Pilots of Note
- Marcel Albert
- Pierre Clostermann The top-scoring Free French air ace in western Europe with 38 victories
- Romain Gary
- Pierre Le Gloan Fighter pilot who flew with the Vichy French air force in North Africa
- François de Labouchère
- Pierre Mendès France
- René Mouchotte
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Reconnaissance pilot in North Africa after 1943.
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