Looking for Leon Goetz Bio Data

[gilles collaveri]

Good evening,

I am helping a friend who tries to "rebuild" his father's career.

Leon Goetz was a Bloch152 pilot in 1940 with GC II 10, he was shot down once but parachuted safely, he scored two kills (one 109 and one 110) tried to escape to spain after June 1940, was captured then finished the war at Dora prisoners' camp.

After the war, he made a career in the French Air Force.

Can you help me finding information on him ?

Txs, best regards

GC

[Peter Cornwell]

14 May 1940: GC II/10 Bloch 152 (66). Belly-landed following combat with Bf110s of I. and II./ZG26 over Dinant 7.30 p.m. S/Lt L. Goetz believed unhurt. Aircraft damage state not recorded.

17 May 1940: GC II/10 Bloch 152 (193). Landed at Plessis-Belleville aileron damaged in combat with Bf110s between Saint-Quentin and Chauny 12.00 p.m. Possibly that attacked by Oberlt Borchers of 4./ZG76. S/Lt. L. Goetz unhurt. Aircraft damaged but repairable.

17 May 1940: 3./ZG1 Messerschmitt Bf110C. Shot down by S/Lt Goetz of GC II/10 and crashed at Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, south-east of Douai, 11.30 a.m. Lt H. Schwabedissen and Obergefr W. Chranowski both killed. Aircraft a write-off.

13 Jue 1940: GC II/10 Bloch 152 (690). Shot down by flak near Aigle during reconnaissance sortie p.m. S/Lt L. Goetz unhurt. Aircraft a write-off.

Source: The Battle of France Then & Now (2007)

[gilles collaveri]

Thanks a lot,

fascinating to see that a French man asking a question about a French pilot gets an answer from a British citizen: It is a small world !

Best regards

GC