Charles Edward La Haye

Charles Edward La Haye ' (born March 12, 1910 in Duquesne , Algeria , † August 6, 1978 in Garches , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a French admiral (Amiral) in the Navy .

Life

After attending school in 1929, La Haye began his officer training at the Naval School (École Navale) , which he completed from 1931 to 1932 on the training ship Jeanne d'Arc . He then completed training as a naval aviator and, after graduating in 1936, was a pilot of various units, such as in September 1939 with the 4 S 1 squadron in Karouba . It was during the Second World War in January 1940 as a lieutenant commander (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) for Season 8 S 1 to Papeete in French Polynesia added. On November 18, 1941 he joined the naval aviation associations of the Forces françaises libres (FFL) and was promoted to Korvettenkapitän (Capitaine de Corvette) in June 1942 , whereupon he went to the USA for further aviation training . In August 1943 he was first deputy commander of naval aviation associations in Algiers and then from July to December 1944 commander of the Marine airbase (base Aéronavale) in Agadir , before December 1944 to January 1947 after as a speaker for naval aviation of the General Staff of the Navy after Paris added has been.

La Haye was in command of the Arromanches aircraft carrier from 1952 to 1953

At the beginning of the Indochina War , La Haye was the Aviso La Grandière between January 1947 and 1948 and, after further assignments, was one of the first graduates of the newly founded NATO Defense College in Rome between 1951 and 1952 . After its termination he was in command of the aircraft carrier Arromanches from 1952 to 1953 and an officer on the staff of the NATO Naval Forces in Southern Europe NAVSOUTH (Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe) in Naples between 1953 and 1955 . He then acted from 1955 to 1957 as the commander of the Naval School (École Navale) and then from 1957 to 1958 as the commander of the naval defense sector (Secteur de défense maritime) in Brest .

After his promotion to flotilla admiral (Contre-amiral) in January 1958, La Haye was first commander of the naval aviation associations in the Mediterranean area from 1958 to 1960 and then between 1960 and 1962 both commander of the naval associations in the Indian Ocean and commander of the Diego Suarez strategic base . After his promotion to Rear Admiral (Vice-amiral) , he served from 1962 to 1963 as commandant of the Supreme Naval War School (École supérieure de guerre navale) .

1963 La Haye became the Vice Admiral (Vice-amiral d'escadre) promoted and took over as successor to Vice Admiral Claude Burin des Roziers between 1963 and his replacement by Vice-Admiral Jean Léon Witrand 1965 the post of Marine prefect of the 1st Marine Region in the naval base of Cherbourg . He was then from 1965 to 1967 commander of the Atlantic squadron (Escadre de l'Atlantique) and between 1967 and 1969 naval prefect of the 2nd naval region in the Brest naval base and at the same time commander in chief in the Atlantic area. After he was promoted to Admiral (Amiral) in January 1969 , he took over the newly created post of Inspector General of the Navy (Inspecteur Général de la Marine) . He held this until his retirement from active military service on April 1, 1971, whereupon Admiral Pierre Iehle became his successor. For his many years of service he was among other things a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor . He was also awarded the Croix de guerre 1939-1945 and the Médaille de la Résistance .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the École Navale
• Entry in Geneanet