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Line 2: {{Infobox military person \|name= Valérie André \|birth_date= {{birth date and age\|1922\|4\|21\|df=y}} \|death_date= \|birth_place= [[Strasbourg]], France \|death_place= \|placeofburial= \|placeofburial_label= \|image=Médecin general Valérie André (cropped).jpg \|caption=~~Valérie~~ André in 2015 \|nickname= \|allegiance= {{flagicon\|France}} [[France]] \|branch= [[French Army]] \|serviceyears= ~~1948 - 1981~~1948–1981 \|rank= Médecin Général Inspecteur \|commands= \|unit= \|battles= \|awards= [[Légion d'honneur]]<br />[[ordre national du Mérite]]<br />[[Croix de ~~guerre~~Guerre 1939-1945]]<br />[[Croix de ~~guerre~~Guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieures\|Croix de guerre T.O.E]]<br />[[Croix de la Valeur Militaire]]<br />Médaille commémorative d'Indochine<br />[[Médaille de l'Aéronautique]]<br />[[Croix du combattant volontaire 1939–1945\|Croix du Combattant Volontaire]]<br />Médaille de Vermeil du service de santé }} '''Valérie André''' ({{IPA-fr\|valeʁi ɑ̃dʁe\|-\|Fr-Valérie André.ogg}}; born 21 April 1922, in [[Strasbourg]]) is a veteran of the [[French resistance]], a [[neurosurgeon]], an [[aviator]] and the first female member of the military to achieve the rank of [[General Officer]], in 1976, as Physician General. In 1981, she was promoted to Inspector General of Medicine. A [[helicopter]] pilot, she is the first woman to have piloted a helicopter in a combat zone. She is also a founding member of the [[Académie de l'air et de l'espace]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Valerie Andre\|url=http://www.aerodrome-gruyere.ch/hommage/valerie-andre.htm\|publisher=Société d'aviation de la Gruyère\|accessdate=August 14, 2011\|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67wVCjCf9?url=http://www.aerodrome-gruyere.ch/hommage/valerie-andre.htm\|archive-date=May 26, 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>▼ ▲'''Valérie André''' ({{IPA-fr\|valeʁi ɑ̃dʁe\|-\|Fr-Valérie André.ogg}}; born 21 April 1922~~, in [[Strasbourg]]~~) is a veteran of the [[French ~~resistance~~Resistance]], a [[neurosurgeon]], an [[aviator]] and the first female member of the military to achieve the rank of [[General Officer]], in 1976, as Physician General. In 1981, she was promoted to Inspector General of Medicine. A [[helicopter]] pilot, she is the first woman to have piloted a helicopter in a combat zone. She is also a founding member of the [[Académie de l'air et de l'espace]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Valerie Andre\|url=http://www.aerodrome-gruyere.ch/hommage/valerie-andre.htm\|publisher=Société d'aviation de la Gruyère\|~~accessdate~~access-date=August 14, 2011\|archive-url=https://~~www~~web.~~webcitation~~archive.org/~~67wVCjCf9?url=~~web/20120330182629/http://www.aerodrome-gruyere.ch/hommage/valerie-andre.htm\|archive-date=~~May~~March 2630, 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As a member of the military, she is not addressed as "Madame la Générale" (a term reserved for spouses of generals) but as "General".<ref>http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/base/breves/2010/fevrier/vol_simule_pour_le_general_valerie_andre {{dead link\|date=September 2011}}</ref> As a member of the military, she is not addressed as "Madame la Générale" (a term reserved for spouses of generals) but as "General".<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/base/breves/2010/fevrier/vol_simule_pour_le_general_valerie_andre \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2011-08-14 \|archive-date=2020-08-21 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821084732/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/base/breves/2010/fevrier/vol_simule_pour_le_general_valerie_andre/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> She started as a Medical Captain in Indochina in 1948, already a qualified parachutist and pilot, in addition to being an army surgeon.<ref>[http://lemamouth.blogspot.com/2010/09/un-brevet-en-or-massif.html Le mamouth: Un brevet, 54 ans après]</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://members.multimania.co.uk/Indochine/cefeo/helicopt.html \|title=''Ventilators'' : Helicopters in Indo-China (~~1950-54~~1950–54) \|access-date=2011-08-23 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811103742/http://members.multimania.co.uk/Indochine/cefeo/helicopt.html \|archive-date=2011-08-11 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> While in Indochina, she realized that the most difficult part of her duties was retrieving the wounded, who were often trapped in the jungle. She returned to France to learn how to pilot a helicopter, then flew one to Indochina. From 1952- to 1953, she piloted 129 helicopter missions into the jungle, rescuing 165 soldiers, and on two occasions completed parachute jumps to treat wounded soldiers who needed immediate surgery.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Le médecin général inspecteur Valérie André à l'honneur\|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/sante/actualites/le-medecin-general-inspecteur-valerie-andre-a-l-honneur\|publisher=French Ministry of Defense\|~~accessdate~~access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Captain Valerie Andre: First Woman to Pilot a Helicopter in a Combat Zone\|url=http://daytips.com/captain-valerie-andre-first-woman-to-pilot-a-helicopter-in-a-combat-zone/\|publisher=Daytips\|~~accessdate~~access-date=August 14, 2011\|archive-url=https://~~www~~web.~~webcitation~~archive.org/~~6AhU1GTgt?url=~~web/20120330182635/http://daytips.com/captain-valerie-andre-first-woman-to-pilot-a-helicopter-in-a-combat-zone/\|archive-date=~~September~~March 1530, 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> One typical mission occurred on 11 December 1951, when casualties were in urgent need of evacuation from Tu Vu on the Black River. The only available helicopter, stationed near [[Saigon]], was dismantled, flown to [[Hanoi]] by a Bristol Freighter and reassembled. Captain André then flew into Tu Vu despite heavy mist and anti-aircraft fire. There, she triaged the casualties, operated on the most pressing cases and then flew the urgent wounded back to Hanoi, two at a time. Later, she was put in command of a casualty evacuation flight. She continued in Algeria as a Medical Commander in 1960, where she completed 365 war missions. She rose to the rank of Medical Lieutenant Colonel in 1965 then to Medical Colonel in 1970. She had a total of 3200 flight hours, and received 7 citations of the [[~~croix~~Croix de ~~guerre~~Guerre]]. She has written two collections of memoirs : ''Ici, Ventilateur! Extraits d'un carnet de vol.'' (Calmann-Lévy, 1954) and ''Madame le général'' (Perrin, 1988). She is one of eight women to hold the Grand-croix (Great Cross) rank in the [[Legion of Honour]], with [[Germaine Tillion]], [[Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz]], [[Jacqueline de Romilly]], [[Simone Rozès]], [[Christiane Desroches Noblecourt]], [[Yvette Farnoux]] etand [[Gilberte Champion]]. She is the aunt of politician [[André Santini]]. Line 39 ⟶ 41: * Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour (19 December 1999); previously Chevalier on 25 February 1953 * Grand-croix of the [[Ordre National du Mérite]] in 1987, the first woman to receive this distinction. * [[Croix de ~~guerre~~Guerre 1939-1945]] with 7 citations. * [[Croix de ~~guerre~~Guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieures]] * [[Croix de la Valeur Militaire\|Médaille de la Valeur Militaire]] * Médaille commémorative d'Indochine, Line 56 ⟶ 58: {{Reflist}} {{Portal~~\|War~~\|France\|Medicine\|Feminism}} == External links == Line 65 ⟶ 67: {{DEFAULTSORT:Andre, Valerie}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:French generals]] [[Category:Female army generals]] [[Category:French Resistance members]] [[Category:~~1922~~French ~~births~~military personnel of the First Indochina War]] [[Category:~~People~~French ~~from~~military ~~Strasbourg~~aviators]] [[Category:French women aviators]] [[Category:Helicopter pilots]] [[Category:Army aviation personnel]] [[Category:~~Grand~~French ~~Croix of the Légion d'honneur~~memoirists]] [[Category:~~Grand~~French ~~Cross~~women ~~of the National Order of Merit (France)~~memoirists]] [[Category:French centenarians]] [[Category:Women centenarians]] [[Category:Military personnel from Strasbourg]] [[Category:Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour]] [[Category:Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite]] [[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)]] [[Category:Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures]] Line 78 ⟶ 90: [[Category:Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit]] [[Category:Recipients of the National Order of Vietnam]] [[Category:~~Living~~Physicians ~~people~~from Strasbourg]] [[Category:~~Helicopter~~20th-century ~~pilots~~French non-fiction writers]] [[Category:20th-century French ~~aviators~~women writers]] [[Category:~~French female aviators~~Whirly-Girls]]