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Steff, Eugène Paul Yvon

Date of birth:
1906 (Reunion Island, France)
Date of death:
1951 (St Lambert des Bois, France)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Colonel Steff also received Officier de Ordre de l'Étoile noire on 25-10-1948 - BO N°43.
Colonel Steff died at St Lambert des Bois, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France as a result of a single person military jet crash in Saint Remy les Chevreuse.

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Awarded on:
November 20th, 1934

Brevet N°2843
Nicham Iftikar, Officer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kommandant (Major)
Awarded on:
June 16th, 1945

F.R.O.P. No. 154 of 1.7.45 (page 546G)
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kommandant (Major)
Awarded on:
June 1945

Formal bestowment per Department of the Military Staff - 3rd Bureau - N° 14683-RS (8 August 1945), but was already in possession of the medal.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kommandant (Major)
Awarded on:
June 1945

Formal bestowment per General Order No. 279 (8 October 1946), but was already in possession of the medal.
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel (Wing Commander)
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1947

F.R.O.P. No. 126, 29.7.47 - page 9927
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Colonel (Group Captain)
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1949

Brevet N°196
Nicham Iftikar, Commander
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kommandant (Major)

General Order n° 17 of LTG Air Superior in North Africa
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Cancelled per 7022 / DPM.I / EMGA of 22.5.44
Médaille du Levant (Vichy)

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