René Mouchotte
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Commandant René Mouchotte DFC was a World War II pilot of the French Air Force, who escaped from Vichy French–controlled Oran to join the Free French forces. Serving with RAF Fighter Command, he rose
René Mouchotte and Sqn Ldr "Jack" Charles at RAF Biggin Hill in May 1943
Hurricanes of 615 Squadron land at RAF Northolt in November 1940
Mouchotte's tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Stele of Commander René-Mouchotte in Cambrai
French Air and Space Force
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The French Air and Space Force is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces. Formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, it became an independent military br
René Mouchotte
…Commandant René Mouchotte DFC (21 August 1914 – 27 August 1943) was a World War II pilot of the French Air Force, who escaped from Vichy French–controlled Oran to join the Free French forces. Serving with RAF Fighter Command, he rose to command a fighter wing…
"Company of aviators", September 1914, by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
French aircraft during World War I, flying over German held territory (1915)
Nieuport-Delage NiD.29 C.1 fighter used in the early post-WWI period.
Dewoitine D.510 monoplane fighters from the mid-1930s