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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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| MAC-GUINESS
Jacques |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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On May 20,
1940, the LéO 451 No. 102, attacked by Fighters, tries
to escape in a dive but hits electric wires and crashes on the
ground. The crew is killed. |
Born on 01
December 1903 in Paris (75)
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Guny (02 - Aisne) |
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| MACHET |
Staff-Sergeant
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| MACOMBE
Fernand - Arthur |
Sub-lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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On 17 May 1940,
his aircraft, the LeO 451 No74, was shot down by German fighters:
Second Lieutenant MACOMBE was wounded. |
Born June 5,
1915 at Saint-Quentin (02 - Aisne)
Died February 24, 2002 at Binic-Etables-sur-Mer (22 - Côte
d'Armor) |
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| MADELIN
Michel - Henri |
Captain
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Cder
2nd Sqn.
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Michel Madelin's
father, a Great War veteran, was killed in action in May 1915.
Léon Madelin, an officer in a Chasseur à Pied
battalion, was close to General Philipp Pétain, who had
been his ibstructeur. Michel Madelin joined the Saint-Cyr Military
School and the Air Force School, where he became an instructor.
Between the two wars, he was posted mainly to Morocco.
On mobilisation, he joined the GB I/63 based in Algeria and
became Commander of the 2nd Escadrille.
After the Armistice, he joined General de Gaulle, with whom
he became close. Michel Madelin stood in the 1948 senatorial
elections in the Vosges, without ever having held a local office.
He was elected senator and sat on the benches of the Rassemblement
du peuple français (RPF), proving to be a particularly
active parliamentarian on defence issues. Charles de Gaulle
visited him on this occasion. He was not re-elected in 1952.
Recalled during the Algerian War, he ended his career at the
rank of Colonel, with recognition as a ‘quart-de-place’
General. He was made Commander of the Legion of Honour. After
retiring from the army, he taught mathematics at the École
Saint-Sigisbert in Nancy. |
Born on 15
July 1908 at Châmons-en-Champagne (51 - Marne)
Died at Avon (77 - Seine et Marne) on 27 April 1985 |
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| MAFFAT Raymond
|
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Radio-Machine-Gunner
|
On May 20,
1940, the LéO 451 No. 102, attacked by Fighters, tries
to escape in a dive but hits electric wires and crashes on the
ground. The crew is killed. |
Born on 10
October 1908 at Rennez (08 - Ardennes)
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Guny (02 - Aisne) |
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| MAGNAN Maurice |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Pilot
|
Maurice MAGNAN
was attached to the GB I/31 before joining the GB II/31.
- On 31 May 1940, LéO 451 No 268 was shot down by fighter
aircraft. The crew, unhurt, parachuted out.
- On 6 June 1940, LéO 451 No 271 was shot down by fighters.
The men who made up this crew were shot down for the 2nd time...
Chief Warrant Officer MAGNAN was unhurt,
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| MAHAUT Georges |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
|
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. |
Born on 12
October 1905 |
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| MAIGROT
Marcel - Gabriel |
Lieutenant
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Pilot
and Staff 2nd Sqn.
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Born on 29
May 1905 in Joinville (52 - Haute- Marne)
Died at Saint-Dizier (52 - Haute-Marne) on 31 December 1993 |
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| MAILFERT
Jean - Joseph |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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Born on 16
February 1906 in Beuveille - (54 Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Died on 23 May 1992 in Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne) |
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| MALAISE
Pierre - Edouard |
Commander
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Cder
of Group
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Pierre Malaise
took part in both world wars. After the armistice of 1918, he
continued his commitment and took part in the Rif war and operations
against the great Syrian revolt.
He took part in the French Campaign as part of the GB II/31.
After the Armistice, in July 1940, he joined the military cabinet
of the Vichy air minister, before being transferred to the French
embassy in Spain as a military attaché, but above all
as a member of the air force intelligence service. This post
enabled him to help French nationals escaping from France and
interned in Spain. In 1942, he met General Giraud, who had taken
refuge in the Free Zone after escaping from the fortress of
Konigstein, and decided to join him. He left the French embassy
and became his representative in Spain. He set up an intelligence
service, which provided information to the Allies. He helped
refugees to join the African Army, but also tried to persuade
French resistance fighters to join General Giraud. Relations
with General DE-GAULLE's services deteriorated: in 1944, he
was accused of desertion, and tried in December 1946, but finally
acquitted. Returning to civilian life, he joined an insurance
company, where he worked for around twenty years. |
Born 7 July
1898, Reims (51 - Marne)
Died at Eaubonne (95 - Val d'Oise) on 8 October 1971 |
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| MALARDEL
Roger |
Commander
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Chief
of Board and Group Cder
|
Roger
MALARDEL was called up in 1922. He was posted to the 36th aviation
group and went to the Levant in 1924. He was admitted to the
military engineering school in 1925-26 before passing through
the Cazaux camp and the Etampes flying school. In 1933, he completed
a series of training courses.
During the French Campaign, he was posted to GB I/12 in April
1940.
Roger MALARDEL was placed on Armistice leave in May 1943. |
Born on 22
June 1902 in Azerat (24 - Dordogne)
Died at Sceaux (92 - Hauts de Seine) on 23 June 1993 |
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| MALLE Jean
- Auguste |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
|
Wounded in Air Combat
May 22, 1940 aboard Douglas DB-7 No. 23
Jean MALLE was killed
on 3 June 1942 in an accident in Algiers.
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Born on 15
March 1914 in Fougères (35 - Ille et Vilaine)
Killed on 3 June 1942 in Algiers |
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| MALLET Alexandre
- Léon |
Lieutenant
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Observer
|
On 26 May 1940,
his aircraft, Glenn Martin 167F No 89, was shot down by the
French Chasse.... by the French Chasse! The GC II/3, which was
to escort the 6 Glenn-Martin 167Fs of GB I/62, mistook them
for Dornier 17s and shot down No 39 and No 89, damaging Nos
96, 129 and 74... Lieutenant MALLET was killed. |
Born on 4 November
1902 at Amirat (06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
Killed on 26 May 1940 at Ferrières (80 - Somme) |
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| MALOUET
Maurice |
Master-Corporal
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Machine-Gunner
|
The Breguet
693 Nb 80 severely hit by German fighters on June 14, 1940,
crashes on landing: Master Corporal MALOUET is seriously injured. |
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| MANCCELIN
Lucien |
Adjutant
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Machine-Gunner
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| MANICK Nicolas |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
|
Nicolas MANICK
later joined the FAFL and fought with the GB 2/23 ‘Guyenne’. |
Born on 22
July 1920 in Florange (57 - Moselle)
Died in Caussade (82 - Tarn et Garonne) on 7 May 1997 |
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| MANO André
|
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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Staff Sergeant
MANO later joined the FAFL and fought with the GB I/25 ‘Tunisia’
Bombardment Group. |
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| MARAULT
Adrien |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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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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| MARC |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
|
Glenn-Martin
167F No128: Damaged by Flak on June 5, 1940. Staff-Sergeant
MARC is injured |
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| MARCHAND |
Captain
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| MARCHAND
Charles - Jean-Baptiste |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Killed
on May 22, 1940 during the crash of his aircraft in the Pyrenees,
Spanish side, near the peak of Bucuesa. |
Born
January 05, 1903 in Moussy (51 - Marne)
Killed on June 22, 1940 at Acurner - Pic de Bucuesa (Spain) |
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| MARCHAND
Pierre - Gustave |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
|
On 26 May 1940,
Glenn Martin 167F No 96 was damaged by... French fighters! The
GC II/3 that was to escort the 6 Glenn-Martin 167Fs of GB I/62
mistook them for Dornier 17s, and shot down No 39, No 89 and
damaged Nos 96, 129 and 74. The pilot of Glenn-Martin No 96
managed to return to the field. Sergeant-Chef MARCHAND was seriously
wounded. |
Born on 6 September
1911 in Roubaix (59 - Nord)
Died at Cambrai (59 - Nord) on 9 August 1983 |
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| MARCHAND
Théodore - Just |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
|
Seriously wounded
on June 6, 1940 aboard the Flak, Léo 451 No 214, Captain
MARCHAND managed to parachute himself. |
Born on 13
September 1897 |
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| MARCHAND
Pierre |
Lieutenant
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On May 24,
1940, Amiot 354 No38, probably hit by the Flak, crashed. The
crew is killed. |
Born on 21
October 1903 at Dugny (55 - Meuse)
Killed at Cuisy-en-Almont (02 - Aisne) on 24 May 1940 |
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| MARCILLAC
Raymond - Theophile |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Observer |
Raymond MARCILLAC
was called up in 1937. He joined the Avord school and was posted
to the 34th Air Wing. Awarded an observer's certificate, he
was posted to GB II/34 in 1939. After the Armistice, he joined
the Resistance, joining the ‘Duvernois’ network in
March 1943.
After the war, he served several periods in the reserves. |
Born in Levallois-Perret
(92 Hauts de Seine) on 11 April 1917
Died in Paris (75) on 13 April 2007 |
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| MAREY Levy
- Robert |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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Born 20 May
1905 in Cereste (04 - Alpes de Haute-Provence)
Died at Fréjus (83 - Var) on 3 November 2001 |
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| MARIANI
Marcel |
Adjutant
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|
Radio
|
On June 6,
1940, the Leo 451 No 214 was shot down by the flak. Adjutant
MARIANI is killed. |
Born on 30
August 1910 in Bir Kastali (Algeria)
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Ognolles (60 - Oise) |
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| MARIE Bernard
- Lucien |
Captain
|
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Cdt 2nd
Sqn. and Observer
|
Bernard MARIE is a graduate
of the Ecole de Saint-Cyr, the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques
and the Ecole de Guerre de l'Air.
On 14 May 1940, Amiot
143 No 69 was shot down jointly by Flak and German fighters.
Captain MARIE, unhurt, parachuted out.
In 1950, he was assigned
to the Armed Forces General Staff. From 1953 to 1955 he was
director of the Air Staff College. In 1955 he was technical
adviser to the cabinet of the Minister Delegate at the Presidency
of the Council, Mr Palewski. Head of the first division of
the Armed Forces General Staff in 1957, he was appointed military
adviser to the cabinet of the ministerial delegate for the
air force, Mr Blancard, in 1959.
Promoted to Brigadier
General in 1960, in 1962 he became Commander of the Strategic
Air Forces, the first atomic deterrent force.
General Marie is an Officer
of the Legion of Honour. |
Born on 3 October
1912 in Paris (75)
Died 23 May 2004 in Montpellier (34 - Hérault) |
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| MARIN
Xavier - Yves |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
|
Xavier MARIN
later joined the FAFL and fought with Groupe de Bombardement
GB I/25 ‘Tunisie’.
He was killed on 16 January 1945 at Calvorde (Germany). His
aircraft, the Halifax III MZ986, was hit head-on by flak during
a raid on Magdeburg. Xavier MARIN died at the controls of the
aircraft, which crashed in the Rebenberg forest. |
Born on 3 December
1914 in Saint-Malo (35 - Ille et Vilaine)
Killed on 16 January 1945 in Calvorde (Germany) |
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| MARION |
Sergeant
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Machine-gunner
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| MARMOZ Jacques
- Louis |
Lieutenant
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Born in Le
Chambon-Feugerolles (42 - Loire) on 15 February 1904
Died at Francueil (37 - Indre et Loire) on 25 June 1980 |
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| MARPINARD
André |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Machine-Gunner
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| MARTIN |
Lieutenant |
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Leaves GBA
Group I/54 in mid-November 1939 |
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| MARTIN Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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| MARTIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Machine-Gunner
|
GB II/63 : On 31st May
1940, his aircraft, Glenn Martin 167F No 112, is seriously
damaged by Flak. Staff Sergeant MARTIN was wounded. He later
joined the GB I/63.
GB I/63 : On 9th June 1940, the Glenn Martin 167 F No 140
was shot down by hunters. Sergeant MARTIN, unhurt, parachuted
out and was taken prisoner.
He was repatriated in 1941.
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| MARZIN
Alexandre |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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Pilot
|
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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| MAS |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Pilot
|
On June 6,
1940, the LEO 451 No. 183 badly damaged by Fighters on June
6, 1940, was forced to land in the countryside and was destroyed.
Staff Sergeant MAS is unscathed. |
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| MASCLAUD
Aimé - Louis |
Sub-lieutenant
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|
Pilot
|
The No451 Leo
40 was shot down by the Flak on May 17, 1940. The crew was killed. |
Born
on 7 January 1915 in Gabaston (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Killed on 17 May 1940 in Guise (02 - Aisne) |
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| MASSAUX |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
|
On May 12,
1940, Breguet 693 No19 was shot down by the Flak during a ground
attack. Sergeant MASSAUX, wounded, is taken prisoner. |
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| MASSE Alfred
Jean |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On June 9,
1940, Breguet 693 No1016 was shot down by the Flak during an
armored attack. The crew is killed. |
Born on 10
January 1918 at Clermont-Ferrand (63 - Puy De Dôme)
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Saint-Jacques sur Darnétal (76
- Seine-Maritime) |
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| MASSET André
- Marcel |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Pilot
|
The LéO
451 No.54 was shot down by the Flak on May 16, 1940. The crew
was killed. |
Born on 02
April 1912 at Boulogne-sur-Mer (62 - Pas de Calais)
Killed on 16 May 1940 at Raillimont (02 - Aisne) |
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| MASSON |
Lieutenant
|
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Leaves GBA
Group I/54 in mid-November 1939 |
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| MASSON Jean
- Marie |
Sergeant
|
|
Pilot
|
On June 12,
1940, his aircraft, the Glenn Martin 167F No154 was shot down
by the flak. Sergeant MASSON is killed. |
Born on 10
March 1917 at Vaucouleurs (55 - Meuse)
Killed on 12 June 1940 at Brécy (02 - Aisne) |
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| MATHIEU |
Commander
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| MATHONNIERE
Robert |
Adjutant
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Crew
Chief
|
On 31 May 1940,
LéO 451 No 24 was shot down by Me109s. Warrant Officer
MATHONNIERE, who was wounded, managed to pull Master Corporal
Edouard JACQUEMIN from the crashed aircraft before it exploded.
Warrant Officer Robert MATHONNIERE was evacuated to hospital
in Beauvais by the French troops. |
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MATBOMEL
|
Sergeant
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|
Pilot
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| MATTE Georges
- Louis |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
Georges MATTE
later joined the FAFL and fought with Bombardment Group GB I/25
‘Tunisia’. |
Born 31 December
1911, Paris (75)
Died 20 January 1982 in Paris |
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| MATUCHET
Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
On June 5,
1940, the Breguet 693 No5 was shot down by 4 Me109. Staff Sergeant
MATUCHET is killed. |
Born on 24
February 1904 at Sézanne (51 - Marne)
Killed on 5 June 1940 at Hattencourt (80 - Somme) |
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| MAUREL Fernand
Roger |
Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
During an attack
of tanks, the Breguet 693 n ° 69 is shot down by Me109 on
June 9, 1940: the crew is killed. |
Born on 3 June
1915 at Avignon (84 - Vaucluse)
Killed on 9 June 1940 at Cléon (Seine Maritime) |
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| MAURET |
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Machine-Gunner
|
LEO 451 No.
258 was shot down by flak on June 8, 1940, and crushed in the
field. The Chief Warrant Officer MAURET is unscathed. |
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| MAURIN François
- Louis |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
François
MAURIN entered the Ecole de l'Air in September 1938. On mobilisation,
he was posted to the Etampes Patrol before joining GBA II/35
on 12 May 1940. 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 posted to the office of the General Secretary
for Air Defence. He was then posted 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 posted as second-in-command,
then commander of the air transport and liaison group at Villacoublay.
In 1952, he was posted to the Air Force Personnel Department,
before joining the Brétigny Air Experiment Centre in
1954. He was a trainee at the Ecole de Guerre in 1957. In 1959,
he was appointed head of the General Studies Office at the Air
Force General Staff. He is . Commander of the Mont-de-Marsan
military air base and experiment centre in 1960. He became Deputy
Chief of Staff of the French Air Force in 1963. He was appointed
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 French Armed Forces in 1971.
François Maurin left the active army in 1975. |
Born on 9 March
1918 in Paris (75)
Died in Paris on 20 January 2018. |
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| MAURY Fernand
- Roger |
Sub-lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
On 24 May 1940,
during a cross-country transport mission, Glenn Martin 167 F
No 38 was mistakenly shot down by... British anti-aircraft fire:
the crew was killed. Fernand MAURY's body could not be identified
by the British, who buried the crew. It would be identified
a few years later by Madame L'Herbier-Montagnon thanks to a
written document found in the wreckage of the aircraft. |
Born on 13
January 1912 (11 - Aude)
Killed on 24 May 1940 at Lille (59 - Nord) |
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| MAURY Pierre
- Maurice |
Captain
|
|
Cder
2nd Sqn.
Pilot
|
On May 31, 1940, the Leo
451 No. 3001 was shot down by Fighters. Captain MAURY is killed.
Posthumous citation, with
the attribution of the War Cross with Palm
|
Born on July
14, 1910 in Sète (34 - Hérault)
Killed on May 31, 1940 at Sains en Amiénois (80 - Somme) |
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| MAYADOUX
Albert |
Sub-lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
The Breguet
693 No92 is shot down by 2 Me109 on June 9, 1940. Sub-Lieutenant
MAYADOUX is injured. |
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| MAYER André
- Furcy |
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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| MAYER Richard
|
Chief
Warrant Officer
|
|
Pilot
|
The Douglas
DB7 No. 39 is shot down by 7 Me109 on May 24, 1940. Adjutant
MAYER is killed. |
Born in Courbevoie
(92 - Hauts de Seine)
Killed on 24 May 1940 at Les Essarts (62 - Pas de Calais) |
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| MAYERHOEFFER
Gilles - Marie |
Sub-lieutenant
|
|
Crew
Chief
|
On May 25,
1940, Bloch 210 No188 crashed on takeoff. The plane hits a farm,
and its bombs explode. The crew is killed |
Born on 2 April
1916 in Faulx (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Accidentally killed on 25 May 1940 at La Ferté-Gaucher
(77 - Seine et Marne) |
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| MAZEROLLES
André - René |
Sub-lieutenant
|
|
Crew
Chief
|
LeO 451 No. 116 was shot
down by Fighters on May 31, 1940. Sub-Lieutenant MAZEROLLES
died as a result of his injuries.
Posthumous citation, with
the attribution of the War Cross with palm.
|
Born February
16, 1917 at Belvèze du Razes (11 - Aude)
Killed May 31, 1940 at Grattepanche (80 - Somme) |
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| MAZON Louis |
Sub-lieutenant
|
|
Observer
|
The Douglas
DB7 No. 29 was shot down by the German Fighters on May 22, 1940.
The crew was captured. Sub-Lieutenant MAZON, is injured. |
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| MEES Jacques |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
|
Jacques MEES
joined the École de l'Air at Salon in 1937. In September
1939, he was posted to the CIET (Centre d'Instruction des Equipages
de Transport) in Toulouse. At the armistice, he was withdrawn
with GB 1/II to Blida in Algeria. Returning to Toulouse in France,
he was demobilised in 1942.
He was recalled to the Tours school in 1945 and then posted
to GT 3/15 in Madagascar. He was sent to Indochina in 1952,
then to Blida in Algeria in 1955, to the 3rd office of the Air
Force headquarters. In 1957, he was posted to SHAPE (Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe) before joining the 61st Wing in Orleans
in 1959 and then the Permanent Group in Washington from 1961
to 1964. Jacques MEES was placed on aircrew leave in 1966. |
Born on 9 August
1915 in Nancy (54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Died in Neuilly sur Seine (92 - Hauts de Seine) on 18 January
2008 |
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| MEIFFREN
René - Charles |
Captain
|
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|
René
MEIFFREN, qualified as a pilot in June 1922. He took part in
missions against the Rebels in North Africa and was cited in
1931.
During the French Campaign, he took part in night bombing missions
and bombed Italy before returning to North Africa before the
Armistice.
René MEIFFREN died suddenly in a street in Toulouse on
7 November 1947. |
Born on 23
June 1901
Died in Toulouse on 7 November 1947 |
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MEISTER
Georges
|
|
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Pilot
|
Became
a pilot in 1938 by following the Popular Aviation course.
In April 1938, he joined the French Air Force and joined the
CPAP of Aulnat where he obtained his military pilot's licence
and joined GB II/35 on 6 August 1939.
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| MENANT André |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Pilot
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On May 16,
returning from a mission, he managed to shoot down two Henschel
126s taking off. |
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| MENARD
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Adjutant
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| MENARD
Raoul - Robert |
Captain
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Cder
2nd Sqn.
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Raoul MENARD joined the
Air Force for the first time and carried out missions in North
Africa before becoming a Reserve Officer. In December 1934,
giving up his rank as a Reserve Officer, he re-enlisted as
an Active Non-Commissioned Officer and was admitted to the
Ecole Militaire et d'application de l'Armée de l'Air.
He graduated with the rank of Second Lieutenant in 1935. Raoul
MENARD, a talented pilot, became the 1st pilot to be qualified
as a multi-engine day and night pilot.
He joined the GB I/23
and became Commander of the 2nd Squadron until December 1939,
when he joined the Bombing Training Centre, where he trained
many pilots and observers.
In June 1940, he was posted
to the GB II/33, then to the Ecole d'Application de Marrakech
in 1942..
In June 1944, Raoul MENARD
joined the GB I/22 "Morocco" based in Djeidaida,
then in France.
On 22 January 1945, his
B26 Marauder was badly hit by flak. Raoul MENARD remained
at the controls of his burning aircraft to allow his crew
to bail out.
Raoul MENARD, who clocked
up more than 3,200 flying hours, gave his name to Cognac Air
Base 709.
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Born
on 1st June 1909 at Fontenelle-en-Brie (02 - Aisne)
Kia on 22 January 1945 at Chalampé (68 - Haut-Rhin) |
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| MENAU |
Staff-Sergeant
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| MENJEAND |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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| MENTRE Gustave
- Louis |
Captain
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Cder
3rd Sqn
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Gustave MENTRE
joined the Free French Air Force and was in command of Bombardment
Group I/20 Lorraine from 15 February to 24 July 1945.
During the Algerian War, as an Air Division General, he was
Joint Commander of the Sahara.
He took part in the Algiers putsch in 1961, but his limited
involvement only earned him a 5-year suspended prison sentence
with retirement. |
Born in Brehain
la Ville (54 - Meurthe et Moselle) on 18 July 1909
Died at Oucques (41 - Loir et Cher) on 14 October 1975 |
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| MERCEUR
Jean |
Adjutant
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Machine-Gunner
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| MERCIER
Emile - Auguste |
Sub-Lieutenant
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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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| MERIGUET
René - Lucien |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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René MERIGUET
joined the French Air Force in January 1934. He was assigned
to the 37th Aviation Regiment based in Casablanca, Morocco.
In April 1935, he joined the Rochefort apprentice mechanics'
school, and was certified as a radio mechanic in April 1936,
then as a radio navigator in January 1937. He was assigned
to the Bataillon de l'Air 109, then to the GB II/51, and finally
joined the 31e Escadre Aérienne in January 1940.
On May 16, 1940, his aircraft, LéO 451 No27, was destroyed
by Flak. Sergeant-Chef MERIGUET, unhurt, parachutes out.
After the Armistice,
he was posted to the Levant and took part in the Syrian
Campaign. In July 1941, he returned to the Metropole and
joined the GB I/31. before being placed on Armistice leave
in June 1943, then recalled in January 1944. He was placed
on Armistice leave from May 1, and employed by the BCRA
(Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action) from September
1944 to October 1945. He rejoined the French Air Force in
October 1945 with the rank of Second-Lieutenant, and was
assigned to the S.L.A (Section de Liaisons Aériennes)
based at Saint-Cyr as a Radio-Navigator. He then joined
the G.L.A.M (Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles),
then the G.M.M.T.A (Groupement des Moyens Ministériels
de Transports Aériens) and finally the G.L.T.A I/60.
He became an apprentice navigator, and when appointed Captain,
was awarded the title of Aircraft Navigator Observer.
In 1953, he was posted to the Far East, arriving in Saigon
in January 1954.
He was killed in an air
accident in Indochina on September 22, 1954. The Douglas C-47
on board which René MERIGUET was navigator, crashed
into the sea on take-off after suffering damage to its right
engine. René MERIGUET tried to swim to shore, but drowned.
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Born on May
25, 1913 at La Saunière (23 - Creuse)
Born on September 22, 1954 in Indochina |
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| MESPLES
Raymond - Jean |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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Raymond MESPLES joined
the French Air Force in October 1935. Initially posted to
the Moulins air base, he moved to the Istres air base in June
1936.
On 13 June 1940, LéO 451 No 275 was severely damaged
by Flak and destroyed on landing. The crew was unharmed.
After the Armistice, it returned to Istres Air Base in October
1940, and in 1941 took part in the fighting in the Levant
against the Free French forces. After the Allied landings
in North Africa, he joined the Free French Air Force and was
assigned to the ‘Gascogne’ bomber group, fighting
in the Mediterranean theatre before taking part in the French
and German campaigns.
At the end of the war, Raymond MESPLES was transferred to
Germany until August 1946, when he was posted to the Mont-De-Marsan
air base, where he remained until June 1954. He then went
to Indochina and took part in the fighting until June 1955
before returning to Mont de Marsan. He was then transferred
to the Airborne Troops School in Pau. In January 1958, he
left for Algeria to fight with the Saharan Reconnaissance
and Support Group.
In April 1959, he returned to the Pau Airborne Troops School,
where he remained until the end of his career on 18 June 1962.
He was then a major.
He was killed on 5 May 1965 in a traffic accident in Pau...
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Born on 18
June 1916 in Oullins (69 - Rhône)
Died at Pau (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques) on 5 May
1965 |
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| METRAUX
Louis - Théodore |
Staff-Sergeant
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Observer
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On 26 May 1940,
Glenn Martin 167F No 39 was destroyed by the... French Chasse!
GC II/3, which was to escort the 6 Glenn-Martin 167Fs of GB
I/62, mistook them for Dornier 17s and shot down No 39 and No
89, damaging Nos 96, 129 and 74...the Flak. Staff Sergeant METRAUX
managed to jump by parachute, but it did not open. He was killed
on the ground. |
Born at Notre-Dame-des-Millières
(73 - Somme) on 17 January 1915
Killed at Molliens-au-Bois (80 - Somme) on 26 May 1940 |
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| MEYER |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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Present
in the Group on 10 May 1940 |
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| MEYNARD-DE-CHABANNES
Guy |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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On June 10,
1940, the LéO 451 No 14 was shot down by Fighters. The
crew is killed. |
Born in Paris
(75) on 04 January 1918
Killed on 10 June 1940 at Tagnon (08 - Ardennes) |
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| MEYZONADE
Henri - François |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Cannoneer
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On May 31,
1940, the Leo 451 No. 3001 was shot down by Fighters. Chief
Warrant Officer MEYZONADE, injured, parachutes. |
Born December
29, 1910 in Cherbourg-Octeville (50 - Manche)
Died January 9, 1986, Mougins (06 - Alpes-Maritimes) |
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| MICHEL Pierre
- Sauveur |
Sergeant
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Radio
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Killed on May 31, 1940,
aboard the Leo 451 No. 133 shot by Fighters. The crew parachutes,
but too low. there will be no survivors.
Posthumous citation, with
the attribution of the War Cross with palm.
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Born February
12, 1910 in Safi (Morocco)
Killed May 31, 1940 at Montdidier (80 - Somme) |
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| MICHELET
André - Louis |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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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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| MIDONNET
René - Jules |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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On June 6, 1940, the No.
451 No. 150 was shot down by Fighters. The crew is killed.
Posthumous citation, with
the attribution of the War Cross with palm.
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Born June 21,
1915 in Besançon (25 - Doubs)
Killed on June 6, 1940 at Remaugies (80 - Somme) |
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| MIGNOT René
- Henri - Pierre |
Adjutant
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René
MIGNOT joined the Free French Air Force and fought with GB 2/23
Guyenne. On 4 November 1944, his Halifax was shot down by German
flak and fighter aircraft near Dusseldorf. René MIGNOT
managed to evacuate the aircraft but was taken prisoner on landing.
He was mentioned several times in the Air Force Order (Journal
Officiel of 6 January 1946 and 16 April 1947). |
Born in Champagnole
(39 - Jura) on 16 September 1914
Died at Chenôve (21 - Côte d' Or) on 21 April 1989
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| MILAN Henri |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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Born on 22
May 1908 |
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| MILLE |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio
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| MILLET Paul |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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- On May 31, 1940, the
LeO 451, No. 268, was shot down by the German fighters. The
crew, unscathed, parachutes.
- On June 6, 1940,
the Leo 451 No. 271 is shot down by Fighters. The men composing
this crew are shot for the second time ... Lieutenant MILLET
is unharmed.
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| MINONDO
Pierre - Jean |
Adjutant
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Machine-Gunner
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On May 21,
1940, the Amiot 143 No.133 was shot down by the Flak. Adjutant
MINONDO is killed. |
Born on 26
January 1911 at Hendaye (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Killed on 21 May 1940 at Saint-Quentin (02 - Aisne) |
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| MITARD |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On June 7,
1940, the Breguet 693 No67 was damaged by the Flak during an
attack of armored vehicles, and must land retracted train. The
crew is unscathed. |
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| MITIFEUX |
Sergeant
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Pilot
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On June 8, 1940, the
Breguet 693 No1017 severely hit by the Flak, crashed to the
ground. Sergeant MITIFEUX is unscathed.
On June 10, 1940, Breguet
693 No38 was shot down by a Me109. The crew is unscathed.
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| MITON
André |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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Patented
pilot in 1937.
- On 25 May 1940, the Breguet 693 No. 13 was shot down by 4
Me109. Warrant Officer MITTON was unharmed.
- On 6 June 1940, the Breguet 693 No 29 was shot down by 4 Me109.
The crew was seriously wounded. Taken prisoner on a hospital
bed in Rennes, he escaped to rejoin his Group and joined the
FFL. |
Born
in Pougny in the Nièvre. |
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| MOISSELIN
Gérard - Paul |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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Born
November 26, 1919 in Rheims.
On 3 December 1939, Amiot 143 No 110, caught in the fog, crashes
in a Jura forest. Sergeant MOISSELIN is killed
as well as 3 other crew members who will be buried in Pontarlier.
His body was exhumed on June 1st 1955 and re-interred in the
cemetery of Rougernant-Le-Chateau (Doubs). |
Born on November
26, 1919 at Reims (51 - Marne
Killed by accident
on 03 December 1939 in Supt (39 - Jura)
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| MOITY Jean
- Pierre |
Staff-Sergeant
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Cannoneer
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The LéO
451 No 54 was shot down by the Flak on May 16, 1940. The crew
was killed. |
Born 8 November
1909 at Cambrai (59 - Nord)
Killed on 16 May 1940 at Raillimont (02 - Aisne) |
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| MOLLEREAU
Marc - Gilbert |
Staff-Sergeant
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Born on 9 October
1912 in Melun (77 - Seine et Marne) |
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| MOLLIET-BILLIET
Marcel - Maurice |
Lieutenant
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Observer
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On June 20,
1940, Amiot 354 No. 28 is missing at sea.The crew is killed. |
Born on 16
July 1900 in Vitry Le françois (51 - Marne)
Missing at sea on 20 June 1940 |
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| MONCHEAUX
Jean - Charles |
Captain
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Crew
Chief
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On 20 May 1940,
his aircraft,the LeO 451 No95, attacked by German fighters,
hit a ME109 and crashed with it. The crew was killed. |
Born May 31,
1911 in Blida (Algeria)
Killed May 20, 1940 at Berny-sur-Noye (80 - Somme) |
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| MONTALEGRE
Jacques |
Captain
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GB I/15
or GB II/15
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Chief
of board
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| MONTEL |
Corporal
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Mécanicien
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On May 16,
1940, his aircraft was hit by the Flak, while he attacked for
the 5th time an armored vehicle. The aircraft manages to regain
the ground but is unusable. MONTEL is seriously injured. |
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| MONTHOIS
Georges |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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On 24 May 1940,
during a cross-country transport mission, Glenn Martin 167 F
No 38 was mistakenly shot down in flames by... British anti-aircraft
fire: the crew was killed. Georges MONTHOIS was the only body
identified by the British, who buried the crew. |
Born at Villefranche
(69 - Rhône) on 10 January 1914
Killed at Lille (59 - Nord) on 24 May 1940 |
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| MONTROZIER
François - Joseph |
Adjutant
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Observer
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The Douglas
DB7 n ° 26 is shot down by the flak on June 8, 1940. Adjutant
MONTROZIER parachutes, but this one does not open and he is
killed while arriving on the ground. |
Born on 18
March 1911 at Serrain (34 - Herault)
Killed on 6 June 1940 at Mercin et Vaux (02 - Aisne) |
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| MONY Eugène
- Alexis |
Adjutant
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Pilot
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On 5 June 1940,
Glenn Martin 167 F No 68 was shot down by 7 Me109s. Warrant
Officer MONY was wounded and badly burned. |
Born
at Grenoble (38 - Isère) on Decembre 6th, 1905
Died at La Tronche (38
- Isère) on July 19th,1984
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| MOQUELET
Jean - Marie |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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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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| MOREAU |
Adjutant
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Machine-Gunner
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| MOREAU Jean |
Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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May 10, 1940,
his aircraft is damaged during a bombing.The Sergeant MOREAU
is injured. |
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| MOREL René
- Emile |
Sub-lieutenant
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Pilot
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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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| MORIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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Machine-Gunner
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| MORIN |
Lieutenant
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| MOROGE Georges
Henri |
Adjutant
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Machine-Gunner
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The Breguet
693 No79 is shot down by the Flak on June 13, 1940 during the
attack of an armored column. The crew is killed. |
Born on 29
April 1914 at Vesoul (70 - Haute-Saône)
Killed on 13 June 1940 at Fontenailles (77 - Seine et Larne) |
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| MORON |
Lieutenant
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Crew
Chief
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| MOROY
Henri - Eugène |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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Crew
Chief
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On June 9,
1940, the Leo 451 No. 93 damaged by the Flak crashed on landing:
the crew was unscathed. |
Born in Abbécourt
(02 - Aisne) on 12 February 1906
Died in Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône) on 7 August
1976 |
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| MORRAGLIA
Jean |
Colonel
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GB I/15
or GB II/15
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| MORTEREAU |
Staff-Sergeant
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| MOSER
Ferdinand - Marius |
Sergeant
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Cannoneer
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On May 29,
1940, the Leo 451 No. 128 was shot down by the Flak. Sergeant
MOSER is killed. |
Born on 25
March 1913 at Neunkirchen (57 - Moselle)
Killed on 29 May 1940 at Cahon (80 - Somme) |
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| MOUBERT |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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Machine
Gunner
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Present
in the Group on 10 May 1940 |
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| MOULINIER
Albert |
Staff-Sergeant
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Pilot
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The Bloch MB210
No185 is shot down by the Flak on May 25, 1940. The crew is
killed. |
Born in Vitebsk
(Russia) on 21 February 1917
Killed on 25 May 1940 at Graincourt lèz Havrincourt (62
- Pas de Calais) |
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| MOUTIER |
Adjutant
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| MULLER |
Captain
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After the Armistice,
Captain MULLER joined the GT 2/15 and took part in the Syrian
Campaign. He was interim Commander of GT 2/15 in 1943. |
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| MULTRIER
François - Augustin |
Sergeant
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Pilot
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Born on 29
August 1916 in Annecy (74 - Haute-Savoie)
Died at Vannes (56 - Morbihan) on 3 June 2001 |
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| MURGUET
Robert |
Lieutenant
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GB II/35
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Cder
4th Sqn.
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| MUSELIER
Pierre - Victor |
Lieutenant
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Born 28 February
1913 in Toulon (83 - Var)
Died at Chamalières (63 - Puy de Dôme) on 8 August
1994 |
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