Gérald Léon
1919–1943 (age 24)
Biography
Gérald Léon learned to fly amid a world preparing for renewed conflict, becoming an aircraft pilot who trained compatriots and flew missions for France with rare steadiness.
He gave his life in 1943 while serving his country in the skies, and visitors to Père-Lachaise Division 96 remember him as a young aviator whose courage upheld France's commitment to freedom.