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French pilot trained at Gary?

Can you help me with my quest? I'm told that I might find some leads if I search the files of the San Marcos Record that are in the San Marcos Historical Society. But, being 1,000 miles from San Marcos, this is difficult. By the way, I graduated from San Marcos High School in 1952.

·(I'm looking for a name.)In the fall of 1952 or 1953 a French Air Force pilot was taking helicopter training at Gary AFB near San Marcos Texas. Addison Buckner, a publisher of the San Marcos Record, invited us over for dinner. The guest of honor was a with the French Air Force and in training at Gary AFB. For decades now I have been trying to find the name and the history of this fellow.

Briefly, (I have more details of his story, should you be interested) he was from the Alsace-Lorraine territory. In WWII he was trained in the Luftwaffe, defected piloting an ME-109. Served in the Free French Air Force.Was transferred to Britain, combined with other pilots of various nationalities and sent to Russia to fly with the Soviet Air Force (flying P-39’s?).After completing helicopter training he was sent to “French Indo-China” where the French were fighting the Viet Minh (one of their leaders being Ho Chi Minh).He was last heard from just before the battle of Dien Bien Phu when he wrote that the French were down to himself and one other helicopter pilot.

I hope that you, or someone you know can help me find this fellow. Don Goodson --Pohacoso (talk) 17:57, 18 November 2016 (UTC) Pohacoso (talk) 17:57, 18 November 2016 (UTC)