Michel Mosneron-Dupin

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Michel Joseph Louis Marie Mosneron-Dupin (born January 25, 1926 in Nantes , Loire-Atlantique department ; † February 4, 2013 in the Vendée department ) was a French rear admiral in the Navy , who last served as a military and naval attaché at the embassy from 1980 to 1984 was in the UK .

Life

Training, uses as naval officer and staff officer

After attending school, Mosneron-Dupin began officer training at the Naval School (École Navale) in Lanvéoc and entered the Navy (Marine nationale française) after graduation . In the following years he found uses as an officer and was promoted to lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe) on October 1, 1947 . He attended the pilot's school in Cognac from January 1949 and was promoted there on October 1, 1949 to first lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe) . This was followed by attending the fighter pilot school in Meknes in French Morocco from January 1950 and from June 1950 the aviation school 54S (École de l'aviation embarquée) in Hyères . After a use between November 1950 and July 1951 in the 3rd Flotilla, he attended an officer course at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Floria . After his return in December 1951 he was an officer in the 4th Flotilla, with which he was deployed in French Indochina during the Indochina War from September 1952 to May 1953 . On July 1, 1953 he was promoted to lieutenant captain (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) and in January 1955 he was transferred to the staff of the Secretary of State for the Navy. He then became an officer in October 1957 at the flight test center in Marignane and in October 1958 a member of the commission for practical studies of naval aviators, before joining the staff of the commanding admiral of the aircraft carriers and naval aviation associations in September 1960.

Following Mosneron-Dupin was between 19 August 1961 and 20 February 1963 a commander of the swarm 4S1 / 4S and received as such on May 1, 1962 his promotion to Lieutenant Commander (Capitaine de Corvette) . In February 1963 he changed to the study department of the Central Aviation Service and from September 1964 he attended the 17th general staff course. After his promotion to frigate captain (Capitaine de Frégate) on February 1, 1967, he became deputy head of the aviation department in the operations department of the General Staff of the Navy and then took over his first own ship command between January 31, 1970 and January 26, 1971, as the commander of the Aviso escort ship Balny . He then returned to the General Staff of the Navy in March 1971 as head of the Aviation Department of the Operations Department and was then Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, Admiral Marc de Joybert, in May 1972 . In this role, he was promoted to sea captain (Capitaine de Vaisseau) on January 1, 1973 . He was then from August 29, 1974 to January 9, 1976 in command of the naval air base BAN (Base d'aéronautique navale) Landivisiau and in January 1976 became Deputy Chief of Staff to President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing .

Promotion to rear admiral and awards

In December 1978 Mosneron-Dupin was commander of the aviation associations of the naval patrols and received in this service on March 1, 1979 his promotion to flotilla admiral (Contre-amiral) . Subsequently, in December 1980, he was appointed military and naval attaché at the embassy in the United Kingdom . During this time he was promoted to Rear Admiral (Vice-amiral) on January 1, 1983 . On January 26, 1984, he retired from active military service.

For his longstanding services he was awarded the Médaille de l'Aéronautique on December 26, 1960 . On March 2, 1976 he was commander of the Ordre national du Mérite and on November 12, 1981, commander of the Legion of Honor . Most recently, by decree of December 26, 1984, he was also commander of the Order of Merit of the Sea , the Ordre du Mérite maritime .

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SURNAME Mosneron-Dupin, Michel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mosneron-Dupin, Michel Joseph Louis Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French rear admiral
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes , Loire-Atlantique department
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2013
Place of death Vendée department