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Re: Adjt Pierre VILLEY GC2/4
No idea why he had a DFC. At least during the France campain, he did nothing i know related to RAF or British troops.
He claimed 1/2 Ju 86 and a Bf 110 probable on 16 May, and 1/2 Bf 109 on 25 May but was killed in the same fight when his Curtiss H-75 n°121 collided with the Curtiss H-75 n°220 of Sgt François Dietrich of the same unit during the attack.
"18 Curtiss of GC II/4 tasked with escorting a Potez 63.11 on a reconaissance mission from Berry-au-Bac to Rethel met 5 Bf109s, and lost two pilots. Villey's Curtiss H-75 n°121 broke in two in the air and he was thrown out but his parachute opened too late and he was killed by hitting the ground atCauroy (Ardennes)."
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