Date of birth:

August 10th, 1920 (Cahors/Lot, France)

Date of death:

December 2nd, 2011 (Trémuson/Brittany, France)

Service number:

FR2886

Nationality:

French

Also received the Grand Croix de l'Ordre National du Mérite and the Croix de la Valeur Militaire.

Promotions:
1938: Sergeant;
1940: Aspirant;
?: Sous-Lieutenant;
1945: Lieutenant;
1966: Colonel.

Career:
1938: Pilote de Armeé de l'Air, Istres;
?: Ecole de Chasse, La Sénia, Oran;
June 1940: Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres;
July 29th, 1940: No. 1 School of Army Copoperation, Old Sarum;
August 10th, 1940: Odiham;
August 19th, 1940: No. 6 Operational Training Unit, Sutton Bridge;
September 11th, 1940: Pilote No. 245 Squadron, Prestwick;
September 18th, 1940: Pilote No. 615 Squadron, Prestwick/Northolt;
May 1941: Instructeur No. 59 Operational Training Unit;
January 1942: Groupe de Chasse no. 1 "Alsace";
?: Pilote No. 341 Squadron;
1966: Retirement;
1967 - 1984: Director Paris Air Show, Le Bourget.

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