Valin, Martial Henri
- Date of birth:
- May 14th, 1898 (Limoges, France)
- Date of death:
- September 19th, 1980 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
1917: private - soldat
1918: aspirant
1919: lieutenant - sous-lieutenant
1921: 1st lieutenant - lieutenant
1926: transfers to Aéronautique Militaire
1929: captain - capitaine
1938: major - commandant
June 1940 : lieutenant-colonel
April 1941 : lieutenant-colonel appointed acting colonel
August 1941 : lieutenant-colonel appointed acting air brigade general, and appointed member of the French National Committee
March 1942 : promoted to colonel acting air brigade general
October 1942 : promoted to air brigade general
March 1944 : air brigade general appointed acting air divisional general
October 1944 : promoted to air divisional general
January 1945 : air divisional general appointed acting air corps general
April 1947 : promoted to air corps general
October 1950 : promoted to air army general
May 1954 : appointed air army general without age limit ("maintenu en activité sans limite d'âge")
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Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1949
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 27th, 1946
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 30th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 28th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1931
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Compagnon
- Awarded on:
- July 7th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Commandeur in de Leopoldsorde / Commandeur de l'Ordre de Léopold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Orden Druzhby Narodov
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Order of the Crown 3rd Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Grã-Cruz del Ordem do Mérito Naval
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Nicham Iftikar, Grand Cordon
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Wissam Alaouit Cherifien - Grand Officer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan - Grand-croix
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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