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Clostermann, Pierre

    Date of birth:
    February 28th, 1921 (Curitiba, Brasil)
    Date of death:
    March 22nd, 2006 (Montesquieu-des-Albères/Pyrénées-Orientales, France)
    Nationality:
    French (1870-present, Republic)

    Biography

    Career:
    1939: California Institute of Technology;
    March 1942: Free French Legion;
    ?: No. 61 Operational Training Unit;
    January 1943: No. 341 Squadron (Groupe de Chasse n° 3/2 "Alsace");
    October 1943: No. 602 Squadron;
    December 1944: No. 274 Squadron;
    March 1945: No. 56 Squadron;
    March1945: No. 3 Squadron;
    April 8th, 1945: Commanding Officer, "A" Flight, No. 3 Squadron;
    ?: No. 122 Wing.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Capitaine
    Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    With 19 citations.
    Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    August 26th, 1944
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    May 28th, 1945

    Received as bar for on the ribbon of the first DFC.
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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