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