Germereau, Lucien Désiré Charles
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 | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Gibraltar Farm Barn, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scrolls |
Memorial Text | In memory of 161 Sqn, RAF Tempsford February 1942 - June 1945 |
Location | Church of St. Peter, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaques & Roll of Honour |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of 161 Sqn, RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force, and SOE agents killed during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Reseau Ecarlate (Scarlet network) agent |
Buried under his alias, Lucien Desire Charles Pradier. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1068/24 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1068/23 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-08-1944 |
End Date | 05-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Winkleigh |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
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. |