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Pilots
and crew of the Group
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Names
of crew members
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Rank
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Function
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Sqn.
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Informations
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Civil
Statut
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Photos |
Citations
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| ANNON |
Sergeant
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Crew
Chief
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| ARACHEQUESNE
Maurice - Daniel |
Sergeant
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Machine
Gunner
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LéO
451 No 38, shot down by fighters, crashed in flames and exploded
on 6 June 1940. The crew was killed. The body of Maurice ARACHEQUESNE
was found buried next to the wreckage.
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Born on 11 November
1916 in Paris (75)
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Mézières en Santerre
(80 - Somme)
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| AUGE
Paul |
Adjutant
|
Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 No37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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Born on 13 January 1904
in Paris (75)
Killed on 21 May 1940 at Origny-Sainte-Benoite (02 -Aisne)
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| BACOT |
Lieutenant
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| BAERT
Albert |
Sergeant
|
Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 No152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The crew,
injured, parachuted.
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| BARBIER |
Sergeant
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| BARDOLLET
Jean - Marie |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
|
Pilot
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Born on 22 February
1908 in Santenay (21 - Côte d'Or)
Died on 10 April 2006 in Versailles (78 - Yvelines)
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| BEUVIN |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Radio
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On November
13, 1939, the LEO 451 No1 took off to join Oran, struck a
MB210 bloch on the ground and crashed. Staff Sergeant BEUVIN
is injured.
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| BOMO
Pierre - Antoine |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Pilot
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On 9 June
1940, the crew of LeO 451 No208, returning from a solo mission,
could not find their Tavaux airfield and ran out of fuel.
The crew had to evacuate and parachuted out. Sergeant BONNET
and adjutant PRENEZ were wounded.
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Born 29 October 1912,
Sainte-Savine (10 - Aube)
Died 11 July 1997, Paris (75)
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| BONNET |
Sergeant
|
Machine
Gunner
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On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 No208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Sergeant BONNET is injured.
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| BORGNIET
Emile |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Navigator
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On 13 November
1939, LéO 451 No 1, taking off for Oran, collided with
a MB210 bloch on the ground and crashed. Sub Lieutenant BORGNIET
and Commander DE-LA-HERVERIE were killed.
|
Born 25 June 1917, Monthermé
(08 - Ardennes)
Killed 13 November 1939, Caen (14 - Calvados)
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| BRAUJOU
Jacques - Marius |
Staff-Sergeant
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Born in Aniane (34 -
Hérault) on 11 September 1914
Died in Montpellier (34 - Hérault) on 18 October 1989
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| BRISSET
Lucien - André |
Adjutant
|
Pilot
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LéO
451 No42, hit by flak on 16 May 1940, was destroyed on landing
when it collided with LéO 451 No 78 of GB I/31. adjutant
BRISSET was unhurt.
Lucien BRISSET was killed in a plane crash in August 1947,
while serving as a lieutenant pilot with GTAM 3/61 (Groupe
de Transport Aériens Militaires).
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Born 22 September 1912
Died 13 August 1947
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| BRISSON |
Sergeant
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| CADIOU
Félix - André |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Pilot
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The Leo
451 No152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The crew,
injured, parachuted.
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Born on 5 July 1915
in Saint-Malo (35 - Ille et Vilaine)
Died on 27 August 2003 in Saint-Malo
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| CAILLET
Lucien - Léon |
Sergeant
|
Machine
Gunner
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The Leo
451 No151 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Sergeant
CAILLET was killed.
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Born on 3 August 1918
in Ceffonds (52 - Haute-Marne)
Killed on 6 June 1940 in Brache (80 - Somme)
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| CAMUS |
Sub-Lieutenant
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| CHARLE
Robert - Armand |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Born in Jeumont (59
- Nord) on 24 February 1918
Died in Lambres-Lez-Douai (59 - Nord) on 7 September 2004
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| CHOUREAUX |
Sergeant
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| CHRETIENNE
Bernard - Auguste |
Sergeant
|
Observer
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Bernard
CHRETIENNE enlisted early in October 1937 and was posted to
the French Air Force, joining the Reims Air Base in 1937, where
he tried unsuccessfully to pass the EOR exam and then the Radios-Navigants
exam. He joined the 704th signals company at Mourmelon and became
a radio operator in a car. He was posted to the GB II/12 in
1939, with which group he took part in the French Campaign as
a radio-navigator.
Bernard CHRETIENNE was emobilised after the armistice in August
40. |
Born on 23 July 1917
in Caen (14 - Calvados).
Died on 29 September 2014 in Paris (75)
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| COMBIN
Alfred - Jean |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
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Born in Aix-En-Provence
(13 - Bouches du Rhône) on 16 January 1907
Died in Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône) on 1 December
1972
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| COURREGES |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Pilot
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The Leo
451 No80 was hit by the Flak May 16, 1940, and must land in
the countryside. The crew, unscathed, burned the aircraft.
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| DARBRE
Pierre |
Adjutant
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Pierre
DARBRE was killed in a traffic accident on 20 November 1943,
while serving with GC II/9. |
Born on 31 July 1908
in Reims (51 - Marne)
Killed on 20 November 1943 in Rabat (Morocco)
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| DARNAL
Jacques - René |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Jacques
DARNAL was an Arts et Métiers engineer in civilian life.
He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in July 1955. |
Born 17 May 1907, Liévin
(62 - Pas-De-Calais)
Died 1 January 1970, Lille (59 - Nord)
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| DEBRIE
Marcel - Lucien |
Master-Corporal
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Born 17 May 1918, Marissel
(60 - Oise)
Died 21 November 1987, Nimes (30 - Gard)
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| DELACOURT
Paul - François |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Crew
Chief
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The Leo 451 No80 was
hit by the Flak May 16, 1940, and must land in the countryside.
The crew, unscathed, burned the aircraft.
He was killed on 13
March 1943, while serving with the GT I/23 Transport Group.
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Born 26 June 1909, Valenciennes
(59 - Nord)
Killed 13 March 1943, Tessala (Algeria)
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| DEPRETTE
Michel |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Crew
Chief
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He was
killed on 20 July 1945 in Tunisia while serving at the Djedeida
Training Centre No. 26.
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Born 24 January 1915,
Paris (75)
Killed 20 July 1945, Kairouan (Tunisia)
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| DESSAULX
Charles - Henri |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
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Born in Ballay (08 -
Ardennes) on 3 July 1906
Died in Ballay on 12 January 1985
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| DEVALEZ
Alfred - Charles |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Sub
Lieutenant Alfred DEVALEZ was later transferred to GB I/12 and
was killed on 16 May 1940 when his aircraft, LéO 451
No. 54, was shot down by flak. |
Born on 2 March 1915
in Lille (59 - Nord)
Killed on 16 May 1940 in Raillimont (02 - Aisne)
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| FLORIN |
2nd Class
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| GAMBIER
DE LAFORTERIE Lucien - Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Born 7 April 1914, Lille
(59 - Nord)
Died 6 July 1996, Perpignan (66 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
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| GENTIER
Maurice - Victor |
Sergeant
|
Radio
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LéO
451 No 38 was shot down by fighter aircraft, crashed in flames
and exploded on 6 June 1940. Maurice GENTIER was killed in
the explosion.
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Born on 31 December
1920 at Saint-Amand en Puisaye (58 - Nièvre)
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Mézières en Santerre
(80 - Somme)
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| GENTY
René - Joseph |
Lieutenant
|
Crew
Chief
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|
Born
in Monthermé, in the Ardennes, he joined the air
force in April 1936.
The Leo 451 No151
was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Lieutenant
GENTY, injured, parachuted.
He pursued a military
career after the war, leaving the Air Force with the rank
of Air Brigadier General.
|
Born 23 June 1914, Montherme
(08 - Ardennes)
Died 10 December 1972, Clamart (92 - Hauts de Seine)
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| GIRAUDON
Henri - Pierre |
Chief-Warrant-Officer
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Born 14 August 1903,
Arpajon (91 - Essonne)
Died 29 July 1990, Paris (75)
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| GOBEAU
Gustave |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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| GODBILLE
Charles - Paul |
Corporal
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Born on 18 April 1920
Died on 9 July 2016
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| GUERCHON
Paul |
Corporal
|
Cannoneer
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| JACQUET
René - Lucien |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Machine
Gunner
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The LeO451,
No46, was hit by an armored vehicle during the attack of a
column on May 11, 1940, and crashed on the ground; Sub-Lieutenant
JACQUET is killed.
|
Born on 27 January 1917
in Château-Thierry (02 - Aisne)
Killed on 11 May 1940 in Grandville (Belgium)
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| JACQUOT
Charles - Marius |
Sergeant
|
Radio
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|
The Leo
451 No151 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Sergeants
JACQUOT was killed.
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Born 21 September 1919,
Villeurbanne (69 - Rhône)
Killed 6 June 1940, Braches (80 - Somme)
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| KES-LOMBARDIE
Roland - Yves |
Sergeant
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Sergeant
KES-LOMBARDIE was killed on 19 May 1940 during the bombing of
Persan airfield by German bombers. |
Born 6 June 1917, Toulon
(83 - Var)
Killed 19 May 1940, Bruyères-sur-Oise (95 - Val d'Oise)
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| KNIPPING
Max - Edmond |
Captain
|
Staff
3rd Sqn.
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After the
Armistice in 1943, Max KNIPPING was appointed Head of the
French Militia. With the arrival of the Allied troops, he
went into exile in Sigmaringen, Germany, along with other
Vichy government officials. He was arrested and executed in
June 1947.
|
Born on 24 October 1892
in Reims (51 - Marne)
Killed on 18 June 1947 at Montrouge fort
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| KREZPICKI |
Corporal
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| LABARRE |
Lieutenant
|
Staff
3rd Sqn.
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| LAMBERT
Roger - Louis |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Radio
|
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The No451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
|
Born on 17 September
1911 in Saulxures s/ Moselotte (88 - Vosges)
Killed on 17 May 1940
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| LECLERC-DE-LA-HERVERIE
Jacques - François |
Commander
|
Groupe Cder
and Pilot
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|
On
13 November 1939, LéO 451 No 1, taking off for Oran,
collided with a MB210 bloch on the ground and crashed. Commander
DE LA HERVERIE was killed. |
Born in Rennes (35 -
Ille et Vilaine) on 11 February 1903
Killed in Caen (14 - Calvados) on 11 November 1939
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| LE-GOYAT
Yves - Joseph |
Master-Corporal
|
Machine
Gunner
|
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The No451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
|
Born on 30 July 1919
in Nanvres (44 - Loire-Atlantique)
Killed on 17 May 1940 in Wassigny (02 - Aisne)
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| LEGROS |
Adjutant
|
Machine
Gunner
|
|
The Leo
451 No80 was hit by the Flak May 16, 1940, and must land in
the countryside. The crew, unscathed, burned the aircraft.
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| LESUEUR
Robert |
Master-Corporal
|
Radio
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| LEVRAY |
Sergeant
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| MAHAUT
Georges |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Crew
Chief
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|
On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 No208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Chief Warrant Officer MAHAUT
is unharmed.
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Born
on 12 October 1905 |
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| MARAULT
Adrien |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Machine
Gunner
|
|
The LeO
451 No42 damaged by the Flak on 16 May 1940, was destroyed
on landing by striking LeO451 No78 of the GB I/31. Chief Warrant
Officer MARAULT seriously injured
|
Born 26 May 1898, Soye
en Septaine (18 - Cher)
Died 12 February 1981, Bourges (18 - Cher)
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| MARZIN
Alexandre |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Pilot
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|
Alexandre
MARZIN fought in the GB II/12 and GB I/25 during the French
campaign.
Alexandre MARZIN joined the Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur.
Arrested, he was deported and died in Dachau concentration camp
on 10 April 1945. |
Born
on 24 January 1906 in Morlaix (29 - Finistère)
Killed on 10 April 1945 in Dachau (Germany) |
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| MASCLAUD
Aimé - Louis |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Pilot
|
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The No451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
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Born on 7 January 1915
in Gabaston (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Killed on 17 May 1940 in Guise (02 - Aisne)
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| MAYER
André - Fucy |
Lieutenant
|
Crew
Chief
|
|
The Leo
451 No152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The crew,
injured, parachuted.
|
Born on 29 October 191
in Courbevoie (92 - Hauts de Seine)
Died on 31 January 1988 in Grasse (06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
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| MERCIER
Emile - Auguste |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Pilot
|
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Born on 6 September
1901 in Gironville-Sous-Les-Cotes (55 - Meuse)
Died on 2 April 1986 in Perpignan (66 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
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| MICHELET
André - Louis |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Crew
Chief
|
|
The Leo
451 No37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
|
Born 28 September 1902,
Racomes
Killed 20 May 1940, Origny-Sainte-Benoite (02 - Aisne)
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| MOQUELET
Jean - Marie |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
Crew
Chief
|
|
The LeO451,
No46, was hit by an armored vehicle when a column was attacked
on May 11, 1940, and crashed to the ground. Chief Warrant
Officer MOQUELET parachutes, but low and crashes to the ground.
|
Born on 16 May 1909
in Percy-le-Grand (70 - Haute-Saône)
Killed on 11 May 1940 in Grandville (Belgium)
|
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| MOREL
René - Emile |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Pilot
|
|
The LeO451,
No46, was hit by an armored vehicle when a column was attacked
on May 11, 1940, and crashed to the ground. Lieutenant MOREL,
badly burned, dies on May 28, 1940.
|
Born 30 June 1906, Bar-Le-Duc
(55 - Meuse)
Killed 28 May, Maastricht (Netherlands)
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| NATTA
Maurice - Clément |
Adjutant
|
Radio
|
|
LéO
451 No 46 was hit by an armoured vehicle during an attack
on a column on 11 May 1940, and crashed to the ground. Adutant
NATTA managed to parachute out, but was taken prisoner on
reaching the ground. His face was burnt by incendiary bullets
and he lost the use of his right eye.
|
Born 28 July 1918
Died 8 December 2017, Saint-Rémy les Chevreuse (78
- Yvelines)
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| ORLIAC
Roger - Jean |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
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Born in Montauban (82
- Tarn-et-Garonne) on 29 June 1910
Died in Arcueil (94 - Val de Marne) on 19 September 1992
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| PARROD
Jean - Louis |
Lieutenant
|
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Born 23 April 1903,
Bonnay (25 - Doubs)
Died 13 October 1978, Neuilly sur Seine (92 - Hauts de Seine)
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| PAUMIER
Alphonse - César |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Pilot
|
|
LéO
451 No 38, shot down by fighters, crashed in flames and exploded
on 6 June 1940. The crew was killed. Alphonse PAUMIER managed
to parachute out, but was machine-gunned and seriously wounded
before reaching the ground. He died alongside Abbé
MANDRIN of the 7th DINA (North African Infantry Division)
and Chief Medical Officer GASLONDE of the 31st Tunisian Division.
|
Born on 3 February 1914
in Casablanca (Morocco)
Killed on 6 June 1940 in Mézières en Santerre
(80 - Somme)
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| PETIT
Raymond |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Pilot
|
|
The Leo
451 No151 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. Staff-Sergeant
PETIT, injured, parachuted.
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| PINTEAUX
Robert - Marceau |
Lieutenant
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
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|
Born on 8 April 1910
in Lor (02 - Aisne)
Died on 29 May 1991 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (94 -
Val de Marne)
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| PONSIN
Jean |
Lieutenant
|
Crew
Chief
|
|
On May
11, 1940, the LeO 451 No45, the train damaged by the Flak,
crashes on landing: the crew is unscathed.
|
Born 14 June 1905, Buzancy
(08 - Ardennes)
Died 18 October 2001, Reims (51 - Marne)
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| PRENEZ
Robert - Lucien |
Adjutant
|
Radio
|
|
On June
9, 1940, the crew of LeO 451 No208 was forced to evacuate
his aircraft for unknown reasons. Adjutant TAKE is injured.
|
Born 16 December 1911,
Plancher-Les-Mines (70 - Haute-Saône)
Died 2 April 1977, Eyguières (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône)
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| PRETOT
Robert - René |
Sergeant
|
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|
After
the Armistice, Robert PRETOT joined the Resistance in Creuse:
the Trancard company, which was responsible for organising parachute
drops. He was arrested on 17 July 1944 and shot on 18 July 1944. |
Born on 18 July 1921
in Epinal (88 - Vosges)
Killed on 18 July 1944 in Nadapeyras (23 - Creuse)
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| REYRE |
Chief-Warrant
Offier
|
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| ROCHER
André - Victor |
Captain
|
Crew
Chief
|
|
The No451
Leo 40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew
was killed.
|
Born 2 August 1906,
Gabès (Tunisia)
Killed 17 May 1940, Guise (02 - Aisne)
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| ROQUES
Gilbert - Lucien |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Radio
|
|
The Leo
451 No37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
|
Born on 3 May 1917 at
Saint-Quentin du Dropt (47 - Lot et Garonne)
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Origny Sainte Benoite (02 - Aisne)
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| ROZOY
Michel |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Mechanic
|
|
On November
13, 1939, the LEO 451 No1 took off to join Oran, struck a
Bloch MB210 on the ground and crashed. Staff Sergeant ROZOY
is injured
|
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| RUTH
Louis |
Captain
Commander
|
Cder
4th Sqn.
Cder
of Group
|
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Born 14 March 1904
Died 9 September 1955
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| SAUSSINE
Yves - Léon |
Lieutenant
|
Crew
Chief
|
|
LéO
451 No 38, shot down by fighters, crashed in flames and exploded
on 6 June 1940. The crew was killed. Yves SAUSSINE's body
was never found.
|
Born on 9 February 1905
in Alençon (61 - Orne)
Killed on 6 June 1940 in Mézière en Santerre
(80 - Somme)
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| SCHNEIDER
Pierre - Alphonse |
Captain
|
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Born on 2 December 1911
in reims (51 - Marne)
Died on 21 May 2006 in Saix (81 - Tarn)
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| SERVAIS
Antoni - Benoit |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Pilot
|
|
The Leo
451 No37 was shot down by Me109 on May 20, 1940. The crew
was killed.
|
Born on 7 November 1917
at Givet (08 - Ardennes)
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Origny Sainte Benoite (02 - Aisne)
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| SIMON
Jean - Pierre |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
Pilot
|
|
Jean
SIMON was killed on 23 October 1944 in Essen, Germany, while
serving with the GB 2/23 ‘Guyenne’ Bombardment Group. |
Born 23 December 1910,
Saint-Brancher (89 - Yonne)
Killed 23 October 1944, Essen (Germany)
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| SOULAT
|
Corporal
|
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| TONON
Joseph - Marie |
Captain
|
Cder 4th
Sqn.
Crew Chief
|
|
The LeO
451 No42 damaged by the Flak on 16 May 1940, was destroyed
on landing by striking LeO451 No78 of the GB I/31. Captain
TONON is unscathed.
|
Born 21 May 1913, Fumay
(08 - Ardennes)
Died 12 July 1946, Salon de Provence (13 - Bouches du Rhône)
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| TRICOT |
Adjutant
|
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| VALLEE |
Sergeant
|
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| VASSEUR
Roger - Marcel |
Staff-Sergeant
|
Pilot
|
|
Roger VASSEUR
joined the French Air Force in April 1934. He was posted to
the BA 111 air base at Metz before moving to the BA 101 air
base at Toulouse-Francazal in January 1935. He was admitted
to the Bourges flying school in May 1936 and obtained his
pilot's licence in October of the same year. He was posted
to the 12th Bombardment Wing in March 1937
On 11 May 1940, LéO 451 No 45, its landing gear damaged
by Flak, crashed on landing: the crew was unhurt.
After the Armistice, he managed to reach England in August
1943. He was posted successively to the ‘Guyenne’
and “Tunisie” bomber groups before being incorporated
into the RAF, in the 346th Heavy Bomber Squadron II/23 ‘Guyenne’.
Aboard Halifaxes, he took part in operations for the Normandy
landings, attacks on marshalling yards and targets in Germany.
After the war, he became a test pilot for aircraft coming
out of overhaul. He then took part in the Indochina War with
Bombardment Group GB I/19 ‘Gascogne’. He took part
in the ‘Maintenance of Order’ operations in Algeria
from 1952 to 1955.
Commander Roger VASSEUR was placed on permanent aircrew leave
in October 1959. He then had 298 war missions and 5685 flying
hours to his credit...
Returning to civilian life, he became a driving licence inspector
from 1967 to 1979.
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Born 29 October 1913,
Saint-Michel (02 - Aisne)
Died 10 May 2007, Saint-Michel
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Anthèlme |
Sergeant
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Radio
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The Leo
451 No152 was shot down by Fighters on June 6, 1940. The crew,
injured, parachuted
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