Jean Maridor

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Jean Maridor, (24 November 1920 – 3 August 1944) was a French-born pilot with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with destroying at least three aircraft. From Le Havre, Maridor joined the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) in 1939. He had only just completed his training by the time his country surrendered to Germany in June 1940, following the invasion of France. He escaped to the United Kingdom and joined the RAF, being posted to No. 615 Squadron in 1941. Achieving his first aerial victory in October of that year, in February 1942 he was transferred to No. 91 Squadron. He went on to claim several more aerial victories. In the summer of 1944, No. 91 Squadron was involved in Operation Diver, the campaign against German-launched V-1 flying bombs that targeted the south of England. He destroyed several V-1s, and was killed on 3 August when attempting to prevent one from landing on a military hospital in the village of Benenden, in Kent.