The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gabriel-Roger Cochet

Cochet, Gabriel-Roger

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of October 1888

† 1973

(Armée de l'Air)

Promotions

1936-12-15 Colonel
1940-04-10 Brigadier-General
1943-05-26 Major-General
1945-01-25 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-08-24 1939-09-02 Commanding Officer 8th Air Brigade
1939-09-02 1940-10-20 Commanding Officer Air Forces, 5th Army
1939-09-02 1940-10-20 Commanding Officer Air Defence, 5th Army
1940-07-XX Enters the Resistance
1940-10-20 Placed on terminal leave
1941-06-20 Arrested
1941-09-XX Released
1942-09-06 Re-arrested
1942-11-26 Escaped
1943-03-26 Joins the Free French Air Force
1943-05-10 1943-10-01 Chief of Staff "F"
1943-10-01 1944-03-10 Director of Special Services London-Algiers
1944-03-10 1944-10-12 Military Delegated of the Government in Southern Operational Theatre
1944-03-10 1944-10-12 Commander in Chief French Forces of the Interior, Southern Zone
1944-11-21 1945-02-15 Chairman of the Commission for Purification of the Air Force
1944-11-21 1945-02-15 Chairman of the Commission for Reintegration of French Forces of the Interior
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