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Name
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Rank
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Unit
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Post
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Informations
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Civil-statut
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Photo
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Indiv. Card
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Citations
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| HARTEMANN
André |
Commander
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Deputy
Group Manager
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André HARTEMANN,
a graduate of the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, fought in the
final weeks of the First World War. He was posted to Silesia,
then Morocco, where he took part in the "Pacification"
operations in Taza and the Rif from 1924 to 1926. He entered
the War College in 1929, before being appointed Staff Officer
in Oran in 1930. Attracted by aviation, he passed his Air
Observer's Certificate. After a brief spell in an Algerian
Tirailleurs regiment in Constantine, he finally joined the
Air Force as a staff officer in the 5th Air Region in Algiers.
He played an active
role in organising the Air Force in North Africa.
When war broke out in 1939, he was initially assigned to the
Military Cabinet of the Minister for Air, Guy LA CHAMBRE,
before joining the active Air Force at his request. He passed
his Brevet de Pilote and joined the GR I/22 in May 1940.
During the Group's withdrawal,
he effectively led the rolling echelon to the south of France.
He then took command of GR I/22 until the desertion of one
of his Group's aircraft: he was dismissed and placed in reserve
to protect it before joining the Air Staff in Algiers where
he took command of the 3rd Bureau.
After the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942,
he joined the Free French Forces. This period, during which
former Vichy servicemen now had to work for Free France, was
a very difficult one...He was then given command of the landing
air force, with the task of setting up the 1st Parachute Regiment
in Fez, Morocco, with very limited resources. He took the
opportunity to obtain his parachutist certificate.
Appointed lieutenant-colonel, he returned to the General Staff
in Algiers and worked hard to ensure the cohesion of the reborn
French Air Force, which was made up of Gaullists and Giraudists.
After the Liberation, the General Staff moved to Paris, where
André HARTEMANN continued his work.
In June 1945, he was appointed
Brigadier General and in December 1945 took command of the
1st Air Division in Germany.
On his return to Paris in September 1946, he became Chief
of Staff and then Major General. In August 1949, he was appointed
Director of the Centre d'Enseignement Supérieur Aérien
(CESA) and then Commandant of the Ecole Supérieure
de Guerre Aérienne. Eager to return to the field, he
applied in 1950 to replace General Bodet in Indochina: in
April 1950 he was appointed Commander of the French Air Force
in the Far East. He arrived in a hostile climate, generated
by the reputation of his predecessor and his detractors in
the Air Staff in Paris. But his qualities soon reassured General
de Lattre de Tassigny. In March 1951, he lost his wife and
threw himself wholeheartedly into his work: he was everywhere,
supervising everything.
On 28 April, he was
due to take part in a day of operations in the Hanoi region.
He took a seat as a passenger in a B26 Invader at Cat-Bi base.
The aircraft disappeared without explanation. No trace of
the B26 or the crew was ever found...
|
Born on 23
July 1899 in Colmar (67 - Haut-Rhin)
Killed on 28 April 1951 in Indochina |
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| HATIER Juilen
- Eugène |
Lieutenant
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|
Pilot
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Born in Arbouans
(25 - Doubs) on 10 December 1900
Died at Grand-Charmont (25 - Doubs) on 5 February 1996 |
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| HAURE Jean
- Marie |
Adjutant
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|
Pilot
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May 12, 1940,
his Aircraft, the Potez 63-11 No.80 is touched by the Flak.
ALieutenanthough seriously injured, Adjutant HAURE managed to
land in the field but died soon after. |
Born on 10
June 1912 at Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre (65 - Hautes-Pyrénées)
Killed on 12 May 1940 at Pommérieux (57 - Moselle) |
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| HAUTECOEUR |
Sub-Lieutenant
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|
Observer
|
On June 5,
1940, Potez 63-11 No.595 was attacked by a group of 9 Me109
and crashed to the ground. The crew is killed. Sub-Lieutenant
HAUTECOEUR is the only survivor: Before leaving for his base,
the Pilot had deposited him on the ETREGNY ground where he had
to analyze the photographs of his mission, he was not present
on board at the moment from the attack ...... |
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| HAUTIERE
Bernard |
Lieutenant
|
GAO 553
|
Observer
|
Killed on aerial
combat on October 6, 1939 |
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| HEBRAD |
Lieutenant
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|
Observer
|
On June 16,
1940, the Potez 63-11 No718 was destroyed by accident during
a flight at very low altitude: flying too low, these propellers
touch the ground, and the pilot must land in the countryside
... crew is unharmed. |
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| HECKER |
Sergeant
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Pilot
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| HEITZ Erwin |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
|
On September
26, 1939, the Potez 637 No.46 is shot down by German Fighters
and the Flak. Sergeant HEILTZ is killed at his machine-gunner
position by the Me109. |
Born on 29
March 1916 in Riffer (68 - Haut-Rhin)
Killed on 26 September 1939 at Sigmaringen |
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| HENNION |
Lieutenant
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|
Observer
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| HENON Albert |
Lieutenant
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Pilot
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| HENON Jean
- André |
Lieutenant
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During a mission
on September 29, 1939, Lieutenant HENON died following an accidental
rupture of his inhaler hose, |
Born on 28
October 1909 at Angoulème (16 - Charente-Maritime)
Killed on 29 September 1939 at Metz (57 - Moselle) |
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| HENRARD
Roger - Fernand |
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|
Observer
|
After working as an aircraft
mechanic at the end of the First World War, Roger HENRARD
was employed by Jules Richard in Paris, a company specialising
in the manufacture of weather recorders and stereoscopic cameras,
including the Vérascope. Having passed his pilot's
licence, he took up aerial photography using an Altiphote
Richard Labrely camera manufactured by Jules Richard. In 1938,
he carried out espionage missions over Germany on behalf of
the intelligence services, and during the French Campaign
he served as an observer with GAO 504. After the war, he took
over the management of Jules Richard, while continuing his
activities as a pilot-operator. He photographed Paris at low
altitude and covered several French departments and towns
between 1948 and 1972, mainly on behalf of industrialists.
The collection, which numbered more than 20,000 images, was
also used to publish postcards.
On his death, the Roger
Henrard aerial photography company was founded, with offices
in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val de Marne) and laboratories
in Ban-Saint-Martin (Moselle). The company marketed its negatives
and prints to the archives of the towns and departments involved
in the photographic campaigns.
Source : Archives Ville
de Saumur - http://archives.ville-saumur.fr/f/13Fi/mosaique/?
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Born in Paris
(75) on 17 February 1900
Died 26 June 1975 at Croissy sur Seine (78 - Yvelines) |
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| HENRI |
Captain
|
GAO 582
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| HENRY Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
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|
Observer
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His aircraft,
Potez 637 No. 26, was shot down on November 7, 1939 during an
aerial combat against a major Me109 formation. Sub-Lieutenant
HENRY, wounded, parachutes. |
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| HENRY |
Adjutant
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|
Pilot
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| HILD René
|
Machine-Gunner
|
GAO I/551
|
Machine-Gunner
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Killed on aerial
combat on June 8, 1940 |
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| HILT |
Master-Corporal
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
On 11 March
1940, Potez 63-11 No. 22 flew over its home airfield at Metz-Frescaty
to test its photographic equipment.
As it was about to land, it was attacked by 5 Messerschmitt
Bf-109s from III/JG 53. The pilot, Lieutenant Meitret, although
wounded, managed to make an emergency landing on his field.
Lieutenant Parmentier, the observer, and Master Corporal Hilt,
the machine-gunner, were unhurt. The aircraft was destroyed. |
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| HIMMELSPACH
René - Clovis |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Born on 15
May 1915 in Pers Jussy (74 - Haute-Savoie)
Died at Bourges (18 - Cher) on 18 December 1999 |
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| HINCKER
Charles |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
His aircraft,
the Potez 637 No49 was shot down by the Flak on May 22, 1940.
The crew, unharmed, is taken prisoner. |
Born in Strasbourg
(67 - Bas-Rhin) on 25 June 1907
Died at Strasbourg on 24 October 1982 |
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| HOCHEDE
Jules - Emile |
Sub-Lieutenant
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|
Pilot
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- On May 12, 1940, his
aircraft, the Potez 637 No. 7 was hit by the flak during a
reconnaissance at low altitude. The pilot manages to return
to the field, but the Potez is irreparable. Second Lieutenant
HOCHEDE is unharmed.
- On May 17, 1940, Bloch MB 174 No. 9 was hit by the Flak.
Sergeant MILLET, believing the lost plane parachutes, but
kills himself by hitting the empennage. Sub-Lieutenant HOCHEDE
brings the aircraft back to Le Bourget without a hitch.
He was killed in aerial
combat on June 28,1943 while fighting with the GB 3/3 of the
Free French Forces
|
Born on 28
March 1907 in Toulon (83 - Var)
Killed on 28 June 1943 in Algiers (Algeria) |
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| HOCQUEMILLER
René |
Captain
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|
Observer
|
On November
7, 1939, the Potez 637 No. 18 is attacked by a large formation
of Me109E and is shot down in flame: the crew is killed. |
Born on 28
February 1908 at Pont Faverger (51 - Marne)
Killed on 7 November 1939 at Marcilly (57 - Moselle) |
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| HOQUETIS
Lionel - Marie |
Captain
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|
Chef
de Bord
|
On September
29, 1939, his aircraft, the Potez 540 No.160, was accidentally
destroyed on landing when returning from a night mission. Captain
HOQUETIS is unscathed. |
Born on 3 July
1908 in Bordeaux (33 - Gironde)
Died at Bordeaux on 4 April 1997 |
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| HOURCADE |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Pilot
|
On June 16,
1940, his aircraft, the Potez 63-11 No. 845 damaged by the Flak,
is forced to land in the countryside: the crew, unscathed, fire
the aircraft. |
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| HUBIN Lucien
|
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
On June 2,
1940, during a test flight, Bloch MB 174 No.29 went into a spin
and crashed to the ground. The crew was killed. |
Born on 7 June
1919 at Longwy (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Killed on 2 June 1940 at Pleurs (51 - Marne) |
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| HUGOT |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
Joined
the Group GR I/35 on April 1, 1940 |
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| HURTEVENT
Henri - Alexis |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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|
Observer
|
Henri HURTEVENT
died of illness on 24 February 1941. |
Born 27 November
1904, Vendin le Vieil (62 - Pas de Calais)
Died 24 February 1941 at Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône) |
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| ISNARD Hubert
- Henri |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
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Born November
25, 1915 |
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| ISRAEL Jean
- Isidore |
Lieutenant
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|
Observer
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- His aircraft,
the Potez 637 No5 is attacked by Me109 October 31, 1939, he
managed to regain his ground ISRAEL The Lieutenant is free..
�- On April 30, 1940, Bloch MB174 No18 was destroyed at takeoff
following a speed drop. Lieutenant ISRAEL is unharmed. �- His
aircraft, Potez 637 No49 was shot down by the Flak on May 22,
1940. The crew, unharmed, is taken prisoner. |
Born on 5 December
1913 in Paris
Died in Paris on 16 December 1995 |
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| JACOB André
Etienne |
Lieutenant
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|
Observer
|
In 1930, on graduating
from the Ecole Polytechnique, André JACOB opted for
aviation and during his military service served as a Second
Lieutenant at the Ecole militaire et d'application de l'aéronautique
in Versailles. He was certified as an Observer in July 1931
and left the army two months later.
From 1931 to 1937, he
worked in industry, first in La Courneuve, then in Morocco.
At the same time, he pursued brilliant university studies,
which could have led him into the field of research, but his
religious faith was stronger, and André JACOB joined
the Carmelite Seminary.
In 1939, he was mobilised
as a reserve Lieutenant and joined GAO 504, then based in
Chartres, before joining GR I/14 on 21 May 1940 and GR II/22
on June 6th, 1940. He was cited for his involvement in the
fighting in Holland and Belgium.
At the Armistice, he chose
to continue the fight and reached England on 24 June 1940
aboard a Potez 63-11 piloted by Sub-Lieutenant NEUMANN and
Sergeant Marcel MOREL . André's last postcard to his
father, Professor Charles Jacob, reads: "You won't be
hearing from me for a long time. I am going where my duty
seems to call me".
Posted to 149 Squadron
of the Royal Air Force in mid-July 1940, he took part in five
bombing missions over Germany as a gunner in late July and
early August 1940.
Assigned as an observer
to the Groupe mixte de combat n° 1 commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
DE MARMIER, Lieutenant JACOB took part in the Dakar expedition
and then in the campaign to rally Gabon to Free France, during
which he carried out several war missions.
On 9 November 1940, not
being on duty but volunteering, he left Douala at 6 a.m. on
board the Bristol Blenheim N3623, the only radio-equipped
aircraft in the group, with radio warrant officer Tazer and
pilot staff sergeant Le Guyader. Mission: reconnaissance of
the Libreville region in Gabon, and leafleting of the town.
Last message received in Kribi around 6.30 am, then a radio
message, probably later, from Campo, on the northern border
of Spanish Guinea. Then nothing. The plane did not reach Libreville
and the leaflets were not thrown out. All the searches were
fruitless.
The most likely hypothesis
is that the aircraft was lost at sea in the vicinity of Cap
Saint-Jean, where tornadoes and permanent bad weather occur.
It is also possible that the aircraft was shot down by Spanish
anti-aircraft fire.
|
Born April
14, 1909 in Corenc (38 - Isère)
Killed November 9, 1940 in Libreville (Gabon) |
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| JACQUEMART
Alexis - Léon |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
On June 8, 1940, while
taking off for a mission, the Potez 63-11 No.800 struck a
Morane 406 and caught fire. The crew is unscathed.
Potez 63-11 No.719, hit
by the Flak on June 20, 1940, crashes in flames: the crew
is killed.
|
Born on 24
January 1912 in Paris (75)
Killed on 20 June 1940 at Liré (49 - Maine-Et-Loire) |
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| JACQUES
Edmond - Antoine |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
Potez 63-11
No.719, hit by the Flak on June 20, 1940, crashes in flames:
the crew is killed. |
Born
on 17 July 1916 at Crillon Le Brave (84 - Vaucluse)
Killed on 20 June 1940 at Liré (49 - Maine et Loire) |
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| JACQUET
Julien |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
GAO I/514
|
Observer
|
Killed on aerial
combat on May 22, 1940 |
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| JAMET |
Captain
|
|
Observer
|
Captain JAMET
was an Artillery officer seconded to the Air Observation Service. |
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| JANNIN Jean |
Adjutant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
His aircraft,
Potez 63-11 No.620, was shot down during an air fight against
3 Me109 on June 4, 1940. Adjutant JANIN was seriously injured. |
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| JARRY Paul
- Gabriel |
Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
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Born on 17
February 1900 |
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| JEAN |
Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
On May 12,
1940, he was taken prisoner after his aircraft, the Mureaux
115 No. 42 , was hit by the Flak. |
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| JEANDEL |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GAO 553
|
Pilot
|
Wounded on
aerial combat on May 16, 1940 |
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| JEROME |
Sergeant
|
GAO I/520
|
Observer
|
Wounded by
accident on April 21, 1940 |
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| JOCQUEL
Hubert - Pierre |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
Killed on June
21st, 1940 while trying to join the Group in Oran aboard a LeO
451 borrowed on the ground of Salon: After three attempts, the
Aircraft ends up taking off but crushes on the ground: the crew
is killed. |
Born August
5, 1915 in Bègles (33 - Gironde)
Killed on June 21, 1940 at Salon de provence (13 - Bouches du
Rhône) |
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| JOLIVET |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Machine-Gunner
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| JONVILLE
Louis |
Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
Observer
Officer detached to the Group on September 9, 1940 |
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| JOSSELIN
René |
Lieutenant
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|
Observer
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| JOSSERAND
Jean-Louis |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Pilot
|
On June 17,
1940, the Potez 63-11 n° 454 hit by the flak crashes near
a German motorized column: Staff Sergeant Josserand seriously
injured, is taken prisoner. |
Born June 10,
1913 |
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| JOSSERAND
François |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Pilot
|
On October
30, 1939, his aircraft, the Potez 637 No6, was destroyed on
landing on the return from a mission. Chief Warrant Officer
JOSSERAND is killed. |
Born on October
19,1908 in Saint-Martin du Mont (01 - Ain) |
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| JOST Raymond |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
Killed on June
5, 1940 aboard Potez 63-11 No.796 shot down by 5 Me109. |
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| JOST Philippe
Robert |
Sergeant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
On June 6,
1940, despite a hunt protection, Potez 63-11 No.161 was shot
down by a group of 30 Me109. The crew is killed. |
Born
in Niederbonn (67 - Bas-Rhin) on 11 October 1915
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Cavillon (80 - Somme) |
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| JOUANDEAU |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
GAO 553
|
Pilot
|
Wounded on
aerial combat on May 25, 1940 |
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| JOUANNIC
Maurice - Louis |
Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On May 12,
1940, his aircraft, the Potez 637 No7 was hit by the flak during
a reconnaissance at low altitude. The pilot manages to return
to the field, but the Potez is irreparable. Sergeant JOANNIC
is killed. |
Born on 24
October 1916 at Vannes (56 - Morbihan)
Killed on 12 May 1940 at Laon (02 - Aisne) |
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| JOUHAUD
Edmond - Jules |
Commander
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|
Commander
of Group
|
Joined the
Air Force in 1926 - Replaced his classmate, Cdt Félix
CROS, at the head of the Group on 1 May 1940.
After the war, in 1954, he was promoted to Major General and
led the Air Force in Indochina and took an active part in the
conflict in Algeria.
A supporter of French Algeria, he was one of the four five-star
generals who attempted a putsch in Algiers from 22 to 25 April
1961.
Arrested after the failed putsch, he was sentenced to death
in the Santé prison. His sentence was eventually changed
to life imprisonment. He was finally released from prison in
Tulle in December 1967 and amnestied in 1968. |
Born on 2 April
1905 in BOU-STER (Algeria)
Died at Royan (17 - Charente-Maritime) on 4 September 1995 |
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| JOUQUANT
Jean-Baptiste |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Born in Saint-Anne
sur Vilaine (35 - Ille et vilaine) on 26 August 1907
Died at Saint jean De Ruelle (45 - Loiret) on 7 April 1981 |
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| JOUSSELIN |
Sergeant
|
GAO II/506
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Wounded on
aerial combat on June 4, 1940 |
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| JOSSERAND
François |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Pilot
|
On October
30, 1939, his aircraft, the Potez 637 n°6, was destroyed
on landing on the return from a mission. Chief Warrant Officer
JOSSERAND is killed. |
Born on 19
October 1908 at Saint-Martin du Mont (01 - Ain)
Killed on 30 October 1939 at Hauteville (51 - Marne) |
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| JOVET Raymond
- Jean |
Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
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Born in Chauny
(02 - Aisne) on 1 January 1905
Died at Chauny on 31 May 1986 |
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| JUILLE Michel
- Robert |
Captain
|
|
Observer
|
Michel JUILLE
later became Brigadier General. |
Born in 1908
Died in 1983 |
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| KAH Léon
|
Lieutenant
|
GAO 553
|
Observer
|
Killed on aerial
combat on May 25, 1940 |
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| KERBRAT
Paul |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Observer
|
His aircraft,
the Potez 63-11 No. 716 was shot down by the hunt on June 14,
1940. The crew, unscathed, was taken prisoner. |
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| KERVELLA
No�l Louis |
Lieutenant
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|
Observer
|
On May 14,
1940, his aircraft, Potez 63-11 No188 was hit by the Flak. The
pilot manages to land, but Lieutenant KERVELLA is killed. |
Born April
29, 1914 in Plougastel-Daoulas (29 - Finistère)
Killed on May 14, 1940 in Belgium |
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| KESSLER |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Observer
|
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| KLEIN |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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|
Pilot
|
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| KLEIN André
|
Sub-Lieutenant
|
GAO II/514
|
Pilot
|
Killed by accident
on June 18, 1940 |
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| KOELTGEN |
Sergeant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
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| KRIEF Roger |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GAO I/520
|
Observer
|
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| KREMPF |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
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| KUEHN Georges
- Marie |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
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Born November
12, 1914 in Granvillars (90 - Territoire de Belfort)
Died February 29, 1998, Malzéville (54 - Meurthe et Moselle) |
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| KULLING |
Adjutant
|
GAO I/508
|
Machine-Gunner
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