Steff, Eugène Paul Yvon

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

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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Nicham Iftikhar, Officer

Awarded on:: November 20th, 1934

Brevet N°2843

Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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.

Air Medal (AM)

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.

Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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

Nicham Iftikhar, Commander

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Colonel (Group Captain)
Awarded on:: January 14th, 1949

Brevet N°196

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Kommandant (Major)

General Order n° 17 of LTG Air Superior in North Africa

Médaille du Levant (Vichy)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Cancelled per 7022 / DPM.I / EMGA of 22.5.44

Sources

Photo 1: Derek Bagwell
- Officer Log book & other documents French Forces Ministry.