Military career of Pierre Gallay

Military career of Pierre Gallay.

 

Ranks;

 

Sgt:    15/04/1940

Sgc:    15/03/1942

Asp:    01/05/1944

Slt:      25/06/1944

Ltt:      25/03/1945

 

 

 

 

03/03/1936 – – on a voluntary basis in Algeria as volunteer BA201

19/09/1938 – – Lyon, air Battalion 105

05/11/1938 – – airfield of Montluçon  

05/12/1939 – – Travelling with Air Battalion 105 to Aulnat

09/12/1939 – – Based on the airfield of Chartres  

                      With cruise ship Arandora star together with Poles from France to Great Britain

01/07/1940 – – Volunteer FAFL n° 30121 Forces Aériennes Françaises Libre (Free French Air force)

02/11/1940 – – ITW 

31/05/1941 – – No. 6 EFTS, (Elementary Flying Training School)

26/07/1941 – – No. 5 SFTS, (Service Flight Training School)

28/10/1941 – – Air brevet No. 130 squadron 

29/10/1941 – – OTU, (Operational Training Unit) 

23/12/1941 – – No. 130 squadron 

17/03/1942 – – CI Camberley 

13/04/1942 – – Leaving England, Freetown, Nigeria, Fort Lamy 

19/06/1942 – – Arrival in the East  

22/06/1942 – – GMI Damascus 

05/08/1942 – – Destination – GC1 Alsace

October 1942 – By ship from the Middle East to Britain   

02/02/1943 – – 61 OTU, (Operational Training Unit)

01/03/1943 – – Camberley 

06/03/1943 – – No. 341 squadron 

20/10/1944 – – Disappeared (near the village of Oisterwijk) 

29/10/1944 – – return to his unit  

17/01/1945 – – leaving FAF (Forces Aériennes Françaises)

 

 

Kills by Gallay;

 

28/09/44  A German Me 109 with a Spitfire XIV of No. 341 Sqn