on 29 July 1914 in Paris (75)
Died on 19 August 1940 in Ludwisburg (Germany)
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LABIT
Henri - Charles
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Aspirant
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EOR Versailles
Air Force School,
CIB Chatearoux, student observer
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Henri
LABIT was killed on 3 May 1942 while serving in the BCRA (Central
Bureau of Research and Action) of the Free French Air Force.
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Born
on 30 September 1919 in Mézin (47 - Lot-et-Garonne)
Killed on 3 May 1942 in Langon (33 - Gironde)
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| LABYRE
Gabriel - Pierre |
Soldat
2nd Class
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Limoges
Primary Flying School No. 32
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Born
on 21 February 1904 in Eymoutiers (87 - Haute-Vienne)
Killed on 25 January 1940 in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne) |
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| LAFONT
Gaston - Lucien - Henri |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Pupil
at schools in Istres, Châteauroux and Avord
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Henri
LAFONT voluntarily enlisted in 1938. He attended the schools
in Istres, Châteauroux and Avord in 1939. He was assigned
to the Oran base in January 1940. At the armistice, he escaped
from French North Africa to join the Free French Air Force on
30 June 1940. After training at British schools, he was assigned
successively to the 245th and 615th squadrons in 1940. He was
appointed instructor at OTU 59 in June 1941, before being assigned
to the ‘Alsace’ group in the Middle East in December
1941. He joined the Free French Air Force Headquarters in London
in 1942 and was called back to the ‘Alsace’ group
in 1943. He was transferred to the FAF headquarters in Great
Britain in June 1946. He served at various bases from 1946 to
1951. He was assigned to the 1st Air Liaison Division in Lahr
in 1951, then to the 4th ATAF in Trier in 1957. He was a member
of the French Military Delegation in London in 1953, before
being appointed to the Special Staff of National Defence in
1958. He was assigned to the command of the 5th RA in Algiers
in 1959, then transferred to the equipment reception and liaison
command at the MAAG in Paris in 1960. Henri LAFONT was sent
to the French sector of Berlin in 1963 and ended his career
in 1967 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. |
Born on 10 August 1920
in Cahors (46 - Lot)
Died on 2 December 2011 in Trémuson (22 - Côtes-d'Armor).
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| LAJOU
Marcel |
Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
|
Supervision
Annex to the Air School Exhibition (moved to Bordeaux) in Mont-De-Marsan |
Born
on 21 May 1902 in Saint-Martin-Lys (11 - Aude)
Died on 22 July 1998 in Quillan (11 - Aude) |
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| LAMBERMONT
Paul - Marcel |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Paul LAMBERMONT was
called up in September 1939 and sent to French North Africa
in January 1940. He joined the French Foreign Air Force on
4 June 1941 and trained at the OTUs in Bicester and Firmers
before being assigned to Squadron 342 ‘Lorraine’
in February 1944. He served in several British units.
Demobilised in 1945, he served in the reserves on numerous
occasions until 1960.
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Born on 15 May 1918
in Thaon-les-Bains (88 - Vosges)
Died on 21 March 1993 in Dijon (21 - Côte-d'Or).
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| LAMY
Jean - Joseph |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Instructor
at the Meknes School
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Jean
LAMY entered the Air Force Academy in 1937, then joined the
schools in Meknes and Kasba Tadla in Morocco. In 1940, he was
assigned to the I/62 bombing group in Bamako (Senegal). Granted
leave during the Armistice in 1943, he joined a Resistance group
in Haute-Savoie. He was later assigned to the I/22 bombing group
in Villacidro and took part in the Provence landings. He was
assigned to the Avord school in 1945, to the Ministry of Air
in 1946 to the 4th office, then to the GMMTA (Groupement des
moyens militaires de transport aérien) in 1948. He joined
the II/61 Béarn group in 1949, and was successively appointed
acting commander of the Chartres base in 1950, to the Higher
Council for Infrastructure and Air Navigation in 1952, second
in command of the 61st Wing in Orléans in 1953, and to
the GMMTA headquarters in 1957. He was posted to Ouargla in
Algeria in 1959, then seconded to the NATO Defence College.
He took command of the Toulouse base and the CIET (Transport
Crew Training Centre) in 1961. Jean LAMY was assigned to the
Air Force Central Equipment Directorate in 1963, before being
placed on leave from flying duty in 1967. |
Born on 1 January 1916
in Chirols (07 - Ardèche)
Died on 17 December 1997 in Saint-Mandé (94 - Val-de-Marne)
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| LANGER
Marcel |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Versailles
Air Force School
|
Marcel
LANGER was admitted to the École Polytechnique in 1938
and then to the École de l'Air in Versailles in September
1939. He managed to escape from France in June 1940 and joined
the Free French Air Force in London. He took part in the campaigns
in French Equatorial Africa and the Middle East. He was assigned
to the ‘Lorraine’ bomber group, with which he carried
out operations in Libya. On his return to England, he took command
of the ‘Nancy’ squadron in 1943. He was assigned to
the FAFL General Staff in London in 1944, then to the General
Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the French Forces of the
Interior. He took part in operations over Siam and Burma in
1945 with RAF Squadron 357. He was assigned to GT IV/15 ‘Poitou’
and then to ‘Touraine’. Marcel LANGER was a trainee
at the Ecole Polytechnique before being transferred to the reserve
in 1948. |
Born
on 24 September 1917 in Saint-Aubin (Canton of Neuchâtel,
Switzerland).
Died on 4 November 1990 in Bordeaux (33 - Gironde). |
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LAPIERRE
Georges - Marie
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Sub-Lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Air Force School
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Born
on 9 July 1919 in Amberien, Bugey (01 - Ain)
Killed on 10 May 1940 |
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LAUGER
Marcel - Hyppolite
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Sub-Lieutenant
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CIC Châteauroux
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Born
on 30 July 1908 in Marseille (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône)
Died on 2 February 1986 in Marseille
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| LAURENT
Pierre - Lucien |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
School
of Angers and Etampes
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Pierre Laurent studied
at a horticultural school before doing his military service
in 1938. He was assigned to the GMIT in Chartres, then prepared
for and passed the Istres exam to become a ‘flying officer’.
He became a student pilot at the school in Angers, then Etampes.
He joined the Free French Forces in Great Britain by sea on
27 June 1940 and took part in the expedition to French Equatorial
Africa in October 1940. He returned to Great Britain in December.
In March 1943, he was assigned to the ‘Alsace’ GC
until the end of the war.
He was transferred to the Meknes air base as second in command
of the fighter training centre. He became commander of the
Spitfire training group in 1949 and was then assigned to the
902 air defence zone in Aix-en-Provence in 1949. After various
assignments with the 1st Fighter Wing in Lahr, Saint-Dizier,
Metz and Achern, he took command of Achern Air Base 451 in
1959, then Drachenbronn Air Base 901 in 1960. He was assigned
to the 851st Air Force Territorial Administrative Centre in
Nancy in July 1963. He became military, naval and air attaché
to the French Embassy in Canada in Ottawa in 1964. He was
deputy to the general commanding the 3rd Air Region in Paris
in 1969. Pierre Laurent retired in September 1969 with the
rank of Air Division General.
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Born on 23 August 1918
in Paris (75).
Died on 17 May 2008 in Rueil-Malmaison (92 - Hauts de Seine).
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LAUREYRE
François
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Flying
school no. 21
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Student
Pilot
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| LAVERGNE
Pierre - Henri |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Le Blanc
and Istres Elementary Flying School
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Pierre LAVERGNE was a
student pilot in 1939 at the Blanc Elementary Flying School.
He was assigned to AFN in 1941 and then to Dakar. He was sent
to Great Britain in May 1944 to attend English schools and
was assigned to the ‘Ile-de-France’ group. He spent
a period in Indochina from August 1946 to October 1947. He
was assigned to Germany and then to the Meknes flight school
in 1949. He spent a second period in Indochina from January
to October 1951. After various short assignments, he was sent
to Algeria from August 1956 to February 1958. He was assigned
to the Mont-de-Marsan Military Aviation Test Centre until
1965, then sent to SHAPE in Fontainebleau. Pierre LAVERGNE
was placed on flying personnel leave in 1969.
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Born on 2 April 1922
in Le Blanc (36 - Indre)
Died on 2 December 2005 in Neuilly-sous-Clermont (60 - Oise).
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LE
DlLASSER Georges
|
Staff-Sergeant
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Flying
School No. 23 Morlaix
|
Georges
LE DILASSER was killed on 9 May 1942 in Haifa, Palestine, while
serving with the F.A.F.L. liaison aircraft squadron (Beirut).
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Born
on 11 March 1901 in Paris (75)
Killed on 9 May 1942 in Haifa (Palestine)
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LE
JACQ Pierre
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Air Base
BA 129 - Versailles Air Force School
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| LE
JAMTEL Emile - Auguste |
Captain
|
Salon
Air School
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Photography
and Physical Education Salon School (moved to Bordeaux) |
Born
on 7 September 1906 in Guingamp (22 - Côtes-d'Armor)
Died on 4 August 1989 in Ploeren (56 - Morbihan) |
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| LE
FLECHER Louis |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Schools
in Cazaux and Rochefort. Assigned to Istres.
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Lois
LE FLECHER voluntarily enlisted in May 1938 and attended the
schools in Cazaux and Rochefort. He was posted to Istres in
January 1940, then to Algeria, before being granted leave during
the armistice. In April 1941, he was assigned to Istres to Transport
Group GT I/15, then to GT III/15 in Oujda in March 1942. In
1943, he attended schools in Morocco in Kasba Tadla, Marrakesh,
Casablanca, Rabat and Meknes. Based in Great Britain in May
1944, he disappeared on a mission in Germany on 25 April 1945,
but was released on 6 May.
He was assigned to GC III/2 ‘Alsace’ in June 1945
and transferred to the French command in Great Britain in 1946.
He was assigned to the Friedrichshafen base in June 1946 and
then to Cognac. In November 1947, he was assigned to the 40th
Liaison Wing at Villacoublay, then joined GC II/9 ‘Auvergne’
based at Sidi Ahmed in 1950 and at Tan Son Nhut base. In 1952,
he was assigned to Rabat at the Air Force Reserve Training Centre,
then in January 1954 to the I/17 Operational Training Squadron
in Oran, and finally to the CIEAL in La Réghaïa
in 1956. In 1960, he was assigned to the training base in Chambéry.
In 1961, he was assigned to the GATAC in Algiers. He was then
seconded to the Air branch in Géryville, and joined the
regional light aviation squadron group before moving to Pau
in April 1964. In July 1967, he was transferred to the Commander-in-Chief
of Allied Forces Central Europe in Brunssum. Lois LE FLECHER
was placed on flying personnel leave in 1969. |
Born on 25 February
1920 in Lorient (56 - Morbihan)
Died on 17 February 2006 in Tours (37 - Indre-et-Loire)
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| LEMAIRE
Ivan - André |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Orly
Flight School 102
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Born
on 16 February 1905 in Paris (75)
Killed on 2 April 1940 in Corbeil-Essonnes (91 - Essonne) |
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LEPEL-COINTET
Marc - Marie
|
Sub-lieutenant
|
Dinan
Flying School
|
Trainee
Pilot: Marc LEPEL COINTET went missing on 12 April 1942 above
Saint-Omer in Pas-de-Calais: his aircraft was shot down in flight
and disappeared into the sea. He served with the 616th Squadron
of the French Armed Forces in Libya (F.A.F.L.).
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Born
on 12 December 1912 in Paris (75)
Killed on 12 April 1942 in Saint-Omer (62 - Pas de Calais)
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LÊPINE
Serge - Charlemagne
|
Master-Corporal
|
Flying
School No. 21 and 24
|
Taken
prisoner
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Born
on 9 June 1915 in Nogent-sur-Oise (60 - Oise)
Died on 3 August 2005 in Orléans (45 - Loiret)
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LEPRON
René
|
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Flying
School No. 6
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LHUISSIER
Robert
|
Sergeant
|
Saint-Jean
d'Angély School
|
Navigator
Radio
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| LISSARAGUE
Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Air Force
School, Bordeaux
|
Pierre LISSARAGUE entered
the Air Force Academy in Bordeaux in 1939. After the Armistice,
he was sent to a youth work camp, then recalled to active
duty in 1943 and assigned to Group I/33. He was sent for further
training at the pilot schools in Kasba Tadla, Cognac, Avord
and Marrakech.
He was assigned to GB I/21 in Tunisia in 1948, then sent to
Indochina with GT I/25 in Cat-Bi in 1951. He was a trainee
at the Staff College in 1953, before being assigned to CEAM
in Mont-de-Marsan in 1954. He was appointed Air Attaché
to the French Embassy in Madrid in 1955, then entered the
École de Guerre (War College) in 1958. He was assigned
as Deputy Chief of Staff at the GMMTA (Groupement des moyens
militaires de transport aérien) in 1960, at the CESA
(Centre d'Etudes Stratégiques Aérospatiales)
in 1961, then to the General Planning Office of the Air Force
Staff in 1964. He took command of the Cazaux base in 1966,
was appointed director of the ESGA (École supérieure
de guerre aérienne) in 1968, then commander of the
AA schools in 1970, and finally military assistant to the
director of aeronautical technical construction. Pierre LISSARAGUE
was granted leave from flying duty in 1973. He served as director
of the Air Museum from 1973 to 1985.
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Born
on 9 February 1920 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Died in August 2008. |
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LOHNER
|
Sergeant
|
Flying
school no. 36
|
Pilot
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| LOMBAERT
Raphael - Achille |
Staff-Sergeant
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Student
pilot in Angers and Etampes
|
Raphael LOMBAERT voluntarily
enlisted in 1939 and became a student pilot in Angers and
Etampes. He was assigned to GC I/2 in AFN in 1941 and was
sent with this group to Great Britain. He attended English
schools and returned to France with Squadron 329. In 1945,
he was assigned to the Technical and Industrial Directorate,
to CESA (Centre d'Etudes Stratégiques Aérospatiales)
in 1949, and to the Air Force General Staff 4th Bureau. He
was sent to Tananarive from September 1952 to April 1955,
then entered the War College in 1958. He was assigned to the
Central Equipment Directorate in 1960, to the Air Force Command
at the Mers El-Kébir base in 1964, then became Deputy
Commander of the Air Force in Dakar in 1969. Raphael LOMBAERT
was placed on permanent leave from flying duty in 1971.
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Born on 27 May 1920
in Maretz (59 - Nord)
Died on 8 May 2003 in Paris (75).
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| LORIDAN
Michel - Marcel |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Air Force School
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Michel LORIDAN entered
the Bordeaux Air Force Academy in 1939. He was assigned to
GB II/23 in Meknes in 1940, then appointed Head of the Air
Force Academy in Tindouf in 1942 before being assigned to
GT I/36, then to GB I/25 in 1943. He moved with his group
to Elvington in Great Britain until 1945.
He was a trainee at Kasda-Tadla, then moved to GC II/5 Ile-de-France
in 1946. He was based at Sidi-Ahmed in Tunisia in 1948, then
in Indochina in 1949. He returned to mainland France in 1951
to take command of Squadron II/5 in Orange. He was sent to
Lahr in 1953 and returned to France as second in command,
then commander of the mixed wing in Tours in 1954. He was
appointed chief of operations at the Constantine tactical
air group command in 1958, then commander of the Batna forward
post. He was assigned to the EMGA (Air Force General Staff)
in 1960, then the EMI in 1961. He was appointed commander
of the Metz base in 1962, chief of staff at the General Inspectorate
of the Air Force in 1964, then trainee at the CESA (Centre
d'Etudes Stratégiques Aérospatiales) in 1965.
Assigned to Taverny in 1966, he became deputy head of the
Employment Division in 1968, then chairman of the Permanent
Air Safety Council in 1970. Michel LORIDAN was granted leave
from the Air Force in 1973 with the rank of Air Force Major
General.
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Born
on 23 June 1920 in Dreux (28 - Eure-et-Loir).
Died on 3 September 1999 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (92 - Hauts de
Seine). |
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| LUPOLD
Christian - Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Air Force School
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Christian LUPOLD joined
the Bordeaux Air Force Academy in 1939. Assigned to I/25 Tunisia
and then to GC I/3 in 1942, he took part in the Provence landings.
In 1946, he attended the schools in Avord and Tours. He was
successively assigned to the Bretigny centre in 1948, the
Tours air base in 1953, and the BPM in 1958. In 1961, he was
based in Algeria under the command of the 5th RA, seconded
to Reggane. In 1963, he was assigned to Taverny at CODA. He
participated in the work of AGARD (Advisory Group For Aerospace
Research and Development) in 1964. Christian LUPOLD was granted
leave from the Flying Personnel in 1967.
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Born on 7 April 1918
in Thaon-les-Vosges (88 - Vosges)
Died on 7 April 1999 in Vincennes (94 - Val-de-Marne).
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LYCON
Trinh
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Student
Observer
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| MAASON |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Deputy
and Commander of the A2 Division - Salon Air School relocated
to Bordeaux |
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MAGROT
Pierre
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Sergeant
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Avord
Flying School
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Pilot
Pierre MAGROT was shot down over Houdain (Pas-de-Calais) while
serving with the Alsace Fighter Group.
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Born
on 28 January 1920 in Saint-Clément (54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Killed on 27 August 1943 in Houdain (62 - Pas-de-Calais)
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| MAHIEU |
Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Supervision
Annex to the Air School Exhibition (moved to Bordeaux) in Mont-De-Marsan |
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MAL
BRANQUE Roger - Albert
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E.O.R
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EOR Mérignac
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Identified
as a deserter on 17 June 1940, Roger MAL BRANQUE actually joined
the F.A.F.L. He was killed on 4 November 1943 in Djino, 29 km
off the coast of Pointe-Noire (Congo). He was fighting with
the Artois Group.
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Born
on 10 September 1914 in Armentières (59 - north)
Killed on 4 November 1943 in Djino (Congo)
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MAlLFERT
Maurice
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Soldat
2nd Class
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Student
pilot at the Etampes school
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| MARIAS
Victorien - Baptiste - Raoul |
Captain
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Rabat
Air Force School
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Raoul
MARIAS entered the École Polytechnique in 1931 and the
École Militaire and Air Force Academy in 1933. He was
assigned to the 12th Wing in Reims in 1935 and took command
of the 5th Squadron in 1937. In 1938, he was transferred to
the observation school in Versailles, where he taught before
joining the school in Rabat in 1940. He was assigned to Group
GB II/23 in Meknes, but managed to reach England. He remained
in active service until 1944, when he was assigned to the General
Inspectorate in December 1944 and then to the CESA (Centre for
Advanced Aeronautical Studies) in 1945. He was assigned to the
21st Bomber Wing. He was appointed military delegate to the
Standing Committee of Western Europe in 1949, then seconded
to SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in 1951.
He was assigned to the Logistics Planning Office at Air Force
Headquarters in 1953.
He was appointed second deputy chief of staff of the armed forces,
then attended the Institute of Higher National Defence Studies
in 1955. Returning to the Allied Forces Headquarters (SHAPE)
in 1958, he then became second in command of the FATAC in 1961.
He was appointed Director of Higher Military Education and the
Institute of Higher National Defence Studies in 1964. Raoul
MARIAS, member of the Air Force High Council, left the active
army in 1966 with the rank of Lieutenant General. |
Born
on 1 January 1911 in Oriolles (16 - Charentes)
Died on 21 December 1993 in Villenave-d'Ormon (33 - Gironde) |
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MARRIDON
Jean
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Soldat
2nd Class
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La Rochelle
Flying School
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| MARTIN
André |
Captain
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Student
at the Versailles school centre
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André
Martin was a student at the École spéciale militaire
de Saint-Cyr (Special Military School of Saint-Cyr) and was
then seconded to the École militaire et d'application
de l'armée de l'Air (Military and Air Force Training
School) in 1933. He was assigned to the 32nd Air Wing in 1935,
then transferred to the training centre in Versailles in 1939.
He was transferred to Group II/52 in 1940.
He took command of the 2nd Squadron in 1943 before being put
in charge of operations at GR II/33 in 1944. He took part in
the Italian and French campaigns and was appointed second in
command of GR II/33 in 1944. He was seconded to the headquarters
of the 33rd Wing in 1945 and took command of GR II/33 ‘Savoie’
in 1945, then of the 33rd Wing in 1946. He was transferred to
the Air Force Headquarters in the general studies section in
1947. He was a trainee at CESA in 1948, he then joined the permanent
staff of the President of the Council for National Defence in
1949, the combined staff of the armed forces in 1950, the staff
of the 1st Air Division in Lahr in 1951, and the Armed Forces
Staff in 1954.
He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Armed
Forces in 1959, then Commander of the 5th Air Region in 1959.
In 1960, he became Major General of the Armed Forces, then Chief
of the Joint Staff in 1961, Inspector General of the Air Force
in 1962, and finally Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 1963.
He was a member of the Air Force High Council from 1962 to 1967.
André MARTIN left active military service in 1967 with
the rank of Air Force General. |
Born on 27 February
1911 in Paris (75)
Died on 21 March 2001 in Paris
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MARTIN
Georges
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Sergeant
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Observer
School No. 152
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Mechanic
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MARVART
Albert
|
Staff-Sergeant
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Cholet
Flying School
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MASSY
|
EOR
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CIC Chartres
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MAURIN
François - Louis
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Sub-Lieutenant
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Bordeaux
Air Force School
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François MAURIN
was a student at the Air Force Academy in 1938. The academy
was transferred to Bordeaux when mobilisation began. He obtained
his pilot's licence in 1940 and, in April 1940, joined GBA
II/35 based in Chateauroux, a group with which he took part
in ground attack missions. He was posted to AFN in June 1940
with GB II/62, then to AOF in Thiès. He was placed
on armistice leave in March 1943. He was assigned to the office
of the Secretary General for Air Defence, then successively
to GB I/31, GT III/15, GT I/62 and GT II/62. He was appointed
to GT II/64 ‘Anjou’ in Indochina in 1947, then second
in command of the same group. On his return in 1950, he was
assigned as second in command, then commander of the transport
and air liaison group at Villacoublay. In 1952, he was assigned
to the Air Force Personnel Department, in 1954 to the Brétigny
Air Experiment Centre, before becoming a trainee at the War
College in 1957. In 1959, he became head of the EMAA's General
Studies Office, then Commander of the base and the Military
Air Experiments Centre in Mont-de-Marsan in 1960. He was appointed
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 1963, Commander
of the 3rd Air Region in 1966, then Commander of Air Defence
in 1967. He was a member of the Air Council and was appointed
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces in 1971. François
MAURIN left active military service in 1975 with the rank
of Air Force General.
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Born on 9 March 1918
in Paris (75)
Died on 20 January 2018 in Paris.
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| MAURY
Gérard - Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Gérard MAURY
joined the army in 1922. He passed the EOR entrance exam and
was assigned to the 6th North African Rifle Regiment in Morocco.
He transferred to the air force in 1937 and was admitted to
the Air Force Academy in 1939. At the Armistice, he withdrew
to North Africa and was demobilised in 1942. In 1943, he was
assigned to the 1st Passive Defence Battalion, then appointed
FFI Staff Liaison Officer in 1944.
He was appointed Head of Military Mission in Greece in 1946,
then seconded to the EMAA as a military observer to the UN
in Greece. He was assigned to the Air Force Historical Service
in 1951 before retiring in 1958.
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Born on 29 June 1901
in Labastide-Rouairoux (81 - Tarn)
Died on 30 October 1995 in Mazamet (81 - Tarn).
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MEILLAC
René
|
Master-Corporal
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Flying
School No. 15
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MÉRANGER
Roger
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Cazaux
Flying School
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Roger
MERANGER, machine gunner, was killed on 26 April 1943 in Biskra,
Algeria.
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Born
on 30 January 1920 in Moyeuvre-Petite (57 - Moselle)
Killed on 26 April 1943 in Biskra (Algeria)
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MERLE
Serge
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Rochefort
Air Force School
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Radio
Student
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MEUNIER
Jean-Paul
|
Staff-Sergeant
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BA 103
& 127 - Ecole La Rochelle La Jarne
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| MEYER
Albert - Charles |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Flying
school in Age in 1940
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Albert MEYER was a student
pilot in 1939. He joined the underground network of the SR
guerre ‘Bruno’ in July 1940 and became head of the
intelligence and escape network for France, Belgium and Holland.
He was arrested and deported in November 1944. From 1945 to
1948, he remained on secondment to the SRO, then was transferred
to the reserve. He was recalled to active duty in 1951 and
was posted to Indochina until 1955. He was seconded to Mourmelon
for commando training in 1956 and was posted to La Reghaïa
in Algeria. He qualified as a parachutist, then was assigned
to the light aviation command in 1961, moving to Chartres
in 1963, then Reims in 1966, and finally back to Chartres
in 1976. Albert MEYER was discharged from the air force in
1978.
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Born
on 11 March 1921 in Puteaux (92 - Hauts-de-Seine)
Died on 6 May 2006 in Clamart (92 - Hauts-de-Seine) |
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MEYER
Jacques
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La Rochelle
La Jarne School
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| MICHAUD
Robert - Antoine |
Captain
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Student
at the Air Force Academy in Versailles
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Robert
MICHAUD was admitted to the École Polytechnique in 1928
and joined the École Militaire et d'Application de l'Aéronautique
in Versailles in 1930. He qualified as an aircraft observer
and then as a pilot in 1931. He was assigned to the 21st Bomber
Wing in 1933 and then to the Air Force Academy in Versailles
in 1937.
He was appointed to the Air Force General Staff in 1941. He
passed through Spain in 1943 and was seconded to the General
Staff of the High Command in North Africa in June 1943 before
being appointed commander of GB II/63 in 1944. He was promoted
to commander of the Cazaux school in 1945, then took over as
head of the Special Equipment Testing Centre in Colomb-Béchar
in 1949. Robert MICHAUD retired in 1951 with the rank of reserve
colonel. |
Born on 15 September
1908 in Montgeron (91 - Essonne)
Died on 19 November 1996 in Xaintrailles (47 - Lot-et-Garonne).
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| MICHAUX
Allain - Gaston |
Staff-Sergeant
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School
in Istres, Chateauroux, and Avord
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Allain
MICHAUX discovered aviation thanks to Aviation Populaire in
1937. He obtained his pilot's license and passed the entrance
exam for the Istres School. He was a student pilot in 1938.
He was transferred to Châteauroux and Avord, then to Oran,
to the fighter training center. He returned to France, to Marignane,
before leaving again for Tunisia, where he arrived in 1940.
He was assigned to GC II/6 in Maison-Blanche, then seconded
to the Levant in May 1941 and to Aïn Sefra in 1943. Back
in France, he was successively assigned to the instructor school
in Tours in 1945, Étampes in 1948, the reservist training
center in Villacoublay in 1951, Fighter Wing No. 3 in 1953,
and finally CEVSV 338 in 1955. He was appointed second in command
of Fighter Wing No. 4 in 1957, then assigned to GATAC No. 1
in Algiers in 1960 and to the military air traffic control service
in 1961. Allain MICHAUX was discharged from the Air Force in
1965 and became a reservist.
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Born on August 7, 1919
in Paris (75)
Died on June 25, 2016 in Le Cannet (06 - Alpes-Maritimes).
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MOLINARI
René - Jean
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Sub-Lieutenant
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School
in Chateauroux
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René
MOLINARI entered the EOR school in Châteauroux in October
1939. He took part in the French campaign as an observer, then
went to Great Britain and joined the FAFL on June 27, 1940.
He trained as a pilot at Odiham and then at various fighter
schools. He was assigned to the RAF in November 1943. Upon his
return to France, René MOLINARI was demobilized in 1946. |
Born on June 21, 1917,
in Tunis (Tunisia).
Died on October 3, 2008, in Nice (06 - Alpes-Maritimes).
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MONCLIN
Hugues
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|
Bréguet
Flight School
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Born
on September 22, 1920
Killed on September 1, 1944 in Stushof (Germany)
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| MOREAU
Philibert - Auguste |
Commander
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Fez Air
Base Flight School
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Born
on February 22, 1893, in Petosse (85 - Vendée)
Killed on January 18, 1940, in Fez (Morocco) |
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| MOULIGNAT
Jean - Julien |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Commander
of the Pilotage Division |
Born
on February 5, 1906
Killed on November 15, 1944 |
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MOULIN
Philippe - Claude
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Adjutant
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School
Instructor No. I 5 Bourges
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Born
on October 30, 1910 in Saint-Etienne (42 - Loire)
Died on February 19, 1985 in Paris (75)
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| MOYNET
André - Rémy |
Sergeant
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Tarbes
Flight School
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André
MOYNET voluntarily enlisted in 1939. He joined the Tarbes flight
school and obtained his pilot's license in March 1940. At the
Armistice, he managed to escape from France by boat and reached
England. He joined the Free French Air Force on July 1, 1940,
and took part in operations in Freetown and Douala. He was stationed
at Camberley, Torquay, Sywell, Turnhill, and then at the OTU
in Heston. He was assigned to the 340th Squadron “Ile-de-France”
before being seconded to the French Air Force Headquarters in
London. He was assigned to the “Normandie” squadron
in November 1943 and then became a flight instructor at the
EMP in Tours. André Moynet was demobilized in 1946.
Returning to civilian life, he became a member of parliament
and then secretary of state to the president of the Council
from 1954 to 1955. |
Born on July 19, 1921,
in Saint-Mandé (94 - Val-De-Marne)
Died on May 2, 1993, in Nice (06 - Alpes-Maritimes).
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| NOETINGER
Jacques - Marie |
Staff-Sergeant
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Jacques
NOETINGER voluntarily enlisted for the duration of the war in
September 1939 and joined the Air Force Academy in Versailles,
then was assigned to the Châteauroux base. Demobilized
in October 1940, he joined Jeunesse et Montagne. He managed
to escape from France via Spain in April 1943, but was captured
and interned for a time in Miranda prison. He arrived in French
North Africa in August 1943 and embarked for the United States.
He trained at the Craig Field and Tuscaloosa flight schools,
then became an instructor. Upon his return to France, he was
assigned to the Cognac conversion school. Jacques NOETINGER
was demobilized in 1949 and transferred to the reserve. |
Born on October 10,
1919 in Paris (75)
Died on April 21, 2012 in Paris.
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| ORANGE
Pierre - André |
Sergeant
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Flight
school No. 4
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Born
on April 13, 1920 in Paris (75)
Killed on March 18, 1940 in Farges-en-Septaine (18 - Cher) |
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| OTTENSOOVER |
Lieutenant
|
Salon
Air School
|
Lieutenant
OTTENSOOVER joined the Salon school on September 28, 1939 -
The school was moved to Bordeaux. |
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PAQUET
Achille
|
Soldat
1st Class
|
La Rochelle
La Jarne School
|
Reported
missing on June 16, 1940
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PARMENTIER
Jean - Maurice
|
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Flight
school No. 44
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Reported
missing on May 17, 1940
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| PERDET
André |
Captain
|
Salon
Air School
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Radio
Instruction School in Salon (moved to Bordeaux) |
Born
on July 1, 1909, in Chambéry (73 - Savoie)
Died on February 2, 1982, in Perpignan (66 - Pyrénées-Orientales) |
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PERRET
Edmond
|
Soldat
2nd Class
|
Air Base
BA 136 Machine Gunner School
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| PERSEVAL
Georges - Hubert |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Saint Cyr
Military Academy
Versailles Air Force Academy
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Georges
PERSEVAL was a student at the Saint-Cyr military academy in
1939, then at the Air Force academy in Versailles. In August
1940, he was stationed in French North Africa, at the academies
in Kasba-Tadla and Meknes. In 1944, he was transferred to Great
Britain to the II/2 Berry fighter group. He left for Indochina
in 1946 as second in command of the 2nd squadron of the Cigognes
group, then was transferred to the headquarters of the 2nd fighter
wing in Germany in 1948. He was assigned to the II/2 fighter
squadron in Dijon in 1949, to the command of the 1st Air Division
in Lahr in 1953, and to the 1st Fighter Wing in Saint-Dizier
in 1955. He joined the ESGA (Air Force War College) in 1958,
then joined the Air Force Inspectorate General in Paris in 1961.
He took command of the Dijon base in 1963, then was appointed
Chief of Staff of the Tactical Air Force Command and the 1st
Air Region in Dijon in 1965. He was appointed Chief of Staff
of the Air Defense Command in Taverny in 1965. In 1967, he was
an auditor at the CHEM (Center for Advanced Military Studies).
He was appointed deputy general to the senior commander of French
forces in the southern Indian Ocean in 1968. He was deputy to
the general commanding air defense in Taverny in 1970. Georges
PERSEVAL left the Air Force in 1973. |
Born on November 19,
1920, in Chamery (51 - Marne)
Died on February 10, 2009, in Rochefort (17 - Charente-Maritime).
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PIERROT
Fernand - Albert
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Sergeant
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Air Base
BA 108
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Thanks
to the Strasbourg popular aviation section, Fernand PIERROT
obtained his private pilot's license in April 1938.
He enlisted as a volunteer on November 12, 1938, and was successively
assigned to B.A. 124 in Cazaux, B.A. 105 in Lyon, CRAP in Aulnat,
and the Istres School, where he obtained his military pilot's
license on April 5, 1939.
Appointed Chief Pilot Corporal, he continued his training at
the Châteauroux flight school. He continued to further
his knowledge at the Avord BA 127 flight school with the rank
of Sergeant on September 16, 1939.
Assigned to the C.I.C Montpellier, he was granted armistice
leave on February 1, 1941.
On February 4, 1941, his armistice leave was canceled, and within
a few days he boarded the S/S LAFFERIERE in Port Vendres and
disembarked in Algiers on June 14, 1941.
He was assigned to fighter group 2/5 “Casablanca.”
He continued his fighter pilot training at the training bases
in Fès, Kasba-Tadia, and Marrakesh, and ended up being
assigned to 2/3 Aïn Sefra.
Volunteering for the Normandie fighter group, Sergeant-Major
PIERROT left Algiers on October 10, 1943. He fought in the USSR
from January 14, 1944, to June 20, 1945.
He died in a car accident on April 5, 1964, while serving as
a Lieutenant Colonel.
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Born
on April 24, 1920
Died on April 5, 1964 |
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PIGET
Louis
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Student
pilot at school no. 01
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PINOT
Edouard
|
Sub-Lieutenant
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Commander
of the Morlaix Flight School
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Edouard
PINOT joined the aeronautics industry as a mechanic in 1913.
He was assigned to the 2nd aeronautics group, then to the 1st
aviation group in the BL 13 squadron in 1914. He obtained his
pilot's license at the Avord school in 1915 and joined the training
division group at Plessis-Belleville in 1916. He was successively
assigned to Squadron 62, Squadron 84, the Fighter and Bomber
Training Center in La Perthe in 1918, the Romilly Air Base in
1919, and the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Squadron 104 in 1920
before being stationed in Germany in 1921. He retired in 1930
and was transferred to the reserve, then remobilized in 1939.
He was appointed commander of the Morlaix flight school. He
managed to escape from France and reach Great Britain in June
1940 with the students from his school and joined the FAFL.
He took command of the Franco-Belgian flight school in Odiham.
He was transferred to the EFTS in Upanon and then to Sywell
in 1941.
Upon his return to France, Edouard PINOT was assigned to the
Evreux base in 1946 and then demobilized the same year with
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. |
Born
on August 1, 1891, in Belfort (90 - Territoire de Belfort).
Died on May 9, 1984, in Strasbourg (67 - Bas-Rhin). |
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POIRIER
Roger
|
Soldat
1st Class
|
Rochefort
School
|
Taken
prisoner
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| POULIQUEN
Joseph - Marie |
Captain
|
Staff
Versailles Military School
|
Joseph
POULIQUEN voluntarily enlisted in the artillery in 1915, then
in the infantry. He transferred to the air force in 1917 and
enrolled in the Chartres flight school. He obtained his pilot's
license in February 1918 and was assigned to Squadron 128 of
the 2nd Aviation Group.
He was placed on leave and transferred to the reserve in 1919.
Recalled to active duty in September 1939, he was appointed
to the Military School of Versailles. He left for the Middle
East in April 1940, where he commanded the Palmyra base before
being demobilized in November 1940. He managed to escape from
France in April 1941 to join the Free French Forces in Freetown
(Sierra Leone). He was appointed commander of the “Alsace”
fighter group and then the “Normandie” group in the
USSR in 1942.
In June 1943, he was transferred to Squadron 342 in England
and became deputy commander of the FAFL in 1945.
Joseph POULIQUEN was demobilized in 1946 and transferred to
the reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. |
Born on November 20,
1897, in Saint-Malo (35 - Ille-et-Vilaine)
Died on September 24, 1988, in Paris (75).
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POUSSET
Henri
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Sergeant
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Flight
School Instructor No. 25
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Reserv
Pilot
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Born
on January 18, 1915, in Sepmes (37 - Indre-et-Loire)
Died on July 6, 1999, in Loches (37 - Indre-et-Loire)
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PRUDHOMME
André
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Saint-Malo
School
|
Radio
Student
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| PUDET |
Lieutenant
|
Salon
Air School
|
Supervision
Annex to the Air School Exhibition (moved to Bordeaux) in Mont-De-Marsan |
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PUJOL
Maurice
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Rochefort
School
|
Maurice
PUJOL died following an illness on March 9, 1944.
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Born
on June 15, 1921, in Sète (34 - Hérault)
Died on March 9, 1944, in Passa (66 - Pyrénées-Orientales)
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| RAULET
Paul - André |
Sergeant
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Elementary
Flight School No. 34 Angoulême
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Born
on June 25, 1891 in Epernay (51 - Marne)
Died on October 13, 1939 in Dinan (22 - Côtes d'Armor) |
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| RECEVEAU
Roger - Louis |
Sub-Lieutenant
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- Schools
in Istres
- Salon Instructor School
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Roger RECEVEAU enlisted
as a volunteer in 1939 and joined the school in Istres. He
entered the instructor school in June 1940, first as a student,
then as an instructor. He was sent to French North Africa
(AFN) in Marrakech in 1943. He took part in the Corsican landings
with GC II/5 and was taken prisoner in October 1944. He was
assigned to the Mont-de-Marsan flight test center in 1945,
to GC II/4 in Friedrichshafen in 1949, and again to CEAM in
1952. Roger RECEVEAU retired in 1954 and became a reservist.
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Born
on August 8, 1919, in Le Mans (72 - Sarthe).
Died on July 26, 1994, in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74 - Haute-Savoie). |
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| REMY |
Commander
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Salon
Air School
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Commander
of the Training Wing, Salon School |
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| REVEILHAC
Jean - Baptiste |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Student
at the Angers flight school, then at the Étampes fighter
pilot school
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Jean-Baptiste
REVEILHAC voluntarily enlisted in the Air Force in 1939. He
was assigned to the Angers flight school and then to the Étampes
fighter school, where he obtained his pilot's license. On June
20, 1940, he managed to escape from France and reach Great Britain.
He joined the Free French Air Force (FAFL) on July 1, 1940,
and attended RAF schools before being sent to French Equatorial
Africa (AEF). He was assigned to OTU and certified as an aircraft
pilot in the RAF, then transferred to the 54th Squadron, the
164th Squadron, and finally to the 340th Squadron “Ile-de-France”
in 1942. He was successively assigned to the 3rd office of the
EMGA (General Staff of the Air Force) and to the General Inspectorate
of the Air Force in 1945.
He was assigned to the 2nd office of the EMGA in 1947, then
sent on a mission to Greece to the United Nations Committee
in 1948. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the private staff
of the Secretary of State for the Air Force in 1948.
In 1948, he left for the United States as an Air Attaché
and was assigned to the military delegation of the Permanent
Group in Washington. He left active military service at his
own request in 1950 before being reinstated in 1953 and assigned
to the 60th Wing. He was called to the staff of the Far East
Air Command in 1953, then returned to France and was transferred
to the staff of the Allied Air Forces Central Europe in 1955.
He was appointed chief of the military cabinet of the High Representative
to the Central African Republic in 1961. He was assigned to
SHAPE in 1962 and ended his career in the Air Force as assistant
curator of the Air and Space Museum from 1966 to 1968. Jean
REVEILHAC was transferred to the reserve with the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. |
Born
on October 26, 1916, in Évreux (27 - Eure).
Died on December 13, 1984, in Paris (75). |
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RICARD
CORDINGLEY Louis - François
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Aspirant
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Air School
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Louis
RICARD CORDINGLEY joined the F.A.F.L. and was killed on January
26, 1942, in Hawarden, England, during a training flight with
57 Operational Training Squadron.
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Born
on November 6, 1917, in Mulatière (69 - Rhône)
Killed on January 26, 1942, in Hawarden (England)
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| RISSO
Joseph - Michel |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Student
at the Ambérieu and Istres School
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Joseph
RISSO joined the Air Force in 1938 and took flying lessons in
Ambérieu. After obtaining his pilot's license, he was
assigned to the Istres school in 1939. He retreated to French
North Africa with the 125th Air Battalion in 1940. He managed
to escape in May 1940 and reached Great Britain after a stay
in a Spanish prison. He joined the Free French Forces in September
1940 and attended RAF schools in 1940-1941. He was transferred
to Squadron 253 in 1941 and served with the Normandie fighter
group from 1942 onwards.
In 1947, he was sent to Morocco to the Rabat-Salé base
with GC II/6 “Normandie-Niémen.” He was called
to the headquarters of the 5th RA in 1948. He was assigned to
the fighter school in Meknes in 1949 and appointed commander
of the flight training division in 1952. Back in France, he
was promoted to deputy commander of the Cazaux firing and bombing
range. He was appointed second in command of the 11th Wing at
Luxeuil in 1954, commander of the 13th Wing in Lahr and Colmar
in 1956, of the 451st Tactical Air Control Squadron in Achern
in 1958, of the Sector Control and Detection Center (CCDS) in
1960, and finally of the Drachenbronn base in 1961. He took
operational command of Interallied Sector No. 4 in 1962, then
became an auditor at the NATO Defense College in 1965. He was
appointed deputy chief of operations and training at the Allied
Air Forces Central Europe headquarters in Fontainebleau in 1966.
He was transferred to the CHEM (Center for Advanced Military
Studies) and the IHEDN (Institute for Advanced National Defense
Studies) in 1968. Joseph RISSO ended his career as commander
of the Air Defense Operations Center (CODA) from 1970 to 1973
with the rank of Air Force Brigadier General. |
Born on January 23,
1920, in Cadolive (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône).
Died on November 24, 2005, in Aix-en-Provence (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône).
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| RONDEPIERRE
Jacques |
Sergeant
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Châteauroux
Flight School
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Born
on July 25, 1920, in Coulommiers (77 - Seine-et-Marne)
Killed on April 10, 1940 |
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| ROOS
Pol - François |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Versailles
Air Force Academy
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Pol ROOS entered the
Air Force Academy in Versailles in January 1938. The academy
relocated to Bordeaux in August 1939 and he was placed on
Armistice leave in November 1940. He managed to escape from
France and made his way to Great Britain. He enrolled at Cromwell
School and in December 1942 was assigned to the 340th Squadron
“Ile-de-France,” then transferred to the 341st Squadron
“Alsace” in April 1943.
In 1945, he was assigned to the 1st Wing and sent to the Cognac
school. He was transferred to the 550th Territorial Air Defense
Group in 1946. He was assigned to the Brétigny flight
test center and then, in 1948, to the 901st Air Defense Zone
in Aix-en-Provence. He was sent to Indochina in 1949 to the
Annam tactical group. He was assigned to the combined armed
forces headquarters in 1952, then to the Saint-Nazaire liaison
detachment. In 1954, Pol ROOS was assigned to Tunisia, then
demobilized in December 1954 and transferred to the reserve.
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Born on February 28,
1917 in Paris (75)
Died on January 16, 2012 in Longpont-sur-Orge (91 - Essonne).
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| ROSE
André - René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Schools
in Saint-Brieuc, Royan, and Agen
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André
ROSE voluntarily enlisted in 1939. He trained as a pilot in
Saint-Brieuc, Royan, and then Agen. He was assigned to the Jeunesse
et Montagne group in August 1940 and managed to escape from
France to Tunisia, then left by boat from Nabeul (Tunisia) to
Malta. He enlisted in the FAFL on November 11, 1941. He attended
British schools and was assigned to the 329th Squadron in March
1943. André ROSE was transferred to the reserves in 1945. |
Born on May 10, 1920,
in Salouel (80 - Somme)
Died on July 28, 2017, in Amiens (80 - Somme).
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| ROSSI
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Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Director
of Studies, Salon Air School and Bordeaux |
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ROSSOLIN
DE GRANVILLE
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Saint-Malo
School
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| ROUSSEAU
Raymond - Léopold |
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Salon
de Provence Flight School
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Born
on October 29, 1918, in Ramoulut (45 - Loiret)
Died on January 28, 1940, in Orléans (45 - Loiret) |
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| ROUSSILLAT
Robert - Alexandre |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Versailles
Air Force School
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Robert ROUSSILLAT entered
the Air Force Academy in 1939. At the start of the war, the
academy relocated to Bordeaux. He was assigned to the Levant
from October 1940 to September 1941. He managed to escape
France by sea and join the Free French Forces in London. He
was assigned to the Lorraine group, then joined the Cazaux
gunnery school in 1945.
In 1948, he was assigned to the 3rd bureau of the Air Force
General Staff, then in 1950 to the Vaucluse squadron. In 1954,
he was in Indochina, at the SDECE (External Documentation
and Counter-Espionage Service) from 1957 to 1962. He ended
his career in the Air Force Command in Dakar. Robert ROUSSILLAT
was discharged from the Air Force in 1964.
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Born
on July 10, 1919, in Lorient (56 - Morbihan).
Died on January 20, 1991, in Boulogne-Billancourt (92 - Hauts
de Seine). |
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ROYER
René
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Corporal
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Flight
School No. 26 Morlaix
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Student
pilot. René ROYER joined the F.A.F.L. and fought with
Fighter Group No. 2 Ile de France. He was killed on September
3, 1944, over Bernay (Eure). René ROYER fought under
the pseudonym “Roland LUSANGERE.”
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Born
on August 2, 1920, in Gennevilliers (92 - Hauts de Seine)
Killed on September 3, 1944, in Bernay (27 - Eure)
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| ROZOY
Marie - Luc - François |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Versailles
Air Force School
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Marie Luc ROZOY was
admitted to the Special Military School in 1937, then to the
Air Force Academy in Versailles in 1939. He was assigned to
the Levant in November 1940, and in October 1941, he successfully
rallied the Free French Forces in Damascus. In 1942, he was
seconded to coastal surveillance in Beirut before leaving
for Great Britain. He was assigned to the “Lorraine”
group in September 1943 and to the staff of the Air Commissioner's
delegate for the northern zone in London. He returned to the
Lorraine Group in Vitry-en-Artois in January 1945. He completed
an OTU training course in Great Britain, then in Rabat and
Agadir.
He was admitted to the Staff College in 1949 and assigned
to the 3rd Office in 1950. In 1951, he was in the Planning
and Employment Office, then in 1952, on the Interim Committee
of the European Defense Community. He was sent to Indochina
in 1954 to GB I/25 Tunisia. He was assigned to the CESA (Center
for Aerospace Strategic Studies) in 1957, then to the 1st
office of the Air Force General Staff in 1958. He was sent
to the General Staff in Dakar in 1960, then completed an internship
in the United States at the Staff College in Norfolk in 1963.
On his return, he was transferred to the headquarters of the
Allied Forces Central Europe in Fontainebleau. He took over
as head of the CESA in 1966 before being appointed commander
of the Air Force in Germany in 1968. Marie Luc ROZOY left
the Air Force in 1976 with the rank of Air Force Brigadier
General.
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Born
on October 28, 1918, in Arinthod (39 - Jura). Died on March
10, 1987, in Paris (75). |
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SARTORI
Charles
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Sergeant
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Flight
School No. 17
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SCHUMAKER
Emile
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Soldat
2nd Class
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Flight
school 102 and Air Base of Perpignan
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SIMON
Maurice
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RABAT
Communications School
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SIMON
Roger
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Soldat
2nd Class
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Flight
school No. 23 of Le Mans relocated to LAVAL then Ploujean
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Student
pilot. Taken prisoner.
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SOQUET
Serge
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Air Base
BA 101 6th Company
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Mechanic
student
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| SOUFFLET
Jacques - Lucien |
Captain
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Instructor
officer at the Versailles-Villacoublay training center in
1938 and at the Saint-Cyr flight school in 1939
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Jacques SOUFFLET was admitted
to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
(Saint-Cyr Military Academy) in 1930. He was seconded to the
Air Force at the École militaire et d'application de
l'armée de l'Air (Air Force Military Academy) in 1932
and qualified as a pilot in 1933, then as an observer in 1934.
He was transferred to the 52nd Reconnaissance Wing in Dijon
in 1934. He was assigned to French West Africa in Bamako to
Squadron No. 1 in 1936 and to Thiès to Squadron No.
2 in 1937. He was appointed training officer at the Versailles-Villacoublay
training center in 1938 and at the Saint-Cyr flight school
in 1939. He managed to reach Great Britain in June 1940 and
joined the Free French Air Force. He attended RAF schools
and took part in the attack on Dakar. He was taken prisoner
in Ouakam (Senegal) in September 1940 before being released
and repatriated to mainland France in 1941. He escaped from
France again and reached Great Britain in 1943. He was assigned
to the “Alsace” fighter group (Squadron 341) in
1943, then to the “Lorraine” bomber group (Squadron
342), which he commanded in 1944. He was seconded to General
de Gaulle's military cabinet in 1945.
Jacques SOUFFLET was demobilized in 1946 and transferred to
the reserve with the rank of colonel. He became Minister of
Defense from May 1974 to January 1975.
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Born on October 4, 1912,
in Lesboeufs (80 - Somme)
Died on January 9, 1990, in Neuilly-sur-Seine (92 - Hauts
de Seine).
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| TENOT
Marcel |
Commander
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Salon
Air School
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Commander
of the Brigade Group and Training Resources |
Born
on 10 aout 1893 |
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THAUDE
Pierre
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Flight
School No. 40 Graullet
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| THIBON |
Commander
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Salon
Air School
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Supervision
Salon Air School and Bordeaux |
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| TURBEN
Jean - Paul |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Deputy
Commander of the Pilotage Division, Captain MOULIGNAT. |
Born
on March 3, 1904, in Behencourt (80 - Somme)
Died on January 2, 1987, in Antony (92 - Hauts de Seine) |
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| VALO
André - Jean |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Student at the Salon Air
School, killed on September 11, 1939, aboard Morane 315 No.
89. The accident was caused by the instructor's carelessness;
Sergeant CHRIST was also killed in the accident.
Quote: A young officer filled with enthusiasm, whose magnificent
qualities—love of flying, integrity, and fanatical enthusiasm—made
him a perfect example for all his comrades. He died a glorious
death in aerial service on September 11, 1939.
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Born
on August 29, 1918 in Toulon (83 - Var)
Killed on October 2, 1939 in Reignac-De-Blaye (33 - Gironde) |
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| VAN
WYMEERSCH Raymond - Léon |
Soldat
2nd Class
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- Istres
School
- Hanriot School
- Rochefort School
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Raymond VAN WYMEERSCH
was a student pilot in Rochefort in 1939. He managed to escape
from France via Bayonne in June 1940 and joined the Free French
Air Force. He attended the Odiham school, then was assigned
to the 6070th and then the 174th Squadron. He was taken prisoner
in Dieppe in August 1942 and sent to Germany, but managed
to escape in April 1945.
On his return to France, he was assigned to the Cognac training
base, then to GGI/6 “Corse” in Rabat. He was sent
to Indochina from February 1950 to September 1951. On his
return, he was assigned to Aulnat, then Lille, and finally
Algeria in 1955. From 1960 to 1963, he was assigned to Bangui.
Back in France, he was appointed infrastructure officer in
Rochefort. Raymond VAN WYMEERSCH was placed on flying personnel
leave in 1965.
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Born on September 24,
1920, in Asnières (92 - Hauts-de-Seine)
Died on June 2, 2000, in La Rochelle (17 - Charente-Maritime).
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| VIDAL |
Captain
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Salon
Air School
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Mechanical
Officer |
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| VIDAL
Hippolyte |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Salon
Air School
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Student
at the Salon Air School: accidentally killed on February 23,
1940, during a flight on Romano 82. |
Born on November 25,
1918
Killed on February 23, 1940 in Parentis de Marsan (40 - Landes)
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WYL
René - Louis
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EOR CIB
Toulouse
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Born
on November 30, 1917, in Barisey-Au-Plain (54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Died on April 12, 1975, in Germany
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YVOZZA
François
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Master-Corporal
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Flight
School No. 32
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