Victor Boiron and Jean Tournissat

After the liberation on August 22nd 1944, the town of Romans sur Isère was recaptured at around 1pm on the 27th by the Germans, who had come up from Montélimar after fierce fighting. Their mission was to protect the eastern flank of their retreating army in the Rhone valley.
On the 28th, the Germans engage in several reconnaissance alances along the Isère. The FFI, Victor Boiron, Louis Amadeo (aka L. Montanet) and Jean Tournissat (aka Paquebot) come face to face with a patrol.
A cruel and unequal battle ensues, and the FFI are killed. Jean Tournissat, an air force captain, had been sent from Algiers, by the BCRA, to prepare a landing field for DC 3 on the plain of Vassieux en Vercors.
Photo credit, text and contribution Bernard PERRIN

After the liberation on August 22nd 1944, the town of Romans sur Isère was recaptured at around 1pm on the 27th by the Germans, who had come up from Montélimar after fierce fighting. Their mission was to protect the eastern flank of their retreating army in the Rhone valley. On the 28th, the Germans engage in several reconnaissance alances along the Isère. The FFI, Victor Boiron, Louis Amadeo (aka L. Montanet) and Jean Tournissat (aka Paquebot) come face to face with a patrol. A cruel and unequal battle ensues, and the FFI are killed. Jean Tournissat, an air force captain, had been sent from Algiers, by the BCRA, to prepare a landing field for DC 3 on the plain of Vassieux en Vercors. Photo credit, text and contribution Bernard PERRIN