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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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ABRAHAM
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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ABRANT
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| ALLARD
Marcial |
Corporal
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
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| ARCAM
Guy |
Master-Corporal
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|
Mechanic
|
In 1937,
Guy ARCAM signed a voluntary enlistment for 4 years and joined
the Rochefort Air force apprentice mechanics school. in Rochefort.
Volunteering for a posting to the TOE (External operating
territories), he joined the GB I/39 based in Lebanon.
After the Armistice, keen to continue fighting, he managed
to reach Egypt and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in September
1940. He then joined the Free French Forces in October 1940
and joined the EB1 Bombardment Squadron, which later became
the Lorraine Group.
He was killed on 9 May 1942 during a flight from Cairo to
Beirut aboard Caudron SIMOUN n°595: the wreckage of the
aircraft, reported missing at sea, was found a few days later,
but there was no trace of the crew...
Source
; Fondation de la france Libre
|
Born
on 31 March 1921 in Langon (33 - Gironde)
Killed on 9 May 1942 in Haiffa Bay (Palestine) |
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| ARCHER |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Mechanic
2nd Sqn.
|
Embarked on the boat
"CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille with
the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa.
Staff Sergeant BONNAFOUS
later joined the Free French Air Force and fought with the
GB II/23 Guyenne Bombardment Group.
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ARROURAN
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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ASSIN
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| AUGE
Joseph |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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| AUGIER
Aimé |
Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
On 27 January 1942, he
was the only survivor of the crash of Farman F222.2 No13 which
crashed on a hill while trying to land in Algiers.
More information in the
page dedicated to Sergeant Aimé AUGIER:
Here
|
Born
February 13th 1919 at Briançon (05 - Hautes-Alpes)
Died on 29 December 2007 at Peyrolles En Provence (13 - Bouches
du Rhône) |
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| BALLAND |
Sergeant
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|
Mechanic
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BARRE
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
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| BARTHES |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
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| BARTHOD |
Adjutant
|
GR I/35
|
Armament
Mechanic
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| BAUCHER |
Adjutant
|
GB I/23
|
Chief
Mechanic
Hangar Manager
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BAUCHON
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| BAUDET |
Master-Corporal
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|
Mechanic
/ Radio (?)
|
He
appear in the flight logs of Sergeant-Chef Ernest ROUX, flight
engineer, as crew member of Potez 631 fighter command aircraft.
We can assume that their dutie were "Radio", but this
remains to be confirmed. |
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BERTRAND
|
Chief-Warrant
Officer
|
GR II/33
|
Chief
Mechanic
Hangar Manager
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| BESILLAT |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
Taken
prisoner on May 21, 1940, during the attack by German troops
on the transition echelon. |
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| BESSET
Jean |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
6th
Sqn.. - Sergeant René MORLOT's mechanic |
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BINDREIFF
Marius
|
Lieutenant |
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
Officer
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| BLANC |
Master-Corporal
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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BLAT
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| BLECH
François - Joseph |
Lieutenant
|
|
Mechanic.
|
François
BLECH enlisted voluntarily in 1928 and was posted to the 7th
squadron, then in 1933 to the 21st bombing squadron. He was
admitted to the Ecole de l'Air de Versailles in 1935 as a mechanic,
and joined the GR I/33 in 1937, with which he took part in the
French Campaign. At the Armistice, he was demobilised. He was
recalled in 1945 and posted to the 1st Air Corps, then to GR
I/33 in Germany.
In 1950, he returned to Cognac and in 1952 was posted to the
Air Force's equipment department. In 1959, he joined the GMMTA,
before taking command of the Saint-Cyr base in 1963. François
BLECH was placed on aircrew leave in 1964. |
Born
on 7 April 1908 in Belfort (90 - Territoire de Belfort)
Died at Ratenelle (71 - Saône et Loire) on 7 August 2002 |
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| BONNAFOUS
Paul - Augustin |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Mechanic1st
Sqn.
|
Embarked on the boat
"CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille with
the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa.
Staff Sergeant BONNAFOUS
later joined the Free French Air Force and fought with the
GB II/23 Guyenne Bombardment Group.
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| BONNEAU |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Armourer
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| BONNET
Louis |
Sergeant
|
GAO II/589
|
Mechanic
|
Louis
BONNET did his national service in 1937 and was posted to the
Air 206 battalion in Rabat. He trained as a radio telegrapher
in 1939, then moved to the 2/589 squadron in 1940.
In 1943, he did a training course in Marrakech, then trained
as a flight mechanic in the USA from September 1943 to May 1944.
Back in AFN, he was demobilised in 1945.
He worked at AIA in Casablanca as a civilian mechanic before
joining the US Air Force in 1950. He left Morocco for Monaco
in 1956. He became a ground mechanic with Pan Am. |
Born
on 28 March 1916 in Tiaret (Morocco)
Died in Corbeil-Essones (91 - Essonne) on 18 November 2010. |
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| BONNET |
Adjutant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
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| BOQUILLON |
Sergeant
|
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Mechanic
|
Sergeant
WEBER's mechanic |
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| BOSSU |
Lieutenant
|
GAO 544
|
Mechanic
Officer
|
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BOUCHARD
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB II/34
|
Electrician
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| BOUCHARD |
Master-Corporal
|
|
Mechanic
/ Radio (?)
|
He
appear in the flight logs of Sergeant-Chef Ernest ROUX, flight
engineer, as crew member of Potez 631 fighter command aircraft.
We can assume that their dutie were "Radio", but this
remains to be confirmed. |
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| BOUCHEZ |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Weapons
Mechanic 3rd Squadron.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| BOUILLIN |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
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BOULANGER
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| BOULLIOT |
Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
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| BOULON
Joannès |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
6th
Sqn.. - Wounded on 9 June 1940, during the attack on the Coulommiers
field by ME109s. |
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| BOURGOIN
Emile |
Corporal
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
|
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| BOURRET
Gaston |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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BOUSUET
|
Adjutant
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| BRAQUEHAIS |
Adjudant
|
|
Mechanic
|
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| BRULE |
Master
workman
|
|
Mechanic
|
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| BRUMIER |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA II/35
|
Mechanic
|
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| BRUNET
Marceau |
Corporal
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
|
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| BRUNNET |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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| BUISSON |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
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BUMONT
|
Master-Corporal
|
|
Mechanic
|
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| CANAC |
Chief-Warrant
Officer |
|
Mechanic
2nd Sqn.
|
Embarked on the boat
"CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille with
the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa.
Subsequently, Chief
Warrant Officer CANAC joined the Free French Air Force and
fought with the GB I/22 Morocco Bombardment Group.
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| CAPOUILLET |
Master-Corporal
|
GC II/4
|
Weapons
Mechanic 3rd Squadron.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| CARDON |
2nd Class
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Squadron.
|
Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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|
| CARISTAN
Hilarion - André |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
.
|
Hilarion CARISTAN voluntarily
joined the air force in 1926 and was incorporated into the
1st GOA. He was posted to the 2nd squadron of the 22nd RA
(Aviation Regiment) at Chartres in 1928. He was seconded to
the Avord camp and then to Bron. He transferred to the colonial
aviation service in the French West Indies and joined the
2nd squadron at Dakar in 1933. On his return to France, he
was posted successively to the Villacoublay base in 1938,
to the GTRA 591
in 1939, then to the III/10 fighter group in 1940, with which
he took part in the French campaign as a mechanic. He withdrew
to AFN, first to the Relizane base and then to the Blida base.
From September 1940 to August 1943, he served in various units
of GB II/61. He was assigned to bomber group No. 1. He returned
to the UK and completed a flight engineer training course
at Saint-Atham before being posted to squadron M 346 in 1944.
He was transferred to the liaison aircraft group in Austria
in 1945.
In 1948, he was posted
to command the Rabat-Salé base, then back to mainland
France to the Normandie-Niémen II/6 fighter group in
1949. He was sent to the Far East from 1949 to 1951, then
to the Rabat-Salé base. In 1953, he returned to Indochina
with EROM 80. He was posted to the CATAC (Tactical Air Command)
at Lahr in 1955, then seconded to the Saint-Cyr school in
1957.
Hilarion CARISTON retired in 1960.
|
Born
on 22 October 1906 in Montjoly (French Guiana)
Died in Paris (75) on 10 October 1988. |
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| CARRAZ |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
|
|
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|
|
| CASTELAIN |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mécaniciens
3eme Esc.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
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|
|
| CAUBRAQUE |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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| CAZAUBON |
Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
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|
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| CHAMOT |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
|
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|
|
| CHAMOUX |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GAO 586
|
Mechanic
|
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| CHAPPUIS
André |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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| CHAPUIS
Emile |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Electric
mechanics
|
On
October 31, 1939, Bloch 131 No.73 crashed during a field test
at Dole. The crew is injured. |
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| CHARLEUF
Jean |
Sergeant
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
|
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| CHAUVIN |
2nd Class
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Squadron.
|
Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| CHETAIL |
Sergeant
|
GBA II/35
|
Mechanic
|
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| CLAUDOT
Fernand - Henri |
Staf-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
He will be killed on January
27, 1942 near TIZI-OUZOU, at the time of the crash of Farman
F222.2 No13 on a hill whereas it tried to land in Algiers.
More information in the
page dedicated to Staff-Sergeant Fernand CLAUDOT:
Ici
|
Born on 19 November
1908 at Boutancourt (08 - Ardennes)
Killed on 27 January 1942 in TIZI-OUZOU (Algeria)
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| COGOLUENHES |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanics
|
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|
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| CONTE |
Lieutenant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
Officer
|
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| CORREA |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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COTEREL
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| COUDRAY |
Sergeant
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| COULON
André |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
Sub-Lieutenant
Jean BERTRAND's mechanic |
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| COURBOT |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
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COURTADE
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| COUVELAERE
André |
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
|
Sub-Lieutenant
BOITELET's mechanic |
|
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|
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| CRESLON
André |
Corporal
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
|
|
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|
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| CRETEAU |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
Sergeant
DE-PUYBUSQUE's Mechanic |
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|
|
| CROIDIEU |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
|
|
Mechanic
|
Specialist
of the Hispano Firm |
|
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| CROUZET |
Soldat
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
|
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| CURT
André |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
Officer
|
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|
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| DALLET |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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|
|
| DANLOUP |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
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| DAUPHIN |
Sub-Lieutenant
|
|
Mechanic
Officer
|
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|
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|
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| DAVIGNON
Emile - Henri |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
|
Born
in Laroche Saint Cydroine (89 - Yonne) on 24 June 1894
Died February 16th 1978 at Podensac (33 - Gironde) |
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|
|
| DECAMP |
Sergent
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
|
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|
DECARRE
|
Lieutenant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic-Officer
|
Present
at 10 May 1940 |
|
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|
|
| DECKERT |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
|
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|
|
DECOBEQUE
|
Master-Corporal
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
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|
| DEDHUIT |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
|
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
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|
DEFRANCHI
Jean
|
Master-Corporal
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
Joined
the Air Force Mechanics School of Rochefort in April 1939. Assigned
to the GBA II/54 in May 1940. |
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DELACROIX
|
Master-Corporal
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic's
Assistant
|
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|
|
|
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| DELEMONTEZ
Jean |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
5th
Sqn.- Chief-Warrant Officer Marcel LION's mechanic |
|
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|
|
| DEPECKER
Maurice - François |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GAO ?
|
Mechanic
|
Maurice
DEPECKER joined the air force in 1937. He joined the 38th Aviation
Regiment, then the regimental school in Metz, before passing
the entrance exam to the mechanics school in Rochefort. He left
for the Middle East and took part in the Istres-Damas-Paris
race; he attended machine gunner courses before returning to
France to Bordeaux, where he worked on the Bloch MB210. He took
part in the French campaign as part of a GAO.
He resigned from the army and managed to escape from France
via Spain in December 1942. He was arrested in Barcelona and
imprisoned in Zaragoza and Miranda. He finally reached England
and joined the FAFL in July 1943. Maurice DEPECKER was demobilised
in 1945. |
Born
on 25 February 1911 in Dunkerque (59 - Nord)
Died in Paris (75) on 31 December 2007 |
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| DESCHARLES
Adolphe |
Master-Corporal
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
Sergeant
Paul MATHIEU's mechanic |
|
|
|
|
| DESGRANGES |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
Captain Williame's Mechanic |
|
|
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|
DIEU
|
Sergeant
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
Nicknamed
"Jesus": Mechanic assigned to Warrant Officer André
MITON's aircraft. |
|
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|
|
| DORIZON |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanics
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRICOT
|
Adjutant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DUBOST
Marcel Paul |
Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
|
Born
on 26 July 1919 in Chateau du Loir (72 - Sarthe)
Died at Pertuis (84 - Vaucluse) on 10 May 2002 |
|
|
|
| DUCHET
Raymond |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
2nd Sqn.
|
Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
Born
17 September 1914 in Zigliara (20 - Corsica)
Died November 27th 1998 at Bordeaux (33 - Gironde) |
|
|
|
| DUPEYROUX |
Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DURIEZ |
Master-Corporal
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DURSAPT |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DUTERNE |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB I/15
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DUVOID |
Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
|
In
order to try to remedy the machine gun freezes at altitude,
Sergeant DUVOID suggested plugging up part of the air intake
located at the leading edge of the Morane 406. |
|
|
|
|
| DYOT |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EISENMAN |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
|
|
|
|
| ENCRENAZ |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ERMENAULT
Jean |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ESCALLE |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| FAUCHE
Jean |
Chief
Warrant-Officer
|
|
Chief
mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| FAURE |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
|
| FILLIATRE |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
|
|
|
|
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| FINKELSTEIN
Franck |
Soldier
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Mechanic
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In November 1938, Franck
Finkelstein joined the French Air Force for 3 years and was
posted to the Bataillon de l'Air 127, based at Avord.
In January 1939, he was transferred to GAO 544, which he left
on 7 June 1940 to join GAO 511.
After the Armistice, he was transferred to Compagnie de l'air
CA 96/101; he then joined Compagnie B at Uzein, stationed
at Pau, before being posted to BA 101 at Toulouse-Francazal.
He was transferred to air base 155 in Casablanca, probably
at the end of 1940, and was demobilised in February 1941.
A Jew, Franck FINKELSTEIN was arrested on 29 July 1942 and
interned at Drancy. He was transferred to several camps in
France (Pithiviers, Beaune-La-Rolande, Drancy), before being
deported to Auschwitz, where he died on 17 November 1942.
Source http://finkelstein.free.fr/shoah/
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Born
in Paris on 17 July 1919.
Killed on 17 November 1942 in Auschwitz camp |
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| FOND |
Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Equipment
mechanic
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Killed
on June 3, 1940, during the bombardment of the airfield of Mantes-Gassicourt
by the Germans. |
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| FONTENELLE |
Chief
Warrant-Officer
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GAO
III/551
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Mechanic
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| FOUAL |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
/ Radio (?)
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He
appear in the flight logs of Sergeant-Chef Ernest ROUX, flight
engineer, as crew member of Potez 631 fighter command aircraft.
We can assume that their dutie were "Radio", but this
remains to be confirmed. |
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| FOUGERAT |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| FOULONNEAU |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
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| FREUND
René |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
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6th
Sqn.. - Lieutenant CHALLE's mechanic. After the Allied landings
in North Africa, in November 1942, Sergeant René FREUND
will go to the United States to train as a pilot, and will end
the war as a pilot. |
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| GAUNET
Louis |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
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5th
Sqn. |
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| GAY |
Staff-Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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| GEIGER
Raymond - Marie |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC I/7
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Mechanic
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Raymond
GEIGER qualified as a mechanic in 1934. He attended the Rochefort
school and was then sent to various aviation companies for trials.
He was posted to the GC I/7 at Dijon, with which group he embarked
for Tunisia and then Algeria in March 1939. Back in France,
he left for the Levant on board the ‘Commandant Teste’
and landed in Beirut with the GC I/7 in February 1940. He joined
the RAF voluntarily in July 1940, then Free French Flight No.
2 with Commandant Jacquier. He went on a mission to Cyprus and
then to Ismailia as an OTU. He joined the FAFL on 1st April
1941 and was posted to Fighter Group 1 at Rayak. He left with
the ‘Alsace’ on an operation for Libya. He embarked
with the Alsace for England in 1942 as an aircraft mechanic.
After the war, he was assigned to GT I/15 in Orléans,
then to the Technical and Industrial Directorate in 1946. Raymond
GEIGER retired in 1961. |
Born
on 29 July 1914 in Tours (37 - Indre-et-Loire).
Died at Saint-Mandé (94 - Val de Marne) on 5 July 1994 |
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| GELOUX
Jean - Victor |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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Mechanic
1st Sqn.
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Born
27 May 1908, Brest (29 - Finistère)
Died at Villeneuve sur lot (47 - Lot et Garonne) on 3 May 1982 |
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| GERBER
Lucien |
Corporal
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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| GILET |
Sergeant
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GC II/4
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Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
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| GIMONET
Camille - Gaston |
Lieutenant
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Officier
Mechanic
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Wounded
on 21 June during an aerial bombardment in Marseille while on
board the echelon for a flight to North Africa. |
Born
in Bourges (18 - Cher) on 10 November 1900
Died at Versailles (78 - Yvelines) on 11 June 1975 |
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| GIRAUD |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC I/5
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Mechanic
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| GIRER-REY |
Corporal
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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| GOETT |
Sergeant
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Mechanic
1st Sqn.
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Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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| GOIZET |
Master-Corporal
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GC II/4
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Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| GONSAUD |
Captain
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Mechanic
Officer
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| GOY |
Lieutenant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
Officer
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| GRANGER |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
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| GRIESBACH |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC I/5
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Mechanic
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GRILLOT
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Mechanic
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| GUENOT
Louis |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
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| GUIHENEUF
Auguste |
Staff-Sergeant
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Radio-Mechanic
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The staff sergeant Auguste
GUIHENEUF carried out the whole French Campaign within the
GAO 511 before being demobilised.
After the Liberation, he gave "sound reading" courses
for the Air Force at Château-Bougon airport.
He ended his career as Inspector of Technical Education in
the Academy of Nantes.
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HAUDRY
|
Sergeant
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GBA I/54
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Mechanic
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HERAULT
|
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| HERBERT |
Sergeant
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GC I/2
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Mechanic
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| HOFFERT
Alfred |
Staff-Sergeant
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Tours-Parçay-Meslay
Air Base No. 109
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Mechanic
|
He volunteered in July
1931 for the Fleet Crew Corps at Rochefort, but was judged
unfit due to insufficient teeth and sent home.
Undeterred, and with a passion for mechanics, he re-enlisted
in September 1931 in the 2nd Aviation Regiment at Strasbourg-Neudorf
as a non-aircraft mechanic, and in September 1933 joined Air
Base No. 3 at Tours-Parçay-Meslay.
He was awarded the Brevet Supérieur de Mécanicien
d'Aéronautique on 11 May 1934, as well as the Brevet
de Mitrailleur sur Hotchkiss modèle 1929. He was appointed
sergeant on 1 November 1934. He was then posted to the 31
½ Air Brigade, still at the Tours-Parçay-Meslay
base.
He was admitted to the Corps of Career Non-Commissioned Officers
on 28 March 1937 and was appointed Staff Sergeant on 1 July
1939.
He took part in the
French Campaign as a mechanic at the Tours-Parçay-Meslay
base.
On 17 June 1940, with two other men, he tried to reach North
Africa on board Potez 63-11 no. 111, but was attacked by
the Italian Chasse and forced to make a forced landing near
Salon en Provence.
On 16 October 1940, Alfred Hoffert was posted to Air Battalion
117, where he was seconded to Air Base 127 at Avord in the
Cher department.
He was appointed warrant officer on 1st July 1943, then
transferred to Air Battalion no. 175 of the Clermont subdivision
on 16th October 1944.
On 23 October 1944 he joined Tours Air Base, which had just
been liberated by the Americans on 28 August.
Appointed Chief Warrant Officer on 1st September l945, he
went on to reorganise the Tours training base.
He was then posted to C.R.A.P. 207 in Tours (personnel administration
assembly centre) on 20th December 1946, but this administrative
work did not interest him and he was admitted to the benefit
of the articles of the Law of 5th April 1946 relating to
the release of staff from service as of 20th December 1946,
he retired to the suburbs of Tours and never left.
Alfred HOFFERT was awarded the Military Medal on 31 December
1948.
More information
in the page dedicated to Staff-Sergeant Alfred HOFFERT:
Here
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Born 19 April 1913 in
Algolsheim (68 Haut-Rhin)
Died 27 July 1992 at Tours - (37 - Indre et Loire)
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| HOFFMANN
François |
Chief
Warrant Officer
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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| HUIN
Robert |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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5th
Sqn. |
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JACQUELIN
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Mechanic
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| JACQUEMIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| JAMET |
Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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| JANNET
Justin |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
|
Captain Bouvarre's mechanic |
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| JOANNET
Brice - Georget |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mecanicien
2nd Sqn.
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Born
in Bourges (18 - Cher) on 4 April 1912
Died at Angers(49 - Maine et Loire) on 21 November 1996 |
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| KIOLACEI |
2nd Class
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GC II/4
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Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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KOCHER
|
Staff-Sergeant
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GBA II/54
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Mechanic
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| LACHENARDIERE |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| LACOSTE
Pierre |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
6th
Sqn. |
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| LAGARDE
Félix |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
6th
Sqn. |
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| LAHAILLE |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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| LAMARQUE |
Sergeant
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|
Mechanic
1st Sqn.
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Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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| LANGLADE |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC I/5
|
Mechanic
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| LANGRAND |
2nd Class
|
GC II/4
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Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| LARDEUR |
Adjutant
|
GR I/35
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Mechanic
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| LATORE |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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| LAURENT |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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| LAZZERI |
Master-Corporal
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GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| LE
BASQUE |
Master-Corporal
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Mechanic
/ Radio (?) |
He
appear in the flight logs of Sergeant-Chef Ernest ROUX, flight
engineer, as crew member of Potez 631 fighter command aircraft.
We can assume that their dutie were "Radio", but this
remains to be confirmed. |
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| LEBEUF |
Adjudant
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|
Mechanic
2nd Sqn.
|
Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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LEBORGNE
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| LEBOUBE |
Adjutant
|
GR II/33
|
Mechanic
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| LE-BRETON
Pierre |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GB I/15
|
Mechanic
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| LE-CARVENNEC |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
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| LECERF |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
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| LECOUSTEY |
Sergeant
|
GR II/33
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Mechanic
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| LE-CREN |
Soldat
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Mechanic
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| LEDUC |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
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| LE-GOAS |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
Taken
prisoner on May 21, 1940, during the attack by German troops
on the transition echelon. |
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| LEPINOIT
Nidal |
Sergeant
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
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LEPORS
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| LERICHE |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
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| LE-ROCH |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
|
Present
at the Group in August 1939: perhaps the same person as Chief
Warrant Officer LE-ROCH present at GBA I/54 in May 1940. |
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LE-ROCH
|
Chief-Warrant
Officer
|
GBA II/54
|
Chief
Hangar Mechanic
|
Present
at the Group in May 1940: perhaps the same person as Sergeant
LE-ROCH present at GR I/35 in August 1939. |
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| LESAGE |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
Electricity-Radio 3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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LE-TORREC
|
Adjutant
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Mechanic
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| LEYDER |
Sergeant
|
GR II/33
|
Mechanic
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| LHOTELIER |
Staff-Sergeant
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|
Mechanic
2nd Sqn.
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Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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LOEILLER
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA II/54
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| LOUAGE |
Master-Corporal
|
GC II/4
|
Weapons
Mechanic 3rd Squadron.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| LOUVET |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GR II/33
|
Mechanic
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| LUCAS |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
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| LUTHRINGER |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| MAFFRE |
Master-Corporal
|
GC II/4
|
Mechanic
Electricity-Radio 3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| MAIRE |
Adjutant
|
GC I/5
|
Chief
Hangar
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| MANEYROL |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
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| MANIFACIER |
Adjudant
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|
Mechanic
2nd Sqn.
|
Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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| MARCEAU
Marcel |
Adjutant
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
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| MARTIN
Camille |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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| MARTIN |
Sergeant
|
GR I/35
|
Armament
Mechanic
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MARTIN
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| MARTORELLA |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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Mechanic
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| MASSA
Jean |
Corporal
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
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| MAZIER |
|
GC I/5
|
Chief
Hangar 1st Sqn.
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| MAZIN |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| MENNEIRET |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
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| METZ |
Adjutant
|
GC II/4
|
Deputy
Head of Hangar
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| MICHEL |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
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| MILLER |
Master-Corporal
|
GR I/35
|
Mechanic
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| MONTGUIT |
Master-Corporal
|
GC II/4
|
Equipment
mechanics
3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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MOUPEU
|
Staff-Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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| MOUXEAUX
Aimé |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
6th
Sqn. |
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| NICAISE
Robert - Jean |
Sergeant
|
21st
Bombardment Wing
GB I/21 or GB II/21
|
Mechanic
|
Robert
NICAISE was a student mechanic at the Breguet school in 1939.
He took part in the French campaign with the 21st Bombardment
Wing (GB I/21 or GB II/21). He was posted to Morocco in 1941
and returned to the UK in December 1943. He was posted as a
radio navigator to GB II/21. He was posted to Algeria in 1950,
then to Indochina with GT II/61 ‘Maine’ and then to
GBI-19 in 1952. He was posted to Orléans with ET III/61
in 1955, then returned to Algeria from 1956 to 1962. Robert
NICAISE was placed on aircrew leave in 1967. |
Born
on 16 August 1920 in Noyant (49 - Maine-et-Loire)
Died at Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie (49 - Maine-et-Loire) on 14
March 2006 |
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| NIVOIT
Camille |
Sergeant
|
GC I/4
|
Mechanic
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| NOEL |
Sergeant
|
GC II/4
|
General
Service Mechanic 3rd Sqn.
|
Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| NYS |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Mechanic
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| ORANGE |
|
GR II/33
|
Mechanic
|
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| PAGEIX
Paul |
Staff-Sergeant
|
GC I/5
|
Chief
Hangar 2nd Sqn.
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Born
on March 29, 1912 at Beaumont (63)
Died
on 1970
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PALLIER
|
Master-Corporal
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
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| PARIS |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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| PATARIN |
Soldat
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Mechanic
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| PEDEGERT
Marcel - Vincent |
Sergeant
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|
Mechanic
1st Sqn.
|
Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
Born
on 29 April 1918 in Boumourt (64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Died at Boumourt on 25 May 2007 |
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| Péré |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
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PERNIN
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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PETAT
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
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PEVE
|
Sergeant
|
GBA I/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| PEYRARD
Pierre |
Master-Corporal
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
5th
Sqn. |
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PICART
|
Chief-Warrant
Officer
|
GBA II/54
|
Mechanic
|
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| PICHON |
Sergeant
|
GC III/7
|
Mechanic
|
Commander
ARNOUX's mechanic |
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|
|
| PICHOT |
Staff-Sergeant
|
|
Mechanic
(?)
|
Staff
Sergeant PICHOT of GAO 511 appearing on a photo next to the
Mechanic Staff Sergeant Auguste GUIHENEUF, I made the hypothesis
that he is himself a Mechanic, but that remains to be confirmed.
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| PINARD |
Adjutant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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PLESSIER
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Staff-Sergeant
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GBA II/54
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Mechanic
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| PLUCHARD
André - Goeges |
Sergeant
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Mechanic
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Born
on 6 August 1915 in Gommegnies (59 - Nord)
Died in Paris (75) on 17 June 1997 |
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PRAT
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Sergeant
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GBA I/54
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Mechanic
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| PROTON |
Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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| PROTT |
2nd Class
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GC II/4
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Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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PRUVOST
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Staff-Sergeant
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GBA I/54
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Mechanic
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| QUERBES
René |
Adjutant
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GC III/7
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Head
of Electrician Section
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RANCIER
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Mechanic
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| REMAURY
Lucien |
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Photographer
then mechanic
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Lucien
REMAURY, a LATECOERE engineer in civilian life, was initially
assigned to the Photo Department, before obtaining a position
as a mechanic more suited to his skills.
On 28 May 1950, René REMAURY was killed in an accident
involving a LATE 631: the aircraft disintegrated during a test
at Cap Ferret. The 4 crew members were killed. |
Killed
on 28 May 1950 above Cap-Ferret. |
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| REYROLLES |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
1st Sqn.
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Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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| RICHARD |
Sergeant
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GR II/33
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Mechanic
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RIVIERE
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Staff-Sergeant
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Group
Armoury Manager
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| RONGIER
Jacques |
Sergeant
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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| RONGEOT
Pierre |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Hangar
Chief of 6 Sqn GC III/7
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| ROQUES |
Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| ROUELLE |
2nd Class
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GC II/4
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Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| ROUGERIE |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC I/5
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Mechanic
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| ROY
Maurice |
Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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RUAUX
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Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| RUCH |
Staff-Sergeant
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GR II/33
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Mechanic
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| SALOMON |
Staff-Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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| SAOUT |
Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| SAVOYE |
Master-Corporal
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GC II/4
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Equipment
mechanics
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 at the dissolution in August 1940 |
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| SCHNEIDER
Gilbert - Henri |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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No. 103
Air Battalion, Chateauroux
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Radio
Telegraph Mechanic
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For
more information, see the file dedicated to Chief Warrant Officer
Gilbert SCHNEIDER, accessible on the right of the photo. |
Born on 23 July 1909
in Gerbéviller (54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Died in Villeneuve-sur-Lot (47 - Lot et Garonne) on 2 February
1998.
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| SICARD
Jean - François |
Adjutant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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On
March 21, 1940, the Potez 63-11 No.255 crashes after an engine
failure. The crew is killed |
Born on 17 August 1906
at Chateaurenard (13 - Bouches du Rhône)
Killed on 21 March 1940 at Barly (80 - Somme)
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SOLER
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Staff-Sergeant
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GBA II/54
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Mechanic
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| SORLIN
René |
Adjutant
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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| TARROQUE |
Adjutant
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GC II/4
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Mechanics
3rd Sqn.
Hangar Chief
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| TECHENEY |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
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| TEYNIER
Raymond |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Mechanic
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| THEVENIN |
Sergeant
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GR I/35
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Mechanic
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Seriously
injured on October 31, 1939 in the accident of bloch MB131 No.
73, he did not join the Group until December 1939. |
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THOUZERY
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Staff-Sergeant
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GB II/34
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Mechanic
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| THUOT
Emile |
Corporal
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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| TINTILLIER
André |
Staff-Sergeant
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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TOUCHET
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Staff-Sergeant
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GBA II/54
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Mechanic
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| TOURY
Louis |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
1st Sqn.
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Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
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| TURPAUD
René - Raymond |
Sergeant
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22nd
Bombardment Air Wing, Chartres
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Mechanic
- Electrician
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René
TURPAUD enlisted in 1932. He qualified as a mechanic and was
posted to the 22nd Air Wing at Chartres as an electrician. After
the Armistice, he was posted to the Air Force industrial workshop
in Casablanca in December 1940, then to the GB I/32 group in
1941. He was placed on Armistice leave and then recalled in
1943 to the Fez transmission school. René TURPAUD was
demobilised in 1945 and transferred to the reserves. |
Born
on 7 September 1913 in Saint-Denis-du-Pin (17 - Charente-Maritime).
Died in Paris (75) on 30 December 2003 |
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| VANDERLUYS |
2nd Class
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GC II/4
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Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| VAN
INGELVELDE |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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GAO 502
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Mechanic
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| VASSEUR |
2nd Class
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GC II/4
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Mechanic's
assistant, 3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| VAUCOULOUX |
Sergeant
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GC III/7
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Armourer
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VAUTHIER
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Staff-Sergeant
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GBA I/54
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Mechanic
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| VEYLER |
Master-Corporal
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Mechanic
/ Radio (?) |
He
appear in the flight logs of Sergeant-Chef Ernest ROUX, flight
engineer, as crew member of Potez 631 fighter command aircraft.
We can assume that their dutie were "Radio", but this
remains to be confirmed. |
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| VIARD |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
(?)
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Staff
Sergeant VIARD of GAO 511 appearing on a photo next to the Mechanic
Staff Sergeant Auguste GUIHENEUF, I made the hypothesis that
he is himself a Mechanic, but that remains to be confirmed.
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| VINAY |
Sergeant
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GC II/4
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Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 when the Group was established in May 1939 |
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| WAGON |
Sergeant
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GC II/4
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Mechanic
3rd Sqn.
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Present
in GC II/4 from its creation in May 1939 to its dissolution
in August 1940. |
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| WALSER
Charles |
Chief-Warrant
Officer
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Etat-Major
Groupement 18
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Mechanic
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Died
on 7 June 1940 during a training flight. The Breguet 695 No3
flown by General GIRIER crashed on landing. General GIRIER was
wounded, but Chief Warrant Officer WALSER died as a result of
his injuries.Contrary to many writings, Chief Warrant Officer
Charles WALSER was a mechanic and therefore could not fly the
aircraft. (Source Mr C. CLOSTERY, Grandson of Charles WALSER) |
Born on December 12,
1901 at Narbonne
Died on June 7,1940
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| WARNAULT |
Staff-Sergeant
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Mechanic
1st Sqn.
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Embarked
on the boat "CHAMPOLLION" on 21 June 1940 in Marseille
with the rolling echelon of GR I/22 to reach North Africa. |
Born
on 13 November 1887 |
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| WENISH
Henri |
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GC I/5
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Mechanic
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After
graduating from the Rochefort School of Mechanics, he was posted
to Air Base 112 in 1936 and became Edmond MARIN LA MESLEE's
mechanic at GC I/5. He will follow the pilot throughout the
French Campaign in North Africa after the Armistice. Raised
in rank, he will have to leave GC I/5 in 1944. |
Born on August 7, 1917
at Bouguenais
Died on January 31,
2013 at Tinqueux (51)
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| WIART
Jean |
Corporal
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GC I/4
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Mechanic
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