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Non-Flying Personnel

Members of the Administrative, Health, Logistic are listed below in alphabetical order. Details of the number of men per arm can be found on the Pilots Home page.

Name
Rank
Unit
Post
Informations
Civil-statut
Photo
Indiv. Card
Citations
ALLIROT Jean
Lieutenant
GC III/7
Doctor
         
ALVAZIAN
Soldat
           
AMARDELL
Chief-Warrant-Officer
           
ARSON
Sergeant
           
AURIOL
Staff-Sergeant
           
AUVIGNE
Lieutenant
GBA I/54
Deputy Group commander
Present at 10 May 1940
     
AZEMA Roland
2nd Class
           
BARBERO
Soldat
           
BARILLER Michel
2nd Class
GC I/3
           
BENOIT Gaston
2nd Class
           
BERCK Marcel
Soldat
GAO II/508
           
BERGER
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
BERGOEN
Soldat
           
BILLAROCHE
Master Corporal
           
BILLON
Adjutant
           
BLANC
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
BLONDEAU Marcel
Lieutenant
GC III/7
Intelligence Officer
         
BOIRON
Lieutenant
Doctor
After the Armistice, Lieutenant BOIRON became an obstetrician in Saint Etienne.        
BOMBOIS Robert
Sergeant
GC III/7
Accountant
         
BONNIGAL
Captain
GBA II/54
Administrative Section Commander
     
BONON
Sub-Lieutenant
GAO 502
Technical Officer
         
BORDAT
Staff-Sergeant
           
BOUCHON
Lieutenant
GC I/2
Administrative Officer
       
BOURGEAT
Master-Corporal
           
BOURIEZ
Sergeant
Photographic Section Assigned to the Photographic Section S.P.A 20.104 assigned to GAO 501        
BOURGEAT
Lieutenant
GR I/35
Head of the Radio 35102 Section attached to the GR I/35.
       
BRANDY Pierre              
BROSSET
Staff-Sergeant
           
BRUNEL
Staff-Sergeant
           
BRY
Staff-Sergeant
           
BUFFIN
Staff-Sergeant
GBA I/54
Accountant
Present at 10 May 1940
       
CADART Raymond Sergeant     Born on August 5, 1901, in Tourcoing (59 - Nord)
Died on February 15, 1977, in Roubaix (59 - Nord)
     
CADEOT Clair
Captain
GC I/4
Group Doctor
         
CAGNIN
Soldat
           
CAMPENAS
Master Corporal
           
CARLIER
Captain
GBA I/54
Administrative Section Commander
Present at 10 May 1940
       
CARTIER
Sergeant
           
CELLARD
Lieutenant
GR I/35
Head of Section Photo 7/105 attached to GR I/35.
       
CHABERT
Adjutant
           
CHALIES Christian - André
Staff-Sergeant
    Born on 25 August 1915 in Quinham (Tonkin)
Died on 24 January 1940 at Saint-Dizier Hospital (52 - Haute-Marne)
     
CHAMP-DE-PAS
Commander
GC III/7
Deputy Group Commander
Leaving Group GC III/7 on 15 September, 1939
       
CHANDON
Captain
Photographic Section
Commander of the S.P.A. 20.104 photographic section assigned to GAO 501        
CHAVE A.
Soldat
           
CHAVE C.
Soldat
           
CHEVALIER André
2nd Class
           
CHEVALIER Cyrille - Auguste
Staff-Sergeant
    Born on 5 November 1913 in Saint Amand Les Eaux (59 - Nord)
Died on 5 September 2009 in Saint Amand Les Eaux
     
CLAPAREDE Jean - Emile
Staff-sergeant
GC II/8
  Jean CLAPAREDE was taken prisoner on May 24, 1940. He was interned at Stalag 369, among other places. Born on July 14, 1920 in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne)
Died on October 9, 1989 in Montpellier (34 - Hérault)
     
CLAVAUD
Sergeant
           
CLEMENT
Sub-Lieutenant
GC I/2
Accountant
       
COCHARD
Chief-Warrant Officer
GBA I/54
Discipline Group
Present at 10 May 1940
       
COGNAT Guy - Roger
2nd Class
GC II/4
   
Born on 16 may 1921 in Reims (51 - Marne) .
Died on 24 april 1985 in Brioux-sur-Boutonne (79 - Deux-Sèvres)
     
COMBAZ
Sergeant
           
COTON
Soldat
           
COUVREUR Elysée       Born on 5 August 1915 in Inchy-En-Artois (62 - Pas-de-Calais)
Died on 24 October 1994 in Inchy-En-Artois
     
CROSIAT Marcel
Corporal
GAO II/520
           
CUCHE
GC I/2
Auxiliary doctor
Joined the Group on 31 January to replace Captain Froment who will leave on 3 February.
       
DARGAUD
Soldat
           
DECORBEZ Jean - Ernest
Corporal
GC III/10
    Born on 29/07/1917 in Le-Blanc-Mesnil (93 - Seine Saint-Denis)
Died on 12/04/1992 in Annonay (07 - Ardèche)
     
DELAHAYE
Lieutenant
Group Treasurer
         
DELAMARE Robert
Sergeant
GC II/5
           
DELMARRE
Staff-Sergeant
           
DEMARAIS Albert
Corporal
GC II/4
           
DESNOYER
Adjutant
           
DROUET
GC I/5
Doctor
       
DUCHATEAU Octave              
DUCLOS
Adjutant
           
DUMONT
Lieutenant
  Commander of the Section of 3 light aircraft affected to the GAO 501        
DUPUY Pierre
Sergeant
GAO II/508
           
DURET
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
DURUPT
GBA I/54
Auxiliary doctor
Present at 10 May 1940
       
ECKARD Gilbert
Sergeant
GAO 587
           
EME
Staff-Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
FAGE
Sergeant
           
FAHON André
Sergeant
GAO II/506
           
FAURITE
Chief-Warrant-Officer
           
FERTILLE
Sub-Lieutenant
GAO 502
Section Commander Photo 21/104.
Resistance fighter, he was killed in 1944.      
FERRANDO
Soldat
           
FIGON
Sergeant
GAO II/508
           
FISON Alfred
Sergent
           
FONTANA
Soldat
           
FOUDRAZ
Sergeant
           
FRANQUE
Lieutenant
GR I/35
Doctor
       
FREJEAN Joseph
2nd Class
           
FROBERT
Sergeant
           
FROMENT
Captain
GC I/2
Doctor
Leaves the Group on February 3rd.
       
FUMET Mathieu              
GAUTHIER
Adjutant
           
GIRARD Henri - Louis
Master-corporal
GC III/7
           
GOULET Bernard              
GRAPPE
Sub-Lieutenant
Mechanic, Chief of Photo and Technical Services
         
GROBOIS François - Maurice
Lieutenant
Doctor
A civilian doctor in Orléans, he spent the entire French campaign with the GR I/22. Born on 30 September 1893      
GROSBOIS
Captain
Chief of General Services
Captain GROSBOIS was a Reserve officer and former pilot in the 1914-1918 war. He fought with the SPA 95 squadron, which was equipped with Spad XIIIs.        
HELTZMANN
Staff-Sergeant
           
JACQUET Marc
Lieutenant
Head of
2nd office
Before the war, Marc JACQUET was a law student at the universities of Paris and Kiel. He did his military service in the French Air Force, with the 54th Air Wing. He attended officer training courses and graduated as a second lieutenant. He was mobilised in 1939 and appointed Lieutenant, joining the GB I/38 as head of the 2nd Bureau. He was demobilised in August 1940, and became assistant to Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred HEURTAUX, chief of staff to Air Force General Jean d'Harcourt, the General Secretary for Family and Youth. Under cover of his position, Alfred HEURTAUX set up an intelligence network for the Resistance, and persuaded Marc JACQUET to join him in hiding and become his deputy. Following Alfred HEURTAUX's arrest in November 1941, Marc JACQUET continued the network's activities, but hunted down by the Germans, he took refuge in North Africa and continued his involvement with Henri d'Astier de la VIGERIE.
In North Africa, he joined the Royalist camp, which aimed to install the Comte de Paris in power. But after the assassination of DARLAN, Marc JACQUET was sought after and had to assume an assumed identity: Marc VAUTHIER. Under this name and with the rank of Captain, he succeeded in being given command of a Cavalry Squadron and went ashore with the Allies at Saint-Trpoez on 15 August 1944. But unmasked by the Military Police, he was arrested and taken back to Algiers.
After the war, he entered politics, serving as an RPF MP from 1951 to 1955, UNR MP for the 1st constituency of Seine-et-Marne from 1958 to 1973, and finally as Senator and Chairman of the RPR Group in the Upper House from 1978 to 1981.
Born on 17 February 1913 in Mercy-Le-Bas (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Died in Paris (75) on 18 April 1983
     
JESSENNE Jean
Sergeant
           
JUGIE René - Jean
Soldier
  After the Armistice, René JUGIE joined the Resistance and, under the pseudonym "GAO", created the "GAO" group, which was very active in Corrèze. Born August 19, 1914 in Brive-la-Gaillarde (19 - Corrèze)
Died at Brive-la-Gaillarde on 19 December 1996
     
JUNG
Adjutant
           
KINDEL Alexandre - Marcel
Master-Corporal
GC I/6
   
Born at Vigneux-Sur-Seine (91 - Essonne) on 27 april 1920
Died at Vigneux-Sur-Seine (91 - Essonne) on 30 may 1991
     
LABIOCHE Guy - Gustave       Born in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne) on 21 March 1916
Died at Pessac (33 - Gironde) on 24 January 1999
     
LANFRANCHI
Soldat
           
LANOY
Sub-Lieutenant
GR I/35
Administrative Section Commander
         
LASNIER-LACHAISE Charles - Edouard
Lieutenant
GR II/22
Officer of Intelligence then Officer of Transmission from June 2, 1940.
Charles LASNIER-LACHAISE entered the Ecole de l'Air in Versailles in 1935. He was posted to the 22nd Bombardment Air Wing at Orléans. The 22nd Wing changed speciality and became a Reconnaissance Wing in February 1939. It was with the GRII/22 that he took part in the French campaign as an Intelligence Officer, then as a Signals Officer from 2 June 1940.
At the Armistice he left for Morocco with his Group and was posted to the GB I/22 (?) then GB II/52 and GB II/62 with which he took part in the landings in Sardinia, Corsica, France and Germany.
He was posted to the CESA (Centre d'Etudes Stratégiques Aérospatiales) and then to the Air Command in Morocco in 1949. He passed through the ESGA (École Supérieure de Guerre Aérienne) in December 1954, then returned to AFN to take command of the Fez training base in 1958. He returned to Paris to the 1st office of the Air Force General Staff. He was posted to the CESA and the CHEM (Centre des hautes études militaires) in 1961. He was seconded to the office of the Minister for the Armed Forces. He was appointed Commander of Air Force Signals in 1964, then Head of the Military Air Traffic Service in 1966. Charles LASNIER-LACHAISE retired in 1968 with the rank of Air Brigadier General.
Born in Paris (75) on 11 February 1915
Died in Paris on 24 March 2015
     
LAURENT Charles
Staff-Sergeant
           
LAVAUX Lucien - Fernand
Soldier
Photographer
A photographer by trade, Lucien LAVAUX decided in 1936 to join the French Air Force for 3 years with the aim of becoming an aerial photographer. He was posted to the Duny-Le-Bourget base before joining the Photo Department of the Air Force General Staff. But when he heard that an Air Observation Group was being set up in Limoges, his home town, he was transferred to this Group. Demobilised in March 1939, he left the GAO 512, but returned to it 6 months later on mobilisation....
During the French Campaign, he was assigned to the Group's Photo Department, and after GAO 512 withdrew to the south, he managed to embark for North Africa in Marseille. Demobilised, he returned to mainland France in August 1940.
Back in civilian life, he returned to his job as a photographer and aerial photographer. In particular, he took the 1st aerial photograph of the martyred village of Oradour sur Vienne, in Haute-Vienne.
After the war, a talented aerial photographer, he took beautiful aerial photos of the Limousin region and the city of Limoges in particular. Lucien LAVAUX is the author of a book retracing his career as a civilian photographer and his time with the GAO 512: "PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR TERRE ET DANS LE CIEL" published by the Conservatoire Aéronautique du Limousin.
Born in Limoges (87 - Haute-Vienne) on 4 February 1915
Died in Limoges on 27 April 2007
     
LEBIGRE Pierre - Henri
Lieutenant
Chief Heavy Photo Section
  Born on 9 April 1899 in Gisors (27 - Eure)
Died in Paris (75) on 22 April 1978
     
LECLAIR René
Master-Corporal
GC II/4
           
LE-PAVEC
Captain
GBA I/54
Doctor
In February 1940, victim of an accident aboard a Potez 58 piloted by Lieutenant GADY: ends up in the Durance river following an engine failure.
In February 1940, he was victim of an accident aboard a Potez 63 piloted by Lieutenant LELEU: the plane hit the top of a tree. He escaped unhurt, but left the Group after his two accidents.
       
LINAY
Corporal
           
LINGER Robert - Henri
Master-Corporal
GC II/4
   
Born on 4 march 1921 in Londres (Angleterre) .
Died on 19 april 2009 in Saintes (17 - Charente-Maritime) .
     
LOUARN
Lieutenant
GAO 502
Doctor
         
MAGINOT
Chief-Warrant Officer
GBA I/54
Storekeeper
Present at 10 May 1940
       
MAISSIAT
Soldat
           
MAIZIER
Sergeant
GR I/35
General Service
       
MALIN
Sergeant
           
MARION
Adjutant
           
MARTIN Auguste
Master-Corporal
GC II/6
  Belongs to section Photo 837        
MAURIN
Soldat
           
MAURY
Staff-Sergeant
           
MAYENER Paul
Corporal
GAO I/551
           
MELEY
Soldat
           
MELLODON
Adjutant
           
MIRANSKI Henri
Sergeant
GAO II/508
           
MITTLER
Sub-Lieutenant
Photographic Section
Commander deputy of the S.P.A. 20.104 photographic section assigned to GAO 501        
MONIOT
Lieutenant
GBA II/54
Night Officer
       
MONTEIL Marcel
Chief-Warrant Officer
  Rolling Echelon Commander of the Specialised Section
Killed on 21 June during an aerial bombardment in Marseille while directing the echelon to embark for North Africa.
Killed on 21 June 1940 in Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône)      
MOREAU
Soldat
           
NARBOUD
Soldat
           
NARUAULT
Staff-Sergeant
           
NICOD Maurice
Chief-Warrant Officer
GC III/7
Chief, Administrative Section, GC III/7
         
NOYER
Chief-Warrant-Officer
           
PAUTRAT
Staff-Sergeant
           
PAYE
Lieutenant
GBA I/54
Deputy Group commander
Present at 10 May 1940
       
PELISSON
Soldat
           
PELLIGRINO
Staff-Sergeant
           
PERETZ Emile
Medical lieutenant
ECN II/13
Doctor
Emile PERTZ became an auxiliary doctor. He was posted as a doctor to II/13 in 1939. Demobilised at the Armistice, he took over a medical practice and joined the Resistance. Born on 6 November 1906 in Bivelari (Romania)
Died in Paris (75) on 10 March 1993
     
PERRIER
Adjutant
GBA I/54
Garage Manager
Present at 10 May 1940
       
PETIT
Staff-Sergeant
           
PETITFILS
Soldat
           
PETITPREZ
Captain
GAO III/551
Meteorological Officer
         
PEYRON
Sergeant
           
PEYROUX
Lieutenant
GR II/33
Chief of Photography Section
         
PIRLOT
Sergeant
           
PRAGOT
Sergeant
           
RASPILARE
Sergeant
           
RASSET Henri - René     Assigned to Photographic Section S.P. 804 attached to GAO 501 Born on 15 September 1891 in La Neuville-Chant-D'oisel (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Died on 1 March 1975 in Franqueville-Saint-Pierre (76 - Seine-Maritime)
     
RAY
Aspirant
GAO III/551
Doctor
         
ROCHE A.
Master-Corporal
           
RODIN
Adjutant
           
RODRIGUEZ
Staff-Sergeant
           
ROS Roger
Sergeant
           
ROUCH
Sergeant
           
ROUSSILLON
Soldat
Driver
The name of this driver is either "ROUSSILLON" or "FAUCILLON" depending on the source: his name is therefore to be confirmed.
Wounded on 21 June during an aerial bombardment in Marseille while in the echelon for embarkation to North Africa.
Né le 4 Décembre 1890      
ROYER Léon - Alban
Adjutant
GC III/7
           
SAMBARDIER
Sergeant
           
SAUNIER
Soldat
           
SCLIPPA
Soldat
           
SERENE
Lieutenant
  After the Armistice, Lieutenant SERENE became a doctor in Solliès-Pont (83 - Var).        
SOUTEYRAT
Chief-Warrant-Officer
           
SUTOUR
Staff-Sergeant
           
TARQUEREL
Corporal
           
TEROISSARD Lucien
2nd Class
GAO II/506
           
TOUTEVOIX
Staff-Sergeant
           
VERDEAU
Soldat
           
VEZIN
Doctor
         
VIANO
Staff-Sergeant
           
VIDAL
Captain
GC I/2
Transmission Officer
       
VIGNON
Soldat
           
VIOLET Georges
Captain
GC III/7
Deputy Group commander
Joined GC III/7 on 15 September 1939. He died accidentally on 18 August 1943 near Meknes, during a collision with another D520 of GC I/2.        
WALTER Georges
Chief-Warrant Officer
    Born on 2 June 1904 in Lembach (67 - Bas-Rhin)
Died on 9 February 1980 in Metz (57 - Moselle)
     

 

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