Mantelet, Jean Paul
- Date of birth:
- March 5th, 1891 (Nanterre, France)
- Date of death:
- October 30th, 1942 (Atlantic Ocean, South of Madeira, Portugal)
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
30.10.1942: commander of the liner "Président Doumer", belonging to the maritime couriers of Marseilles and requisitioned by the British army, torpedoed 1,500km west of Tangier, between the Canaries and the Madeira Islands by the German submarine U-604 led by Kaleunt Horst Höltring.
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Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Compagnon
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1944
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe
- Unit:
- Cdt, la "Linotte"
- Awarded on:
- 1918
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant de vaisseau
- Unit:
- Cdt, "Paul Doumer"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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