Marcel Têtu
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Marcel Têtu (30 October 1888 – 15 December 1983) was a general of the French Air Force during World War II.
Early life
Marcel Têtu was born in Chalon-sur-Saône, France on 30 October 1888, and he entered the French Army artillery and the air corps after graduating from the École Polytechnique in 1908.[1]
World War II
Têtu commanded the Cooperative Air Force during the Battle of France in 1940, leading both British Royal Air Force and French Air Force planes against the dominant German Luftwaffe. On 22 June 1940, he pledged his loyalty to Vichy France, and he became a colonial administrator in Gabon as Deputy Governor General of French Equatorial Africa. In October 1940, Gaullist Free French forces invaded Gabon, and Têtu was forced to surrender at Libreville on 9 November. Têtu refused to join the Free French, and he was interned in a prisoner-of-war camp for two years. He died in Nice in 1983 at the age of 95.[2]
References
- ^ "Marcel Tetu". Historica Wiki. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ "Marcel Tetu". Historica Wiki. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
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