[Lucien]

On June 6th 1940, a bunch of French pilots were awarded British awards and, most probably, a similar number of French "Croix de guerre" were bestowed to some RAF pilots. This kind of "courteous exchanges" was not uncommon during both WW. As far as I know, the French so awarded were :

Adjudant pilote Antoine MERCY, GR II/52,
Adjudant pilote Pierre, René, James VILLEY, GC II/4,
Adjudant pilote Camille PLUBEAU, GC II/4,
Adjudant-chef pilote Jean-Baptiste LE BAIL, GR II/22,
Lieutenant pilote Maurice AMARRE, GR II/52,
Lieutenant pilote Pierre, Georges HOUZE, GC II/5,
Lieutenant pilote Robert, Jean HUVET, GC II/5,
Lieutenant pilote Jean, Isidore ISRAEL, GR II/33,
Lieutenant pilote René, Louis JOSSELIN, GC II/5,
Lieutenant pilote Jean BERNARD, unit unknow

Two remarks :

- In the French services, adjudant and adjudant-chef (with a d) are NCOs, wether Warrant officers, their roughly equivalent in the RAF, have officers privileges. This explain why the DFC, which is an officer award, has been bestowed to them.
- For the same reasons, it is most probable that a bunch of DFMs have also been awarded at the same time to French sergents & sergents-chefs pilotes. Would be intersting to do some checking in whatever records is available in the UK.

The killing question !

Those French flyers were mostly regulars and I wonder if, after July 3rd, the survivors were allowed and/or willling to wear their British awards...