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GERMEREAU, Lucien

Personal Information
Rank Agent
Forename(s) Lucien Désiré Charles
Surname Germereau
Gender M
Age 38
Decorations Cross of the Legion of Honour, Medal of the Resistance, Croix de Guerre with silver star.
Date of death 05-08-1944
Next of kin Son of Desire Edouard Germereau and Albertine Eugenie Marie Germereau. Husband of Madeleine Claire Germereau (née Naubron)
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Westland Lysander IIIA
Serial Number V9748
Markings MA-D
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Messac Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference .
Epitaph ALWAYS TO LIVE IN MY HEART
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 169
Enlistment information
Service Number -
Service Special Operations Executive
Group 3
Squadron 161 (Special Duties)
Trade Agent
Country of origin if different France
Fellow Servicemen
Alcock J P (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 04-08-1944
End Date 05-08-1944
Takeoff Station Winkleigh
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Special Operations Executive- Operation Piroque, for France
Reason for Loss Shot down by a Mosquito, the pilot of which had followed the Lysander for some 25 miles in an attempt to identify it and concluded it was a Henschel Hs126. The Lysander exploded and crashed onto a farm by the name of La Patouillais near Messac, SSW of Rennes, France.