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Non-Flying Personnel

This list includes men from various units: Air Parks, CEMA, Territorial Air Defence, etc., listed in alphabetical order. Details of the number of men per arm can be found on the page Pilots Home page.

 

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ADAM Gilbert
Territorial air defence 75th Group
Born on 18 november 1916 at Magny-Cours (58 - Nièvre)
Killed on 10 may 1940 at Saint-Omer (62 - Pas of Calais)
ALLEGRE Urbain - Auguste
Salon de Provence air park
Born on 09 july 1913 at Mas de Lourofs (65 - Hautes-Pyrénées)
Killed on 21 june 1940 at Bergerac (24 - Dordogne)
BACOUP Germain
Anti-aircraft defence of the Chateaudun area
Born on 07 may 1905
Killed on 19 may 1940 at Châteaudun (36 - Indre)
BERTRAND Marcel - Adolphe
516 e RDC Air Group 1/45 Air Observation Group
Born on 18 January 1918 at Prévenchères (48 - Lozère)
Killed on 30 May 1940 at Dunkerque (59 - Nord)
     
BLOT Paul - Victor
Air Park 15/131
Born on 31 august 1907 at Paris (75)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
BOITIER André
Soldat
Air Base 4/111 - towing group 1/131
Born on 18 june 1918 at Colombes (75 - Paris)
Killed on 10 may 1940 at Mourmelon (51 - Marne)
     
BOIZET Auguste - Pol
Air Gendarmerie 11th Son 6th Legion
Born on 13 April 1902 at Artraise-Le-Vivier (08 - Ardennes)
Killed on 31 May 1940
     
BORIOS Roger - Jean
Captain
17th Army Corps Air Force
Born on 27 march 1896 at Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne)
Died on 2 december 1939 at Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne)
BOUDET Claudius - Louis
Soldat
Air park 6/105 - Specialised section 236/105
Born on 21 november 1917 at Saint-Hilairede Breus (38 - Isère)
Died on 16 april 1940 at Valence (26 - Drôme)
BOULAY Maurice
Soldat
Airfield Company 5/122
Born on 11 march 1914 at Vanée (72 - Sarthe)
Died on 3 may 1940 at Coulommier (77 - Seine et Marne)
CHEVALIER Pierre Albert
Sergeant
Air Park 4/104
Born on 15 may 1899 at Rouville (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Died on 29 december 1939 at Hospital of évacuation Primayre n°3
COLLET André - Louis
Chief-Warrant Officer
Air Materiel Test Centre (CEMA) in Orléans
Born on 20 october 1905 at Paris (75)
Died on 5 march 1940 at Meaux (77 - Seine et Marne)
DARRIET Charles
51st Air Squadron
Born on 7 August 1909 at Mios (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 8 June 1940 at Château-Thierry (02 - Aisne)
     
DELAGE Georges - Alfred
Captain
Air Base BA 505 - SAT 1 210/205
Born on 16 may 1896 at Benest (16 - Charente)
Killed on 3 march 1940 at Gegondas (84 - Vaucluse)
     
DELBESS
French air force
Killed on 16 october 1939 at Helterberg (Allemagne)
DELBRAYELLE Marcel - Augustin
Soldat
Air Park 218/212
Born on 29 january 1908 at Flers (62 - Pas de Calais)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
DELOR Roger - Robert
Sergeant
Air Park 3/121
Born on 03 january 1906 at Mortreux Château (90 - Territoire of Belfort)
Died on 21 january 1940
DEMAIN Raoul
Soldat
Air Park 218/212
Born on 11 june 1909 at Bondoufles (78 - Yvelines)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
DE VASSELOT DE REGNE Jean - Marie
Air Corps General
4th Air Region (4e RA)
Born on 15 september 1888 at L'Enclave-of-la-Martinière (79 - Deux-Sèvres)
Killed on 22 june 1940 at Albi (81 - Tarn)
DIGNE Louis - André
Soldat
Air Park 15/131
Born on 30 april 1910 at Tarbes (65 - Hautes-Pyrénées) Killed on 29 may 1940 au large of Dunkerque, at board of ship "Le Douaisien"
DONNET Adolphe - Edouard
Soldat
Aviation liquid fuels company 15/105
Born on 22 january 1906 at Dijon (21 - Côte of Or)
Killed on 3 april 1940
DUFAURE DE CITRES Louis - Abel
703rd Air Transmission Company
Born on 25 September 1913 at Dunières (43 - Haute-Loire)
Killed on 20 May 1940 at Abbeville (80 - Somme)
     
DUHAMEL Raymond - Alfred
Soldat
Air park 15/131
Born on 04 january 1915 at Ribemont (80 - Somme)
Killed on 29 may 1940 au large of Dunkerque, at board of ship "Le Douaisien"
EMONT Bernard - Louis
Chief-Warrant Officer
Air Materiel Test Centre (CEMA) in Orléans
Born on 16 october 1905 at Pontoise (78 - Yvelines)
Killed on 23 ofcember 1939 at Rochefort-du-Gard (30 - Gard)
     
ETIENNE Paul - Ernest
23rd Territorial Air defence on subsistence duty with the 109th Cie
Born on 26 february 1908 at Domhaire (88 - Vosges)
Killed on 18 june 1940 at Belfort (90 - Territoire of Belfort)
     
FERLOTTI Severino - Vincent
Soldat
3rd Air defence Section
Born on 13 august 1910 at Aumetz (57 - Moselle)
Died on 5 september 1939 at Paris (75)
     
FRANTZ Joseph
Reserve Captain
Air Transport Company 33/106.
Joseph FRANTZ qualified as a civilian pilot in 1911 and was drafted into the infantry in 1911. He switched to aeronautics and qualified as a military pilot in 1917. He was posted to the VB 24 squadron, then to the Voisin company in Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1915. He was demobilised in 1919 and transferred to the reserves. Recalled in 1939, he was appointed commander of the Compagnie de transport de l'Air 33/106 based in Bordeaux, and in 1940 he suspended his company's activities so as not to be forced to contribute to the occupying forces' war effort. After the Liberation, the business resumed and, in the early 1960s, under his management, his two sons developed a second site next to the Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt. Born 7 August 1890 in Beaujeu (69 - Rhône).
Died on 12 september 1979 at Paris (75)
     
FREMICOURT Louis - Edmond
Soldat
Air Protection Section 3/152
Born on 16 August 1884
Killed on 17 May 1940 at Douchy (59 - Nord)
     
GARDENIER Noel - Charles
Sergeant
601 Air Infantry Group
Born on 26 June 1917 in Belfort (90 - Territoire de Belfort)
Killed on 16 June 1940 at Orléans (45 - Loiret)
     
GEORGES Robert - Paul
7th Territorial Air defence Company
Born on 12 august 1918 at Golbey (88 - Vosges)
Died on 21 november 1939 at Epinal (88 - Vosges)
     
GERVAIS René - Jean
Captain
Centre d'essais du matériel
at Cazaux
René GERVAIS was admitted to the École Polytechnique in 1928 and the École militaire et d'application de l'aéronautique in 1930. He qualified as a pilot in 1931 and was posted to the 2nd aviation regiment in 1931, then to the 21st bombing squadron in 1933. In 1935 he was appointed to the Centre d'essais du matériel d'armement at Cazaux. In September 1940, he was posted to GB II/23 and then GB 7 at Blida. René GERVAIS retired in 1943. Born on 22 August 1908 in La Teste (33 - Gironde)
Died in Port-Louis (56 - Morbihan) on 22 October 1997.
     
GIARD René - Charles
406th Territorial Air defence Regiment
Born on 04 january 1907 at Lille (59 - Nord)
Killed on 22 may 1940 at Lambres les Aires (62 - Pas de Calais)
     
GOIN Louis - Félicien
Soldat
Parc Aviation 15/131
Born on 05 february 1902 at Metz (57 - Moselle)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
     
HAPPE Marcel - Auguste
Soldat
Air Park 15/131
Born on 15 april 1910 at Villers-Outréaux (59 - Nord)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
     
HAZARD Paul - Jules
Territorial Air defence
Born on 20 january 1887 at Bay (88 - Vosges)
Killed on 9 june 1940 at Hornoy (80 - Somme)
     
JEANBLANC Raymond - Adolphe
Soldat
121st Air Munitions Company
Born on 1 March 1913 in Daujoutin (90 - Territoire de Belfort)
Killed on 10 May 1940 at Nancy (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
     
JUILLARD Jean-Baptiste - Marie
Soldat
Air Park 5/105
Born on 21 december 1909 at Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Killed on 10 may 1940 at Bron (69 - Rhône)
     
LAGARDE Auguste - Louis
Commander
SAT 8
Transport Air Section
Auguste LAGARDE was mobilised in 1917 and sent to the 41st infantry regiment in Rennes. He joined the air force and qualified as a pilot in June 1918. He was posted to the Cigognes squadron, then demobilised in 1921. He was re-mobilised with the 11th bombing regiment and flew missions to protect the Toulouse-Dakar airmail line in North Africa. On his return to civilian life, he worked for five years at Breguet.
In 1939, Auguste LAGARDE was remobilised and appointed commander of the SAT 8 squadron on Potez 62s before being demobilised in June 1940.
Born on 26 May 1899 in Sirac (32 - Gers)
Died at Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt (78 - Yvelines) on 25 November 1992
     
LAGEAT Ernest
8th Air Squadron
Born on 22 may 1908 at Trébeurden (22 - Côte of Armor)
Killed on 27 may 1940 at Calais (62 - Pas of Calais)
     
LAPIERRE Georges - Marie
Sub-Lieutenant
Bordeaux Air Force School
Born on 9 July 1919 at Amberien en Bugey (01 - Ain)
Killed on 10 May 1940 at Saint-Jean-d'Illac (33 - Gironde)
     
LAURENT Ernest
Captain
Air Materiel Test Centre (CEMA) in Orléans
Born on 8 august 1906 at Montpellier (34 - Hérault)
Killed on 17 june 1940 at Toulouse (31 - Haute-Garonne)
     
LEBAY André - Alfred
219th Territorial Air defence Air Base BAttery (215th BDAT)
Born on 6 october 1912 at Saint-Quentin (02 - Aisne)
Killed on 10 may 1940 at Saint-Omer (62 - Pas de Calais)
     
LEDUC Alexandre - Camille
Captain
Liaison aircraft section 81/27
Alexandre LEDUC was called up in 1910 and posted to the 5th dragoon regiment. First mobilised in the cavalry, he joined the 3rd cavalry division in 1914, before being seconded to the 1st aviation group in 1917. He was sent to the aviation schools at Châteauroux and Avord and qualified as a pilot on 26 August 1918. He was posted to the Nieuport 92 squadron. He was demobilised in 1919 and transferred to the reserves.
He was recalled to active service in 1939 and posted to the 81/27 airlifter section. Alexandre LDUEC was emobilised in 1940 and struck off the reserve list in 1943.
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Born on 5 September 1890 in Filain (02 - Aisne).
Died on 26 July 1990.
     
LE LAGADEC François
Protective Balloon section 222/4
Born on 25 december 1900 at Paris (75)
Died on 15 january 1940 at Saint-Germayn en Laye (78 - Yvelines)
     
LENOBLE Louis - Désiré
Soldat
Air Park 4/111
Born on 2 september 1913 at Corcy (02 - Aisne)
Killed on 27 may 1940 at Châlons en Champagne (51 - Marne)
     
LEPAGE Gaston
Adjutant
601 Air Infantry Group
Born on 2 October 1910 at Joeuf (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Killed on 12 June 1940 at Rambouillet (78 - Yvelines)
     
LEPRETTRE Armand - Isidore
Air defence
Born on 20 september 1896 at Saint-Nicolas-of-la-Taille (76 - Seine-Maritime)
Killed on 11 february 1940 at Saint-Antonin la Foret (76 - Seine-Maritime)
     
LEVET Jules
405th Territorial Air defence Regiment
Born on 7 march 1901 at Vouvray (01 - Ain)
Killed on 30 april 1940 at La Châtre (36 - Indre)
     
LOMBARD André - Abel
Sergeant
Air Materiel Test Centre (CEMA) in Orléans
Born on 19 april 1906 at Boulogne sur Mer (62 - Pas of Calais)
Killed on 23 december 1939 at Rochefort-du-Gard (30 - Gard)
     
LORET Georges - Jean
Soldat
Air Park 218/212
Born on 4 october 1907 at Reims (51 - Marne)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Evreux (27 - Eure)
     
LUGAGNE Paul - Emile
Chief-Warrant Officer
Air Materiel Test Centre (CEMA) in Orléans
Born on 3 june 1907 at Lunas (34 - Hérault)
Killed on 28 december 1939 at Rochefort-du-Gard (30 - Gard)
     
MABILLON Albert - Charles
Soldat
Air Force Staff 101
Born 17 January 1906, Montreuil (75)
Killed on 14 May 1940 at Tergnier (02 - Aisne)
     
MAIiGNAN Pierre - Louis
Soldat
Air Balloon protection company
Born on 17 december 1905 at Mortagne (61 - Orne)
Killed on 11 november 1939 at Voses (27 - Eure)
     
MAILLARD Henri - Marcel
Soldat
Air Park 15/131
Born on 24 january 1911 at Vire (14 - Calvados)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
     
MALEROT
3rd Air defence Group
Born on 11 february 1879 at Khenchela (Algeria)
Died on 2 may 1940 at Bône (Algeria)
     
MANTEL Claude
Territorial air defence - Guet company 6/15
Born on 15 february 1898 at Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Died on 22 may 1940 at Privas (07 - Ardèche)
     
MARECHAL Pierre - Henri
405th Territorial Air defence Regiment
Born on 31 july 1898 at Lyon (69 - Rhône)
Died on 5 april 1940 at Briançon (05 - Hautes-Alpes)
     
MARSAN Marcel - Albert
Soldat
Air Park 11/101
Born on 10 march 1911 at Barthes (82 - Tarn et Garonne)
Killed on 12 june 1940 at Besançon (25 - Doubs)
     
MARTIN André
Adjutant
4th Air Region (4e RA)
Killed on 26 april 1940      
MASQUELIER Marcel - Paul
Soldat
Air Park 15/131
Born on 6 january 1916 at Denain (59- Nord)
Killed on 29 march 1940
     
MATHY Aimé - Alcide
999th Automobile Air defence Company
Born on 26 april 1916 at Montpont en Bresse (71 - Saône et Loire)
Killed on 16 june 1940 at Sully sur Loire (45 - Loiret)
     
MATROT Roger - Auguste
405th Territorial Air defence Regiment
Born on 14 december 1910 at Couchey (21 - Côte of Or)
Killed on 17 june 1940 at Buxy (71 - Saône et Loire)
     
MELOT Maurice - René
Sergeant
601 Air Infantry Group
Born in Toul (54 - Meurthe et Moselle) on 5 November 1918
Killed on 4 June 1940 at Montargis (45 - Loiret)
     
MENU Maurice - Louis
Military Aviation
Born on 16 May 1911 at Cannes (06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
Killed on 5 June 1940 at Bourges (18 - Cher)
     
MILLOIS Joseph - Constant
Air Operations Zone (AOZ)
Born on 2 january 1902 at Méral (53 - Mayenne)
Died on 18 december 1939 at Nancy (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
     
MONCHY Félix - Ludovic
Air Force
Born on 6 january 1914 at Saint-Laurent Blangy (62 - Pas of Calais)
Killed on 30 may 1940
     
MONNIER
Sergeant
Seconded to the Specialized Section of GC III/7
He was killed on 9 June 1940 during the attack on the Coulommiers field by ME109s. Killed on 9 june 1940 at Coulommiers (77 - Seine et Marne)      
MULLER Emile - Eugène
56th Anti-Aircraft Land Forces Group
Born on 24 november 1909 at Colmar (68 - Haut-Rhin)
Killed on 24 december 1939 at Delle (90 - Territoire of Belfort)
     
NICOLAS Arthur - Maxime
Soldat
Air Park 4/104
Born on 16 may 1897 at Longwy (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Died on 22 september 1939 at Arras (62 - Pas of Calais)
     
PALAN Alphonse - Raymond
106th Aviation Group
Born on 31 may 1895 at Bordeaux (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 20 june 1940 at Bordeaux
     
PALOMAR Rafaêl
Anti-aircraft Battery (BAA)
Born on 23 october 1902 at El Toro (Espagne)
Killed on 6 june 1940 at Marchélepot (80 - Somme)
     
PANTEL Raymond
Territorial air defence
Born on 4 september 1907 at Tornac (30 - Gard)
Died on 4 march 1940 at Alès (30 - Gard)
     
PELET Saturnin - Daniel
Commander
Air Park 15/131
Born on 11 december 1887 at Pamiers (09 - Ariège)
Killed on 24 may 1940 at Gravelines (59 - Nord)
     
PERIOTI
Soldat
Air transport section n°1
Killed on 12 december 1939      
PERISSIN-PIRASSET
Captain
Air Park 4/154
         
PERNOT André - Auguste
Soldat
Mobile aviation centre 121
Born on 22 march 1917 at Nancy (54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Died on 12 september 1939 at Nancy
     
PIERRETON Paul - Johannes
Soldat
Air Park 5/105
Born on 9 may 1903 at Echelles (73 - Savoie)
Killed on 10 may 1940 at Bron (69 - Rhône)
     
PLESIAT Auguste - Jean
Air defence
Born on 2 january 1910 at Dijon (21 - Côte of Or)
Killed on 16 december 1939 at Dijon
     
PLUVINAGE Ernest
402nd Territorial Air defence Regiment
Born on 15 october 1903 at Beauvois en Cambrésis (59 - nord)
Killed on 19 may 1940 at Cambrai (59 - Nord)
     
RIEDINGER Charles
Territorial air defence
Born on 8 december 1901 at Höerdt (67 - Bas-Rhin)
Killed on 22 june 1940 at Remiremont (88 - Vosges)
     
ROBINI Eugène - Elie
2nd Air Region (2e RA)
Born on 9 june 1891 at Nice (06 - Alpes-Maritimes)
Died on 2 march 1940 at Paris (75)
     
ROTHENBURGER Jacques - Louis
999th Automobile Air defence Company
Born on 21 january 1920 at Rauffach (68 - Haut-Rhin)
Killed on 16 june 1940 at Sully sur Loire (45 - Loiret)
     
TOURTEAU Jean - Marius
Staff-sergeant
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Jean TOURTEAU enlisted in 1936 and was posted to Algeria. He qualified as a parachutist and air gunner in 1940.
Posted to Thiès in the French West Indies with the GB II/62, he took part in the Provence landings.
A student navigator at Cazaux in 1946, he was posted to the GB II/21 ‘Guyenne’. He spent two periods in Indochina with the GT II/64 ‘Anjou’ from March 1950 to April 1951, and from October 1952 to February 1953. He was sent to Algeria in
1954 with the I/61 ‘Touraine’ group. He was posted to the
transport and air liaison group at Villacoublay in 1959. Jean TORTEAU was placed on aircrew leave in 1961.
Born on 30 November 1915 in Monistrol-Sur-Loire (43 - Haute-Loire)
Died in Paris (75) on 17 February 2009
     
TSATONDA
Terrestrial Air Forces
Né en 1910 at Madagascar
Killed on 1er february 1940 at Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône)
     
VACHERON Henri
Soldat
Air Park 103/107
Born on 1er june 1912 at Garchizy (58 - Nièvre)
Killed on 7 march 1940 at Marseille (13 - Bouches du Rhône)
     
VENET Joanny
Soldat
Air Park 5/105
     
WILHELM Joseph - Emile
Air Park
Born on 11 may 1916 at Brunstatt (68 - Haut-Rhin)
Killed on 18 june 1940 at Bourg-Argental (42 - Loire)